District Council Election Results (Last update 6:00)
~~Blank entries are still counting; will update throughout~~

By 18 districts:
Central & Western https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12208
Wan Chai https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12209
Eastern https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12210
Southern https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12211
YTM https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12212
Sham Shui Po https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12213
Kowloon City https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12214
Wong Tai Sin https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12215
Kwun Tong https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12216
Tsuen Wan https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12217
Tuen Mun https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12218
Yuen Long https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12219
North https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12220
Tai Po https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12221
Sai Kung https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12222
Shatin https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12223
Kwai Tsing https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12224
Islands https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12225

#Nov25 #VoteCount #DistrictCouncilElection #HongKongElection

First Pro-democratic Councilor in Choi Yuen

24-year-old Lam Tsz-king won the seat in the Choi Yuen constituency of the North District by nearly 1000 votes out of the 7000 votes collected. Her opponent is 72-year-old So Sai-chi, a district councilor since 1994 and the North District Council chairman since 2008.

The result has overturned the long-time pro-Establishment influence of the Choi Yuen community since the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.

Editor's note: Although pro-democratic candidate won most of the seats in the Election, pro-Establishment candidate from various district appealed for the result.

Source: Stand News
http://bit.ly/2DbsZuX

#Nov25 #HongKongElection

Ballots stamped twice still considered valid;
Electoral Affairs Commission: it depends on the will of the voter

1228 | The Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Barnabas Fung, stated that the total voting rate for yesterday’s District Council Election exceeded 71%. Currently, only the number of votes in Lam Tin, Kwun Tong have yet to be counted. The election results for other districts have already been published online. According to the chairman, overall, thanks to the patience and understanding of the citizens, both the voting and vote counting process were extremely smooth. Further feedback would be used to notify the commission for room for further improvement in future elections, and an official report for yesterday’s election will be submitted to the Chief Executive within three months.

He added that as at 22:30, the Electoral Officers have received a total of 7460 complaints. 2000 of them involved the arrangements of the election. 1200 complaints involved advertising campaigns of the election. 500 complaints involved vote soliciting campaigns. When asked why some election officers had ruled some “problem ballots” with 2 stamps as valid, and whether such a practice would impede the fairness of the election, Fung said there are clear laws that dictate the definition of a “problem ballot”.

For example, the law requires voters to stamp a tick within the circle provided on the ballot. If the voter’s stamp crosses the boundary of the circle, as long as the will of the voter is clear, it is still considered as a valid vote. As for excessive markings on a ballot, it would depend on the reason why such markings exist. He highlighted that if citizens are skeptical of the election results, they should raise their suspicions through an election petition.

Source: RTHK

Similar cases regarding suspicion towards election yesterday:

Regarding Pak Heung North
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12204

Regarding Nam Cheong and Ping Shan
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12203

#Nov25 #VoteCount #ElectionFraud

Responses to the Election Outcome: Pro-Democracy VS Pro-Beijing

[Nov 25] While the pro-democracy movement is entering its 6th month, the District Council Election 2019 that took place on Nov 24 recorded a turnout of 71.2% (2.94 million votes), the highest ever in the election history of Hong Kong. The District Council Election is thus far the only direct election in the so-called 'semi-autonomous' city, for that the city's Chief Executive is only elected by a 1,200-membered committee and the functional constituency of the legislative council is voted only by a fraction of the population and selected companies.

The landslide win of the pro-democracy camp in the district council election has therefore broken many records since the 1997 handover. Meanwhile, it expresses the population's urge for fair political participation and representation. This also explains one of the five demands of the ongoing protests: Dual universal suffrage in Chief Executive and the Legislative Council elections. Meanwhile, the high vote turnout can also be interpreted as the territory-wide dissatisfaction about the current situation in Hong Kong

Regarding the election outcome, Chief Executive Carrie Lam thanked citizens for their active participation. She claimed that the smooth, peaceful election reflected what the public hopes to see in Hong Kong after 5 months of social unrest. Lam promised that the government will listen and co-operate with the District Councils to solve concerns in each district.

Meanwhile, China’s foreign ministry, when asked about the election, said curbing violence and restoring order in Hong Kong was the paramount task, echoing what Xi Jinping said in Brazil earlier.

