HONG KONG—More than a million voters thronged polling stations across Hong Kong on Sunday in district elections viewed as a key barometer of support for city leader Carrie Lam, besieged by nearly six months of protests against the enroachment of mainland Chinese politics in the former British colony.
The turnout in the first four hours matched a figure only reached at 6:30 p.m. in the last election four years ago, government data showed. There have been concerns in the city of 7.4 million that polling could be halted if violence erupts.
