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CHINA: Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners

(Guardian)

- Hong Kong's voters turned out in record numbers to deliver a landslide for

pro-democracy campaigners and a powerful rebuke to the government, in local

elections that were widely seen as a proxy vote on the city's protest movement.

Both in absolute numbers, and in turnout rates, it was easily the biggest

exercise in democratic participation that Hong Kong has ever seen, with many

voters waiting more than an hour to cast their ballot. By the time polls closed

at 10.30pm, nearly 3 million people had voted, representing more than 71% of the

electorate and nearly half of Hong Kong's entire population. Many had never

voted before. As the first results trickled in from vote counts across the city,

it was clear that Sunday marked a sea-change in Hong Kong politics.

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