About a third of Hong Kong 's registered voters elected a new 90-member legislature Sunday, a turnout that avoided an embarrassment for the government but fell short of a ringing endorsement of an electoral system revamp that eliminated the once feisty opposition in the Chinese territory.
The turnout rate reached 31.9 per cent, surpassing the 30.2 per cent in the 2021 election, the first held under the new system. It was much lower than before the electoral changes, when turnout topped 50 per cent.
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Many of the city’s 4.1 million eligible voters, especially democracy supporters, have turned away from politics since a crackdown that has stifled dissent.
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