With this being said, the pro-democracy camp's landslide vicotory is a taboo in China. The state-run Xinhua News Agency announced the completion of the district council election in Hong Kong, but did not state which side had won.
“Rioters, in concert with external forces, have continuously committed and escalated violence, resulting in social and political confrontation,” it wrote “...Months of social unrest have seriously disrupted the electoral process.”

Source: Reuters; RTHK; Stand News
#HongKongElection

Semi-democratic Only: Pro-Establishment Representation Guaranteed

In the District Council Election, the pro-democracy camp has gathered more than half the seats in 17 out of 18 district councils.

Nevertheless, the case of the Islands District showcases the peculiar aspect of the election structure and political system in Hong Kong, where the pro-Establishment representation is guaranteed regardless of the election outcome.

Although the pro-democracy camp has won the majority in the constituencies of the (Outlying) Islands District, the council will still be dominated by the Pro-beijing camp. This is due to the direct appointment of 8 ex officio members, who are the chairmen of respective rural committees in different islands and members of Heung Yee Kuk, a pro-Establishment body in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, there are a total of 27 ex officio members in 9 District Councils in the New Territories. Each of them holds the chair of a rural committee under Heung Yee Kuk.

Source: Stand News
#HongKongElection

#ChineseNetizensVoice
How do People in China React to the Landslide Victory of the Pro-democracy Front in Hong Kong District Council Election?

Part 4/5: Chinese Netizens Find Pro-democracy Voices "Hopeless"

Chinese Netizen #18:
“Hong Kong’s situation is different from what most people imagine. What the mainland Chinese see is actually a “Truman show”…”

Chinese Netizen #19:
“#HongKong #ICalledIt
I had always thought that the majority of Hong Kong people bears no sentiment towards Mainland China
I think that Chinese media only allow the public to see what they want the public to see

Chinese Netizen #20:
“With such an election outcome in Hong Kong, if you want to criticize you should criticize the country-loving ‘Big Vs’ Hong Kongers of Weibo (verified and popular #Weibo accounts) who have been brainwashing netizens ceaselessly; why would you criticize the central government? Hong Kong will always be the Hong Kong of the new China, it is only following the popular will and returning to its status as a fishing village. Way to go for the few millions of country-loving Hong Kongers! You are filled with courage!”

Chinese Netizen #21:
“Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times?
This [election’s] choice could directly liberate Hong Kong to the status of a fishing village.

I am so distressed and disgusted, the pearl of the orient is getting further away”

Chinese Netizen #22:
"There is a sharp contrast between the expected and actual results of the Hong Kong District Council election. This represents the Hong Kong people’s popular will. So what caused us to be unable to see the truth before? What are the people who tried to hide the truth on Weibo and in public rhetoric? Hong Kong’s law courts and schools have issues… and our public rhetoric does not?”

Chinese Netizen #23:
“Hong Kong is hopeless”

Chinese Netizen #24:
“Hong Kong [has] 80% of yellow [ribbons] – isn’t this something everyone knows deep down? Is everyone still astonished by how the pro-establishment camp suffers a huge defeat? The difference between the pro-establishment and the pro-democracy is in the speed by which Hong Kong degenerates— the former being slower, while the latter faster. By the way, congratulations, in my life I could still witness the second return of Hong Kong (though I was too young during the first return and had no recollection) Lastly, I suggested that the Liaison Office of the Central’s People Government and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council seek for redemption by dying.”

Chinese Netizen #25
“Hong Kong’s voter turnout of 70%, huge victory by the pro-democracy camp, the popular will has revealed the urgent need to cut and seize Hong Kong’s functions and roles. No matter it is cooperation with Shanghai, Shenzhen, Macau, or Singapore, please urgently transfer (the cooperation opportunities) to protect Mainland China’s interests. Stop trying to shed blood and make concessions. Power and obligations are equal, Hong Kong did not pay even a cent of tax to the central government, hence the central government should never provide money to save Hong Kong”

Source: https://chinaqna.com/a/100839

#HongKongElection #Sanction #Brainwash #FishingVillage #China

#ChineseNetizensVoice
How do People in China React to the Landslide Victory of the Pro-democracy Front in Hong Kong District Council Election?

Part 5/5: Chinese Netizens Condemn Demoncratic Practices in Hong Kong

Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“The voting of the Hong Kong District Council election has ended at 10:30 pm on Sunday. The election results should be released at midnight. Because of Hong Kong’s special circumstance, the voter turnout rate is very high, I think such proactiveness is a good thing.”

