Hong Kong’s voters have turned out in record numbers to deliver a landslide for pro-democracy campaigners and a powerful rebuke to the government in local elections that were widely seen as a proxy referendum on the city’s protest movement.
Both in absolute numbers and in turnout rates it was easily the biggest exercise in democratic participation that Hong Kong has seen, with many voters waiting more than an hour to cast their ballots.
Nearly 3 million people had voted, representing more than 71% of the electorate and nearly half of Hong Kong’s population. Many had never voted before.
Many long-serving and pro-Beijing councilors we're ousted by young Pro-Democracy candidates. Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho lost re-election by over 1,200 votes to Hong Kong Democrats candidte Cary Lo. Ho was reviled by the opposition and seen shaking hands with alleged triad gangs who attached protesters.
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