Pro-democracy candidates dominate Hong Kong’s local elections in a rebuke to China

Posted on AllSides November 25th, 2019
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Pro-democracy candidates achieved a staggering victory in Hong Kong’s local elections on Sunday — a peaceful but pointed rebuke of pro-Beijing leadership after six months of sustained protests in the territory.

Sunday’s elections were a landslide for pro-democracy candidates, who won majorities in 17 out of 18 of Hong Kong’s district councils; previously they had majorities in none. Pro-Beijing candidates held 300 seats; they now hold just 58. Indeed, out of 452 seats up for grabs, pro-democracy candidates won about 80 percent, flipping more than half.

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https://www.vox.com/2019/11/25/20981691/hong-kong-district-council-elections-pro-democracy

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