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2025 Hong Kong Election Sees Slight Turnout Increase Amid Crisis

12/21/2025

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In 2025, Hong Kong's Legislative Council election turnout was 31.9%, up from 30.2% in 2021, but it remains the second-lowest since the 1997 handover.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said the city’s deadliest fire in decades affected the election, though its effect is hard to generalize.
Despite government efforts to boost participation, turnout fell 2.4% to about 1.32 million, while registered voters declined to 4.13 million.

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In 2025, Hong Kong's Legislative Council election turnout was 31.9%, up from 30.2% in 2021, but it remains the second-lowest since the 1997 handover.
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said the city’s deadliest fire in decades affected the election, though its effect is hard to generalize.
Despite government efforts to boost participation, turnout fell 2.4% to about 1.32 million, while registered voters declined to 4.13 million.