Hong Kong Elections: Pro-Democracy Camp Has Won 17 Out of 18 District Councils
November 24th, 2019Via: South China Morning Post:
The anti-establishment reverberations from almost six months of street protests swept through polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday, as voters in record numbers roundly rejected pro-Beijing candidates in favour of pan-democrats.
The tsunami of disaffection among voters was clear across the board, as pan-democrats rode the wave to win big in poor and rich neighbourhoods, in both protest-prone and non protest-afflicted districts and, in downtown areas as well as the suburbs.
Less immediately obvious was whether there was a generational divide in the way the people voted, but ousted pro-establishment district councillors suggested that young, first-time voters had been instrumental in dislodging them from their perch.
By 9am on Monday, the pro-democracy camp has won 17 out of 18 district councils, taking more than 278 seats.
All councils were previously under pro-establishment control from the 2015 elections.
