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

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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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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

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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

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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
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