Hong Kong Protestors Bags a Victory in Local Elections After Struggling a Lot

Street protestors in Hong Kong won an amazing victory in local elections on Sunday.

On Sunday, the protestors in Hong Kong bagged a great victory in local elections. It was a sharp reprimand of Beijing along with its allies in Hong Kong, which the turnout in a moment when 7 in 10 eligible voters recommended that the public continues to support the democracy movement, even though the protests grow uncontrollably violent. 

Young Hong Kongers, a major force behind the demonstrations of the past six months, played a leading role in the voting surge. 

There were 3 million voters who cast their votes and made the pro-democracy candidates bag 389 of the 452 elected seats, up from only 124 and far more than they have ever won. Whereas, the allies of the government, won only 58 seats. For most of democracy advocates, this was a turning point.

“There has been a very deep awakening of the Hong Kong people,”

said Alan Leong, the chairman of the Civic Party, which is one of the largest pro-democracy parties in the country.

The elections were organized for the district councils, which is one of the lowest elected offices in Hong Kong. They are mostly a subdued affair, who focuses on community issues. The job more often involves pushing for the neighborhood needs like bus stops and traffic lights.

But this election that was held in the country took on the outsized significance and was viewed as a referendum on the protest that has created the city’s worst political crisis in the last few years. In a few parts of China, where the greater democracy is one of the protesters’ biggest demands, it gave the residents a rare chance to cast their vote for the best.

This victory is accepted to cool down the air in Hong Kong after the protest.