2019 Hong Kong District Council elections

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkbp:date 24 November 2019
gptkbp:district 18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2019 Hong Kong District Council elections
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkbp:mainCandidate over 1,000
gptkbp:nextEdition 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections
gptkbp:notableFor international attention
first election after 2019 protests
peaceful voting process despite unrest
pro-democracy landslide victory
record high voter turnout
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:2019–2020_Hong_Kong_protests
democracy movement
police conduct
extradition bill controversy
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:pro-Beijing_camp
gptkb:pro-democracy_camp
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Electoral_Affairs_Commission_(Hong_Kong)
gptkbp:previousEdition 2015 Hong Kong District Council elections
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:2019–2020_Hong_Kong_protests
gptkbp:resultedIn pro-Beijing camp suffered major losses
pro-democracy camp won control of 17 out of 18 district councils
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 452
gptkbp:stateElectorate 4,132,977
gptkbp:type local
gptkbp:voterTurnout 71.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem 2,943,842
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jeremy_Lam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6