Low turnout the true measure of Hong Kong voter sentiment
The low voter turnout in Sunday’s Legislative Council elections is a more accurate barometer of the political mood in the city than the results themselves, which are stacked in Beijing’s favour.
Tokyo | It was a last-ditch attempt to boost voter numbers in an “election” stacked in the favour of pro-Beijing “patriots”.
Millions of people piled onto Hong Kong’s trains and buses on Sunday after the government offered free transport on the day of the city’s Legislative Council elections.
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