On Sunday, Hongkongers voted in four Legislative Council constituencies to replace lawmakers ousted over the 2016 oath-taking row.
Thank you for following the HKFP live blog. A full round-up of our by-election stories:
- Democrats win 2 of 4 seats, as ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu fails to regain seat
- Disqualified lawmaker’s defeat shows public back gov’t, says pro-Beijing lawmaker
- President of legislature says he is not worried about repeat of oath-taking row
- Pro-Beijing hopeful Judy Chan accuses rival of ‘self-orchestrating’ scuffles
- ‘Parachuted in’ Edward Yiu lost over lack of district work, says academic
- Gary Fan secures support from democratic camp, but failed to win over localists
- Taxi unionists in legal bid to disqualify pro-democracy winner Au Nok-hin
- Inexperience cost me the election, says defeated democrat Edward Yiu
- Pro-democracy candidates make emergency call for votes amid low turnout
- Cathay Pacific union condemns ‘impersonators’ asking members to vote for pro-BJ candidate
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