Netizen #26 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“Chief Editor Hu, is this some sort of preventive vaccination for us? Face the reality!”

Reply to Netizen #26:
“The pro-establishment (camp) has completely fallen apart. Please stop saying "only a minor majority of activists are causing chaos in Hong Kong…" these are such self-deceptive words.”

Netizen #27 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“These are the classic self-comforting words. Of course, Hong Kong belongs to China! This is undeniable and there is no need to stress. In this "genuine" poll after the riot, if the pan-democrats win, this shows that there is an overwhelming ‘yellow’ force. This would strengthen the desire for separation and negatively impact the Hong Kong Legislative Council and Chief Executive election. The Chinese Central Government's control of Hong Kong will be obstructed and this would intensify the 'room' for international anti-China control. Someone needs to be responsible and immediately reflect on the government policy in the past five years since Occupy Central in 2014.”

Netizen #28 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“Chief Editor Hu you always have an excuse. This is your world and your rules. The Chinese National People's Congress has made it clear that they have crossed the line. Didn't the High Court also rule that the anti-mask regulation is unconstitutional? The pan-democrats' chances of winning are very high. Please face the reality. We need to reflect on our shortcomings for Hong Kong, the social commentaries, the legal system, education, etc. in order to have a future, not finding an excuse for everything and lie to ourselves. China is passive in many things because of people find excuses like you.”

Netizen #29 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“I believe this system is not suitable for China.”

Reply to Netizen #29:
“Elder Deng (Deng Xiaoping) had anticipated this a long time ago. Hence there has been no political reform, only economic reforms. Look at his classmate Chiang Ching-kuo (son of Chiang Kai Shek) who promoted political reform and had completely failed.”
(Another missing comment)
(Elections in countries with simple histories could still bring about rifts, and in a country with a complicated background in history, ethnicities, and religion such as China, what was brought about is catastrophe beyond recovery.)

Netizen #30 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“This is a poll conducted for the Chinese Government! The reality is that the majority of Hong Kong does not support the anti-extradition bill. They are not silent ones or afraid to speak up. They are against the extradition bill! The Chinese government should stop implementing policies that favour Hong Kong. There is no need to condone (Hong Kong's) behaviour. Raised wolves will eat people!”

Netizen #31 in reply to Global Times editor Hu Xijin:
“hey Hu, those who are elected in Hong Kong are horrible. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the China Liaison Office, and the 22 tasks are all a complete failure. They need to revaluate and be held accountable. Apart from issuing press releases, these two departments have failed to impose any appropriate policies for Hong Kong. They are simply mantels and have dragged Hong Kong to this state. The US-China war has cause issues in Hong Kong and Taiwan issues. This is saddening.”

Source: https://chinaqna.com/a/100839

#HongKongElection #Sanction #GlobalTimes #HuXijin #China #Weibo

The Electoral Affairs Commission Suggested Giving Priority to Elderly and Pregnant Voters

The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) is holding a one-month long public consultation on whether Presiding Officers are allowed to give priority to elderly, pregnant and disabled voters to vote first.

Voters can also be allowed to see whether their names are crossed out when they obtain their ballot papers in other to ensure its transprency.

The EAC is also proposing to limit the number of people who are allowed to watch the counting process. Observers should have their names and ID cards registered. They stated that some citizens caused nuisance and unnecessary pressure to staff during vote-counting process in the previous District Council Election.

Source: Now News #Mar9
#LegislativeCouncilElection #HongKongElection

#HongKongElection
Electoral Office ignored complain on suspected vote rigging

A post about suspected vote rigging has been circulating on the internet. A citizen received a voter registration confirmation letter for a stranger under his address. He immediately brought the letter to the Registration and Electoral Office requesting them to disqualify that voter.

The officers only made verbal promises that they will “look into it”, and returned all supported documents he brought. When being asked for a case file for future reference, the officers said, there will not be any case file since they did not collect any documents from the citizen who complaint, and left the scene.

The citizen was skeptical if the staff would actually look into his case, and expressed his concern over the officers’ ignorance which might increase the chance of vote rigging. There is also no way for him to find out if the voter is being disqualified due to the lack of information provided in the confirmation letter.

Source: FB

IPAC denounced HK government for disqualifying pro-democracy candidates in the upcoming election

On 30 June, 12 Pro-democracy candidates in LegCo Election 2020 (which was later announced to be delayed for a year) were disqualified by the Hong Kong Electoral Affairs Commission. These 12 candidates collectively obtained tens of thousands of votes in the pro-democracy primaries.

