Hong Kong Election Results Bbc

The 2019 hong kong district council elections were held on 24 november 2019 for all 18 district councils of hong kong.

Hong kong election results bbc. Chinese state media outlets have attempted to downplay the results of hong kong s district elections which saw the pro democracy camp score a landslide victory. The filipino women who found a love of cricket in hong kong working 17 hours a day six days a week doesn t stop these filipino women from lighting up the hong kong cricket leagues. Lam hong kong s embattled leader said in a statement monday that her government respects the election results and she acknowledged various analyses and interpretations.

Federal agents in portland barred from detaining journalists. Bbc news hong kong. Voters celebrated with champagne on the streets of hong kong as unprecedented results for the district council elections rolled in.

The election yesterday saw an unprecedented 71 per cent turn out with 2 94 million voting compared to 1 4 million in 2015. The results were seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lam s leadership and. 452 seats from all directly elected constituencies out of the 479 seats in total were contested.

Pro democracy candidates swept many seats defeating a number of. Bbc china correspondent in hong kong. Nearly three million people voted equivalent to 71 per cent of registered voters an unprecedented turnout in the electoral history of hong kong.

Hong kong election results. Hong kong s opposition pro democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the chinese territory s district council elections early results show. To many democracy advocates.