HONG KONG—Voters largely shunned a citywide poll to rating Beijing-popular candidates for the city’s legislature, dealing a blow to the govt.’s efforts to portray it had accepted strengthen after a national-security crackdown that has beaten dissent in the city.
Turnout on Sunday was once the bottom for a legislative election for the reason that city’s return to China from British rule better than two many years ago. At ease 30.2% of the city’s 4.5 million registered voters solid ballots, primarily based totally on a provisional govt tally. In 2016, complete turnout was once 58.3%. The bottom post-handover turnout previously was once 43.6% in 2000.
