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PRO-China candidates swept to an overwhelming victory in Hong Kong’s legislative council elections on Monday.
A total of 153 candidates contested 90 seats but some Western countries derided the 30 per cent turnout.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hit back: “With 1.35 million coming out to vote, it cannot be said that it was not an election that did not get a lot of support from citizens.”
It was the first legislative council poll to be held under new election rules established for the Hong Kong special administrative region.
The G7 group of countries released a statement expressing “grave concern” over the new system which has been branded undemocratic by some Western governments.
It sees the number of directly elected seats cut from 40 to 20 while only candidates deemed loyal to the “one China” policy are eligible to stand.
The new rules were implemented after violent US-backed anti-China protests in 2019.
China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong welcomed the elections as a “successful practice of democracy with Hong Kong characteristics.”
