Pro-Democracy Parties Secure Landslide Victory in Hong Kong

Wins for pro-democracy camp in district elections signals public support for ongoing protest movement

Local candidate Kelvin Lam celebrates with supporters after it was announced he won the local council elections in his district, at a polling station in the South Horizons West district in Hong Kong, on Nov. 25, 2019. Thomas Peter/Reuters

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp has coasted to a landslide majority in the city’s district elections on Nov. 24, indicating a groundswell of support for the ongoing protest movement against the Chinese regime’s encroachment.

Democratic candidates secured more than half of the 452 district council seats for the first time as residents turned out in record numbers on Nov. 24 to cast votes.