
HONG KONG ELECTIONS: RECORD NUMBERS VOTE IN DISTRICT COUNCIL POLLS
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Ballots send a message
Queues formed early at Taikoo Shing in beautiful sunny weather, and by the time voting began they snaked บาคา่รา around the block. The...
There were long queues at polling stations as voting got under way
Voters have turned out in record numbers to cast their ballots in Hong Kong's district council elections. By lunchtime, the number of...
A record 4.1 A record 4.1 million people have registered to vote - more than half the population of
More than 400 councillors are due to be elected to Hong Kong's district council. Pro-democracy campaigners hope they will be able to...
What's happening?
Polls opened at 07:30 local time (23:30 GMT) on Sunday. By 16:30 more than 2.1 million people had voted (52.14% of all registered voters)...