2019 Hong Kong local elections

2019 Hong Kong local elections

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All Elected Constituencies
452 (of the 479) seats in all Districts Councils
Registered4,132,977 Increase11.89%
Turnout2,943,842 (71.23%)[1] Increase24.22pp
  First party Second party Third party
  Wu Chi-wai
Leader Wu Chi-wai Alvin Yeung Starry Lee
Party Democratic Civic DAB
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing
Last election 43 seats, 13.56% 10 seats, 3.62% 119 seats, 21.39%
Seats won 91 32 21
Seat change Increase54 Increase20 Decrease96
Popular vote 362,275 141,713 492,042
Percentage 12.36% 4.83% 16.78%
Swing Decrease1.20pp Increase1.21pp Decrease4.61pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Yam Kai-bong
and others
Sze Tak-loy Eddie Chu
Party Neo Democrats ADPL Team Chu
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-democracy Pro-democracy
Last election 15 seats, 2.92% 18 seats, 3.82% New party
Seats won 19 19 7
Seat change Increase7 Increase7 Increase7
Popular vote 87,923 77,099 31,369
Percentage 3.00% 2.63% 1.07%
Swing Increase0.08pp Decrease1.19pp N/A

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Kwok Wing-kin Ng Chau-pei Felix Chung
Party Labour FTU Liberal
Alliance Pro-democracy Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing
Last election 3 seats, 1.59% 27 seats, 6.11% 9 seats, 1.74%
Seats won 7 5 5
Seat change Increase4 Decrease21 Decrease3
Popular vote 28,036 128,796 27,684
Percentage 0.96% 4.39% 0.94%
Swing Decrease0.60pp Decrease1.72pp Decrease0.80pp

Map of the winning party by constituency

The 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 24 November 2019 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong.[2] 452 seats from all directly elected constituencies, out of the 479 seats in total, were contested. Nearly three million people voted, equivalent to 71 per cent of registered voters, an unprecedented turnout in the electoral history of Hong Kong. The election was widely viewed as a de facto referendum on the concurrent anti-extradition protests.[3]

All pro-Beijing parties suffered major setbacks and losses, including the flagship pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), which received its largest defeat in history, losing 96 seats. Executive Councillor Regina Ip's New People's Party failed to obtain a single seat, and was ousted from all District Councils as a result.[4][5] Dozens of prominent pro-Beijing heavyweights lost their campaigns for re-election, including Junius Ho, a controversial anti-protest figure who had expressed support for the triads behind the mob attack in Yuen Long on 21 July.[4][5]

In contrast, the pro-democracy camp in conjunction with the localist camp achieved its biggest landslide victory in the history of Hong Kong, gaining absolute majority in votes and electoral seats in all of the 18 District Councils and tripling their seats from around 124 to about 388. The pro-Beijing parties can only retain their control in only one District Council due to their advantage in ex officio seats in the Islands District Council. Many pro-democracy candidates who actively participated in the protests were elected, including convenor of the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) Jimmy Sham.[4][5]

This election is described by some as potentially the last free election in Hong Kong, as the national security law and election overhaul imposed by Beijing would vet democrats for the next election. More than 70 per cent of elected District Councillors resigned or were disqualified over the following two years due to various reasons.

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout Rate". District Council Election 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Review of the Number of Elected Seats for the Sixth-Term District Councils" (PDF). Panel on Constitutional Affairs, Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ Mahtani, Shibani; Leung, Tiffany; Kam, Anna; Denyer, Simon (24 November 2019). "Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties sweeping aside pro-Beijing establishment in local elections, early results show". The Washington Post. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Graham-Harrison, Emma (24 November 2019). "Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners". The Guardian. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Bradsher, Keith; Ramzy, Austin; May, Tiffany (24 November 2019). "Hong Kong Election Results Give Democracy Backers Big Win". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.