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The elections to the District Councils of Hong Kong were held during the weekend, in which for the first time since the protests begun, no outbreaks of violence were reported. As the District Councils are the only governmental body chosen by full universal suffrage, the election was widely described as a proxy referendum over the protest movement's demands. 2.94 million out of 4.13 million registered voters have turned out to vote, including many first-time voters, representing a record turnout of over 71%.[33][34][35] The turnout was so large that reports emerged that some voters waited in line for more than an hour to cast their votes.[34]
The pro-democrats achieved their biggest landslide victory in Hong Kong's history, taking control of 17 of the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, tripling their number of seats from about 124 to around 388, and have also managed to capture 117 seats in the District Council subsectors of the Election Committee, which is vested with the power to elect the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The pro-democracy camp's upset victory has also discredited the government's often-used argument that it allegedly had the support of a silent majority of voters on the ongoing anti-government protests.[34] Pro-democracy District Councillor Lo Kin-hei called the vote in effect a “vote of no-confidence” in the political establishment, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and high-profile Chinese officials such as Zhang Xiaoming, head of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office.[36]
Parties belonging to the pro-Beijing camp and independents won only 62 seats in the District Councils, a loss of a total of 242 seats. The main pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received its largest defeat in history, losing nearly a hundred seats, while Regina Ip's New People's Party was completely removed from power, losing all of their representation in the District Councils.[4][5] While DAB chairwoman Starry Lee narrowly managed to fend off her main pro-democratic challenger Leung Kwok-hung, her nine fellow pro-Beijing legislators and heavyweights such as Junius Ho, Horace Cheung, Michael Tien, Holden Chow, Lau Kwok-fan, Luk Chung-hung and Alice Mak suffered catastrophic defeats in their constituencies.[35][37]
Overview of outcome[edit]
Before election:
| 124 | 3 | 331 |
| Pro-democrats | Pro-Beijing |
Change in composition:
| 388 | 2 | 62 |
| Pro-democrats | Pro-Beijing |
| Political Affiliation | Popular vote | % | % ± | Standing | Elected | ± | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong | 492,042 | 16.78 |  4.61 | 181 | 21 | 96 | ||||
| Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions | 128,796 | 4.39 | 1.72 | 43 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| Liberal Party | 27,684 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 11 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong | 66,504 | 2.27 |  0.37 | 25 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Federation of Public Housing Estates | 19,495 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Roundtable | 26,055 | 0.89 | - | 12 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| New People's Party | 79,975 | 2.73 | 2.51 | 28 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Civil Force | 7,164 | 0.24 | - | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kowloon West New Dynamic | 3,052 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 2 | 0 |  0 | ||||
| Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions | 1,734 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pro-Beijing Independents | 380,529 | 12.98 | 3.70 | 185 | 23 | 85 | ||||
| Total for pro-Beijing camp | 1,233,030 | 42.06 | 12.55 | 498 | 62 | 242 | ||||
| Democratic Party | 362,275 | 12.36 | 1.20 | 99 | 91 | 54 | ||||
| Civic Party | 141,713 | 4.83 | 1.21 | 36 | 32 | 20 | ||||
| Neo Democrats | 87,923 | 3.00 | 0.08 | 20 | 19 | 7 | ||||
| Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood | 77,099 | 2.63 | 1.19 | 21 | 19 | 7 | ||||
| Power for Democracy | 69,764 | 2.38 | 2.11 | 22 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Team Chu Hoi Dick of New Territories West | 31,369 | 1.07 | - | 9 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Labour Party | 28,036 | 0.96 | 0.60 | 7 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Community Sha Tin | 25,509 | 0.87 | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Community March | 12,100 | 0.41 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Tuen Mun Community Network | 20,086 | 0.69 | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Community Alliance | 17,635 | 0.60 | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre | 16,176 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Tai Po Democratic Alliance | 13,185 | 0.45 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Tin Shui Wai Connection | 11,627 | 0.40 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Civic Passion | 14,326 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Tsz Wan Shan Constructive Power | 10,160 | 0.35 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Democratic Alliance | 9,886 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Deliberation Tsuen Wan | 9,516 | 0.32 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Action 18 | 9,006 | 0.31 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Tseung Kwan O Pioneers | 8,989 | 0.31 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| League of Social Democrats | 8,384 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sai Kung Commons | 4,677 | 0.16 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| People Power | 8,149 | 0.28 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tsing Yi People | 4,727 | 0.16 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Empowering Hong Kong | 5,590 | 0.19 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fu Sun Generation | 5,486 | 0.19 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| HTTH Environmental Concern Group | 5,389 | 0.18 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| North District Blueprint | 5,288 | 0.18 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sha Tin Community Vision | 4,691 | 0.16 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Luen Wo United | 4,491 | 0.15 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lung Mun Concern Group | 4,410 | 0.15 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cheung Sha Wan West Front | 4,281 | 0.15 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shau Kei Wan East Future | 4,204 | 0.14 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Choi Hung Estate Social Service Association | 3,523 | 0.12 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cheung Sha Wan Community Establishment Power | 3,359 | 0.11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Unity of San Hui | 3,276 | 0.11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tseung Kwan O Shining | 3,089 | 0.11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tsuen Wan Community Network | 2,788 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Victoria Social Association | 2,640 | 0.09 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Independent democrats and others | 609,261 | 20.78 | - | 227 | 134 | 95 | ||||
| Total for pro-democracy camp | 1,674,083 | 57.10 | 16.90 | 515 | 388 | 265 | ||||
| Non-aligned independents and others | 24,623 | 0.83 | - | 77 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 2,931,745 | 100.00 | - | 1,090 | 452 | 21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,931,745 | 99.59 | - | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 12,097 | 0.41 | - | |||||||
| Total votes / turnout | 2,943,842 | 71.23 | 24.22 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 4,132,977 | 100.00 | 32.44 | |||||||
