70 Percent District Council Seats Are Vacant After Mass Arrests of Pro-Democracy Councilors; HK Plan to Add More Pro-CCP Members

Former councilor: The District Council is almost wiped out

After the 2021 disqualification rounds, resignation due to the government's pressure, and arrests of the pro-democracy parties, the Hong Kong District Council currently has 70 percent empty seats. The photo was taken at a Mongkok District Council meeting in 2020. Photo by Max Lin/ The Epoch Times

In 2019, democracy took over Hong Kong District Council Election when Hong Kong democratic figures celebrated a landslide electoral win. Their victory was short-lived, however, after waves of disqualification and resignation.

Under the National Security Law, most pan-dem legislators have been thrown to jail, exiled, or migrated to the west permanently, resulting in about 70 percent of vacant seats in the district council.