Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp has stormed to a landslide victory in local elections as a record number of voters voiced their discontent at the Chinese government.
The results are an indicator of the broad support for the anti-government protest’s overarching goals, even as the movement has turned increasingly violent.
Pro-democracy parties won a majority in 17 of the 18 district councils, a significant turnround after failing to win control of a single council at the last local election four years ago. Almost 3m people voted, nearly double the number who cast a ballot in 2015, representing more than 70 per cent of registered voters.
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