68 legislators from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) signed the statement condemning the decision as 'unacceptable obstructions of the democratic process in Hong Kong'. These international legislators also urged the international community to respond proportionately with respect to the diminishing rights and freedoms in Hong Kong.

The IPAC aims at enhancing coordination between govenments and urges them to respond accordingly to challenges posed by China. The Alliance previously also spoke out against issues on Uyghurs, Falun Gong, and the Hong Kong National Security Law.

Source:
https://twitter.com/ipacglobal/status/1288806722979745794?s=09

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/cantonese/zh-hant/twelve-pro-democracy-figures-barred-from-legco-poll

#IPAC #HongKongElection
#DQ #ProdemocracyFigures
#LegcoPoll #China

Exclusive: China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest - sources

Two individuals with direct knowledge of China’s plans said the mass arrests in 2021 were part of a wave of ongoing actions to silence activists and to “make sure Hong Kong doesn’t slide back to what we saw 18 months ago”.

He said that Chinese officials were now discussing ways to change the electoral system to address “deficiencies” in the political structure and elections might be further delayed. Beijing remained concerned the opposition could still muster a majority in the legislature.

Among the next steps, authorities could focus on disqualifying hundreds of democratic “district councillors”; entrenching loyalty to China within the civil service; squeezing businesses whose bosses explicitly support the democratic cause and creeping censorship of the internet and media under the auspices of national security.

Source: Reuters #Jan12

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-security-democracy-idUSKBN29H0E8

#ChinacrackdownHongKong #HongKongElection

Hong Kong plans to make politicians swear oath of loyalty to Beijing

Hong Kong’s government has announced electoral changes requiring office-holders to pledge and maintain an oath of loyalty to Hong Kong and Beijing, or face disqualification and a five-year ban on running for re-election.

The announcement came a day after a top Beijing official signalled that the significant changes would be coming to ensure Hong Kong was run by “patriots”. It is a clear sign that China intends to no longer tolerate dissenting voices after taking over Hong Kong only 23 years.

Government critics and western leaders have accused Beijing of going back on its word and effectively ending the “one country, two systems” framework for governing the financial hub.

Source: The Guardian #Feb23

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/23/hong-kong-plans-to-make-politicians-swear-oath-of-loyalty-to-beijing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#HongKong #HongKongElection #China #DeathOfOneCountryTwoSystems

#PoliticalSuppression #1C1S
China Axes Hong Kong's Electoral System to Boost Influence

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29261

On March 30, 2021, Beijing imposed an overhaul in Hong Kong's electoral system. After a two-day meeting, the PRC's National People’s Congress Standing Committee (#NPCSC) directly amended two annexes in Hong Kong's Basic Law. All these changes will come into immediate effect on March 31, 2021.

In the Election Committee to select the Chief Executive, all 117 district councillor seats are eliminated.

The seats are replaced by “representatives of members of area committees”, including members of the government-appointed District Fight Crime Committees, the District Fire Safety Committee of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, as well as representatives of associations of Hong Kong residents in the mainland.

A new sector will be added. They are deputies to the PRC's National People’s Congress (#NPC), the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (#CPPCC), as well as representatives of “Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations”.

As for the Legislative Council (#LegCo), the number of directly elected seats in the geographical constituency will be reduced. The District Councillor seats within the LegCo are to be removed.

The changes are likely to increase the influence of the pro-Establishment camp while ridding of the role of the locally elected District Councillors.

The District Council election had been the only direct election in Hong Kong since the Handover in 1997. In the 2019 election, the pro-democracy camp had a landslide victory across the territory, winning 388 seats to the pro-Beijing camp's 59.

Source: Stand News #Mar30

#HongKongElection #ChiefExecutive #DistrictCouncil #CCPRules
#ElectoralOverhaul #Beijing

Only 'true patriots' need apply: Beijing's tough new laws turn Hong Kong's elections into selections

Beijing's new election rules give the central government sweeping powers to eliminate those considered disloyal and tip votes in the CCP’s favour even before a single ballot is cast. 

The new electoral system slashes democratic representation in Hong Kong's local legislature by sharply cutting the number and proportion of seats directly chosen by voters. It also gives greater power to appointed political bodies loyal to China's central government. 

