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Hong Kong district council election

Voters at a polling booth in Sheung Shui for last year’s district council election. Photo: Elson LI

Hong Kong may add more voting sites near border for mainland-based residents

But constitutional affairs chief Erick Tsang says authorities have no plans to revise voting laws to allow Hongkongers to vote outside city.

First Hong Kong district poll after overhaul cost taxpayers HK$1.2 billion

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Opinion | Hong Kong is ready to have one person, one vote for chief executive

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All 470 Hong Kong district councillors appointed to 3 neighbourhood committees

Government appoints 2,999 members to three committees across 18 districts, 466 more than last term.

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Votes are counted for the district council election last year. Photo: Dickson Lee

Many Hong Kong district councillors struggling to secure offices as deadline looms

Some councillors point to high rental prices as biggest challenge, especially in constituencies located in commercial districts or private housing estates.

Xia urges Hong Kong district councillors to act as bridge for public, officials

Xia Baolong, director of Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, also joined city leader John Lee for dim sum breakfast to discuss municipal-level administration.

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Hong Kong district councillors juggle demands of serving enlarged wards

Subsidies don’t stretch far enough to cover rents, assistants’ pay and other expenses, councillors say.

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Tuen Mun district councillor Ken Fung at his office. He began his four-year term on January 1. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Overloaded server caused system crash during Hong Kong’s district council poll

Electoral Affairs Commission also reveals that more than 2,000 voters not included in turnout rate, but says final results not affected.

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Hong Kong woman given suspended jail term for call to invalidate election ballots

Yeung Sze-wing, 51, sentenced to two months in jail but term is suspended for two years owing to guilty plea and ‘other mitigating factors’.

Hong Kong printed 1.5 million posters, leaflets for district council election

Authorities offer breakdown of promotion drive for first ‘patriots-only’ district council poll last month, which drew record-low turnout, but stop short of revealing total price tag.

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Workers in November hang up banners to promote the December 10 district council election. Photo: Jelly Tse

Then & Now | Cow or bull dung, one’s garden will still grow. Maybe elections are the same

It makes no difference whether one uses cow or bull dung on the plants in one’s garden – it will still grow. Perhaps the same applies to Hong Kong District Council election candidates.

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A Hong Kong government poster promotes the recent District Council elections. Photo: Elson Li

Can proposed district fairs in Hong Kong convince people to spend?

Only two of 18 district councils are proposing events with local flair and experts warn weak desire to spend and overlapping schedules may cause parties to fizzle out.

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District council seeks community version of ‘Night Vibes Hong Kong’ campaign

Planned ‘Night Vibes Tsim Sha Tsui’ campaign involves street performances, lighting decorations and activities to boost consumption.

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Hong Kong district councillors must back city’s own national security law: Lee

470 councillors swear oath of allegiance under supervision of home affairs chief Alice Mak.

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District councillors swear an oath of allegiance under the supervision of Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak (right). Photo: Handout.

Last days of Hong Kong’s opposition district councillors

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Letters | Fight polarisation over Gaza war with fact-based views

Readers discuss what individuals and the UN can do to foster peace in Gaza, the litter left in the wake of the district council election, and the rewards of reading.

Letters | Social media mockery will only drive Hong Kong to do better

Readers discuss the taunts calling Hong Kong a ‘relic’ of a financial hub, what the new district councillors must do, and why AI literacy must be taught in schools.

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Opinion | District councils must re-engage Hongkongers and reverse the disconnect

A record low voter turnout reflects a disconnect. For social reforms to succeed, communities must be engaged – the new district councils must make this their top task

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Political parties canvass voters for the district council election at North Point on December 10. Photo: Sam Tsang

Hong Kong’s incoming district councillors ‘must attend 80% of meetings each year’

Home affair chief Alice Mak discusses new requirement after two closed-door briefings, weeks before new district councillors take office on January 1.

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President Xi Jinping praises Hong Kong leader over national security, district poll

President Xi Jinping also urged John Lee’s administration to unite society and boost the city’s development by seizing ‘historic opportunities’.

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Opinion | Hong Kong’s first ‘depoliticised’ district polls raise more questions than answers

Tough questions must be asked about the election’s record low voter turnout and how defanged political parties can play a more ‘constructive’ role in an overhauled system

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Despite a massive campaign to encourage voting, including harbourfront pyrotechnics on December 9, turnout hit a record low. Photo: Dickson Lee

Opinion | Hong Kong district council elections: why weak middle class turnout is troubling

The expanded constituencies mean candidates need to cover a large population, with those with deep connections to public housing estates having an advantage. Candidates relying on middle-class support to win district council seats have been left disappointed.

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Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (second right) looks on as Electoral Affairs Commission members empty a ballot box in the counting station for the district council election at Queen’s College in Causeway Bay on December 11. Photo: Dickson Lee

My Take | Election apathy is inevitable when voters are denied a free choice

Voters at last Sunday’s “patriots-only” poll had to choose between pro-establishment contenders. Many regarded this as no choice at all.

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Letters | Hongkongers have good reasons to vote, despite the compromises

Post readers discuss the purpose of voting in Hong Kong elections, the reasons behind the BJP’s success in India, and how local libraries can engage the elderly.

Editorial | Hong Kong council appointees must show worth

Described as ‘high-calibre patriots’ by Hong Kong’s leader, it remains to be seen whether they will improve district bodies.

Chief Executive John Lee (second from right) and other officials open a ballot box in Hong Kong on Monday, following the district elections. Photo: Kyodo

179 ‘patriots’ appointed to Hong Kong district councils; dozens lost in 2019 race

Forty-nine appointees, or 27 per cent, ran in the previous municipal-body election in 2019 and lost.

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At least 19 government appointees, nearly 11 per cent of the total, are incumbent district councillors. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong’s new district councils will be more ‘constructive’: John Lee

Chief Executive John Lee urges residents to focus on election outcome and defends voting rate as a ‘good turnout’, despite hitting record low.

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Letters | US-China cooperation vital for stability in Southeast Asia and beyond

Readers discuss the positive momentum in bilateral relations following the Xi-Biden summit, protection against the winter flu season, district council election turnout and taxi drivers’ woes.

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Hong Kong district council election
Hong Kong’s district council election was held on November 24, 2019. The opposition bloc won 392 out of 452 seats, while their pro-establishment rivals took the remaining 60.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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