2023 Hong Kong local elections

2023 Hong Kong local elections

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264 (of the 470) seats in all Districts Councils
Registered	4,329,710 (GC)[1] 4.76%
Turnout	1,195,331 (27.59%)[2] 43.64pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gary Chan Ng Chau-pei Regina Ip Party DAB FTU NPP/CF Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 21 seats, 16.78% 5 seats, 4.39% 0 seat, 2.97% Seats won 109 27 15 Seat change 88 22 14 Popular vote 486,942 206,285 99,775 Percentage 41.58% 17.61% 8.52% Swing 24.80pp 13.22pp 5.55pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Lo Wai-kwok Tommy Cheung Wong Kwan Party BPA Liberal FPHE Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election 3 seats, 2.27% 5 seats, 0.94% 3 seats, 0.66% Seats won 12 5 3 Seat change 9 0 0 Popular vote 59,015 19,574 17,744 Percentage 5.04% 1.67% 1.52% Swing 2.27pp 0.73pp 0.86pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Christine Fong Marco Liu Lam Chun-sing Party PP New Prospect FLU Alliance Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Pro-Beijing Last election Did not contest[a] New party 0 seat, 0.06% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 23,557 21,380 12,436 Percentage 2.01% 1.83% 1.06% Swing N/A N/A 1.00pp
Map of the winning party (in circles) and vote share of top candidate by constituency

The 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 10 December 2023 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, electing 264 of the 470 seats in the councils.^[3] Under the new electoral system, 88 of the elected 264 seats were directly elected by 4.3 million voters, while 176 of them were indirectly elected among some 2,400 members of the government-appointed District Committees. More than one-third of the remaining seats were appointed by the Chief Executive.

The electoral changes passed earlier in the year revived appointed seats in the deliberation bodies, introduced seats elected by government-appointed District Committees, and tightened eligibility with vetting and mandatory nomination from the District Committee members. As a result, this is the first election in Hong Kong contested by pro-Beijing candidates only,^[4] as the pro-democracy camp, which won a landslide in the last election amidst protests, had faced challenges since under the national security law, and under the new electoral rules, both pro-democracy and moderate parties failed to earn enough nominations to enter the race.

Despite the government's efforts to boost the voter turnout, only 1.19 million voters, or 27.5% of registered voters cast their ballots, the lowest ever in the Hong Kong District Council's history and the lowest among all elections since China took control of Hong Kong. The largest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) regained its status as the largest party in the district councils, winning 109 seats, while many smaller parties, which lacked strong community networks and resources, failed to win many seats.

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