"All our freedoms faded [at] a drastic speed that none of us could have expected," Law said in a Skype interview with CBC News from London, where he now lives. He counted off the  rights lost on his fingers: "freedom of speech, of association and assembly, and now elections, all gone."

Source: CBC #Apr03

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/only-true-patriots-need-apply-beijing-s-tough-new-laws-turn-hong-kong-s-elections-into-selections-1.5973931

#HongKong #HKLegCo #HongKongElection #Politics

#LegCo #Election
HK Government Orders #CivilServants to Assist in Electoral Office

In Hong Kong, Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip Tak-kuen sent a letter to all civil servants, saying that he had ordered the head of all government departments to assign civil servants to serve as electoral staff at poll stations in the upcoming Legislative Council (LegCo) election.

He added that civil servants are the "backbone of the government" and it is also their duty to make sure the election will be staged smoothly.

It was estimated that a total of 36,000 staff will be necessary on the election day.

Those assigned as electoral staff will face disciplinary actions if they fail to perform their duties or fail to report to the polling stations.

In the past, the administration has never made it mandatory for civil servants to assist in election routine.

Source: Stand News; #Oct29 https://thestandnews.page.link/fuL1JBWdMM43ANZc8

#FailedState #Regime #ElectoralOffice #LegCoElection #HongKongElection #PatrickNip

#LegCoElection
DQ'd, Jailed, Exiled: the Fate of 31 Elected Pro-Democracy Members of 2016 Legislative Council

After a year-long delay, and after China has "perfected" Hong Kong's electoral system, the Legislative Council (Legco) election finally took place on December 19, 2021.

Unlike the past, traditional pro-democracy parties such as Democratic Party, Civic Party, and Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood are all absent from this election. Taking their place in running is a few lesser known, self-professed "non-establishment" candidates.

The previous Legco Election took place in 2016, in which over 2.2 million voters elected 35 legislators from the geographic constituencies, the only part of the legislature which is generated by direct election.

Taking by-elections into account, 31 pro-democracy legislators have been voted into office in 2016. However, these elected representatives can no longer serve as the voice of the people in the halls of the Legislature.

Of the 31, 4 have emigrated from Hong Kong or have left in exile. 14 are in custody or are serving prison sentences, while 5 have been released on bail. The remaining 10 have stepped back from politics.

The oath taking controversy in 2016-2017 saw six legislators disqualified ("DQ") and removed from office, as a result of China's National People's Congress reinterpreting the requirements in Hong Kong's Basic Law after the legislators have already taken their oaths.

Following the 2019 #AntiELAB movement, the pro-democracy camp initiated a primary election in a bid to secure over half of the seats in Legislature in the election originally scheduled for 2020. 610,000 voters cast their votes in the primaries which saw candidates from across the full spectrum of the democratic camp participate. 18 of them had been sitting members of the 2016 Legco.

However, the primary election was accused by the authorities to be a "plot to paralyze the government", and the police arrested 55 people associated to the primaries under the #NationalSecurityLaw. This includes 16 of the aforementioned 18 sitting Legco members; the remaining two, #NathanLaw and #TedHui, have left Hong Kong in exile.

Source: Stand News #Dec18
https://thestandnews.page.link/Tmr7PZVS2TohiCqWA

#PoliticalProsecution #DQ #HongKongElection #CCPStyle
#Regime #PoliceState #Arrest

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Business connections of #JohnLee’s sons with CE electors revealed

//A #Factwire investigation reveals that the two sons of John Lee, the Chief Executive candidate likely to be running unopposed this year, both have connections with members of the current #ChiefExecutiveElection Committee in the business field, although John Lee’s team said he has not been involved in these connections.

John Lee’s older son, Gilbert Lee, is a senior executive at Hang Seng Bank, whose direct superior, Diana Cesar, is the bank’s chief and a finance subsector member of the Election Committee. Gilbert Lee was awarded a position in a government panel last year, soon after his father became the Chief Secretary for Administration.

Lee’s younger son Jacky Lee is a business partner of Li Sing-tui, a member of the Election Committee and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (#CPPCC). Together, they own and operate a kindergarten in Dongguan that costs over HKD 70,000 a year to attend.//

Read full article:
https://www.factwire.org/en/business-connections-of-john-lees-sons-with-ce-electors-revealed/

Source: Factwire #Apr15

#CCPRules #HongKongElection