“Hong Kong elections: pro-democracy camp wins 17 out of 18 districts while city leader says she will reflect on the result”, South China Morning Post
Jeffie Lam, Sum Lok-kei, Ng Kang-chung 25 Nov. 2019
- Tsunami of disaffection washes over city as pro-Beijing camp left reeling by record turnout and overwhelming defeat
- Result set to give pan-democrats increase in seats on committee that chooses city’s chief executive
Among the 452 seats up for grabs, the pan-democrats were victorious in 347, the independents – many of them pro-democracy – won 45, while the pro-establishment camp had to make do with 60.