After months of mass pro-democracy demonstrations and sometimes violent crackdowns by police, the people of Hong Kong have voted overwhelmingly for pro-democracy candidates.
- 71% of eligible voters turned out to vote, despite rumors of possible action by pro-Beijing forces to obstruct the voting.
- Hong Kong’s Democratic Party won 90% of local council seats in the vote.
- Pro-democracy candidates won 278 seats, while pro-Beijing candidates won only 42.