Hong Kong local elections 2019

The local elections in Hong Kong in 2019 took place on November 24 of 2019. All district representatives of the 18 districts of Hong Kong were elected. This corresponds to 452 seats. The 27 ex-officio seats of the Chairmen of the Rural Committees are not affected by the election.

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Seats on the district councils after political camps before the election

   

A total of 452 seats

• Pro democracy : 126
• Neutral : 27
• Per Beijing : 299

Because of the protests in Hong Kong that had been going on for months, it was uncertain whether or not to hold the election. Activist Joshua Wong originally wanted to run for a seat in the elections, but the Hong Kong government refused to do so.

Results

Seats on the district councils according to political camps after the election

   

A total of 452 seats

• Pro democracy : 388
• Neutral : 2
• Pro Beijing : 62

The pro-democracy camp , which is close to the cause of the protesters, won 17 of the 18 districts of Hong Kong with a record turnout of over 71% . They were able to more than triple their result from the previous 124 to 388 seats (this corresponds to over 85%), while parties close to Beijing only got 62 seats (approx. 14%); a loss of over 242 seats. Observers therefore speak of a "landslide victory" for the democracy movement. Although the district councils up for election have little political influence, their election is considered the only truly democratic one in Hong Kong and the result is a symbolically important confirmation of the protest movement; especially because the administration under Carrie Lam had previously repeatedly claimed that the demonstrators did not speak for a majority of the population.

Parties

Pro-Beijing camp :

• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
• Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
• New People's Party
• Liberal party

Pro-democracy camp :

• Democratic Party
• Neo Democrats
• Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
• Civic party

Web links

• Hong Kong District Councils website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emma Graham-Harrison: How Hong Kong's local elections have become a proxy vote on the protests . In: The Guardian . November 22, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
2. ↑ Violent clashes 'reduce chance' of Sunday's local elections going ahead, says top Hong Kong minister. In: Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019 (UK English). 
3. ↑ Hong Kong: Activist Wong is not allowed to run in local elections . In: Spiegel Online . October 29, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 21, 2019]).
4. ↑ 2019 District Councils Election - Voter Turnout Rate. Retrieved November 26, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Keith Bradsher, Austin Ramzy, Tiffany May: Hong Kong Election Results Give Democracy Backers Big Win . In: The New York Times . November 24, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed November 25, 2019]).
6. ↑ Emma Graham-Harrison, Verna Yu: Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners . In: The Guardian . November 25, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 26, 2019]).
7. ↑ Keith Bradsher, Austin Ramzy, Tiffany May: Hong Kong Election Results Give Democracy Backers Big Win . In: The New York Times . November 24, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed November 26, 2019]).