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Hong Kong sees record-low turnout for ‘Patriots Only’ election

Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission Justice David Lok (2nd right), and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai (2nd left) clear a tally box at the District Committees constituency counting station of the 2023 District Council Ordinary Election at Ng Wah Catholic Secondary School on Sunday night. A record low 1.19 million signed up citizens cast tallies in the election. Picture courtesy Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Dec. 11 (UPI)– Hong Kong’s very first district elections purged of opposition political leaders under an overhaul of the elections system saw a record-low citizen turnout of 27.5%, according to main election information.

The so-called Patriots Only district elections were held Sunday, and brought in about 1.19 million qualified citizens to cast tallies, regardless of ballot hours being reached midnight due to a system problem with the Electronic Poll Register.

The turnout out is not just a record low however is a terrific decrease from the 71% of signed up citizens, or almost 3 million individuals, who cast tallies throughout the last election of 2019, which took place throughout demonstrations in the previous British nest over a proposed extradition law.

The demonstrations, which brought the island to a grinding halt that summertime,

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