SCMP: Hong Kong elections: tsunami of disaffection washes over city as pro-Beijing camp left reeling by record turnout and overwhelming defeat
* By 9am, pro-democracy camp has won 17 out of 18 district councils, all of which previously under pro-establishment control
* Result set to give pan-democrat bloc significant increase in seats on election committee that selects city’s chief executive
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, the pro-democracy camp has won 17 out of 18 district councils, taking more than 278 seats.
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WNU Editor: I am surprised that a few pro-Beijing candidates won.
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