High turnout ‘reflects people’s hope for genuine universal suffrage’
People line up to vote in the final hours before polls closed in Hong Kong, China, November 24 2019. Picture: CHRIS McGRATH/GETTY IMAGES
Casting her ballot, the Beijing-backed Lam pledged that her government would listen “more intensively” to the views of district councils. The run-up to the election was marked by attacks on candidates, with one stabbed and wounded and another having part of his ear bitten off. If the pro-democracy campaigners gain control, they could secure six seats on Hong Kong’s semi-representative Legislative Council and 117 seats on the 1,200-member panel that selects its CEO.
“The district council election is almost like a referendum on recent months of social activity,” said a protester clad in a red university tracksuit, his face covered by a red mask.
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