Election Outcome as of HKT03:20

The pro-democracy camp has won 185 seats over the total of 452 seats, while the pro-Beijing camp has only got 19 seats so far.

Election Outcome By Constituencies: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12226

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Vote Count in Two Ballot Stations

As of HKT03:31

In Ping Shan North, the count shows that the pro-democracy candidate and the winning candidate have only a difference of two votes. According to sources, the electoral officer might have included spoilt votes in the count; however, pro-Beijing groups opposed an audit by surrounding the ballot station.

A similar incident happened but turned out differently in Nam Cheong of Sham Shui Po district. In the first count, democracy candidate Lam Sin-tong won the DAB representative Lau Pui-yuk by 1 vote. Lau from the pro-Beijing party requested for an audit. In the second count, Lau won the seat with 1,640 votes, while her opponent Lam received 1,538 votes.

Source: Internet; InMedia #Nov25 #VoteCount #HongKongElection

M38 Pak Heung North: Number of Counted Votes Found Inconsistent

According to the citizen who took the video, the total number of votes in the district M38 Pak Heung North was revealed to be inconsistent after the first vote count. The electoral officer claimed that there were 29 blank votes in the envelope without displaying them to the public.

When asked again, the officer took out the envelope holding all the blank votes. However, only 27 votes were found in the second count. Among them, there were 13 spoilt votes, 13 blank votes and 1 valid vote.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Tomtang1223/videos/2731652836886996/

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Election Outcome as of HKT 05:00
Pro-democracy camp wins 284 seats thus far, gaining 159. Pro-Beijing camp wins 32, losing 267 seats.

Election Outcome By Constituencies: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/12226

#Nov25 #HongKongElection #VoteCount

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

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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

Vote Counting Controversies:
Presiding Officer Refused to Conduct a Second Count in Tsing Yi, Despite Request

(25 Nov) Awaiting the District Council Election outcome, citizens at the vote counting station for the Shing Hong constituency in Tsing Yi demanded a second count.

At the Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School polling station, citizens questioned the fairness of the count, as the problematic ballots were not displayed. People on site demanded a re-count, but were rejected by the Presiding Officer.

Eventually, the seat of Shing Hong constituency was won by pro-Beijing LEUNG Kar Ming from DAB (3531 votes), defeating Lucia CHIU Po Kam of Power for Democracy (3417 votes).

Source: TVB,
http://news.tvb.com/local/5ddb311de603831b143aed34/青衣盛康選區票站有人促重新點票-不獲選舉主任批准

#RecountVoteRejected #ProblematicBallot #TsingYi #VoteCount #DistrictCouncilElection

Vote Counting Controversies:

Special ballot box from Correctional Services Delivered to the polling station in Tung Chung South constituency

Polling Officer: Have the ballot papers Mixed before Counting

(25 Nov) A special ballot box from Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (HKCSD) arrived at the polling station in Tung Chung South constituency. The polling officer ordered to mix the ballot papers in the special ballot box with those at the polling station before counting, and claimed that was in accordance with the election ordinance.

Candidate Wong Chun-yeung and his team pointed out to the polling officer that the vote count was not conducted the same way as in last term, and demanded the officer to clarify the exact clause of the election ordinance he had based his decision on.

Four candidates ran for Tung Chung South constituency. Except for Holden Chow Ho-ding, the vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the other three candidates, including nonpartisan Lai Wing-on, pro-democracy independent candidate Wong Chun-yeung, and nonpartisan Lai Wing-yin, arrived at the polling station to supervise the vote count.

Source:RTHK
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1494201-20191125.htm

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Vote Counting Controversies

(25 Nov)Desmond Fung who is the pro-democracy candidate of the Lam Tin constituency lost the election by 50 votes. “I’m sorry to all of you.” Fung apologized to the voters at the Lam Tin polling station, adding that his win or loss was not important. “The win of Hong Kong is the most important.” He called on everyone to continue the fight through different means, tearing up as he spoke.

Vote counting at the Lam Tin constituency has been controversial as two rounds of ballot counting still offered up no results. Residents at the polling station asked for another count, but the electoral officer refused and called the police. A large number of riot police arrived to block off the polling station entrance. The electoral officer later said residents could file complaints with the Election Committee if they were still dissatisfied. There were about 100 problematic ballots at the two Lam Tin constituency polling stations, and the number was more than the number of valid votes of the opponent, which was 50. The problematic ballots had multiple stamps and stamping outside of the circles.

Source: The stand news
https://dce2019.thestandnews.com/
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