Hong Kong District Council elections

Directly Elected Seats for Hong Kong District Councils Reduced to 20 Percent, Ensuring Dominance Returns to the Pro-Beijing Camp

The Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) passed the third reading on the revision plan of the district councils on July 6, rewriting the composition of the district councils and reducing ...

July 10, 2023BY Kaworu Tsang and Harry McKenny

The 94 Percent Directly Elected Hong Kong District Councils Will Be ‘All But Gone’

The Hong Kong government announced on May 2 what the next District Council (DC) would look like. The ...

May 10, 2023BY Nie Law, Shan Lam and Harry McKenny

70 Percent District Council Seats Are Vacant After Mass Arrests of Pro-Democracy Councilors; HK Plan to Add More Pro-CCP Members

In 2019, democracy took over Hong Kong District Council Election when Hong Kong democratic figures celebrated a landslide ...

September 30, 2022BY Summer Lawson

Former District Councillors: Hong Kong District Council Elections to Become a Thing of the Past

The current District Councils in Hong Kong expire at the end of 2023. Chief Executive (CE) John Lee ...

July 29, 2022BY Nie Law and Shan Lam

Hong Kong District Councillor Disqualified Over Oath Validity

On August 13, 2019, in the midst of the Anti-extradition Law Amendment Bill movement, the airport rally was ...

June 28, 2022BY Big Mack