{"id":245745,"date":"2016-09-05T05:59:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245745"},"modified":"2016-09-05T05:59:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T05:59:33","slug":"hong-kong-election-anti-china-activists-set-to-take-legco-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/hong-kong-election-anti-china-activists-set-to-take-legco-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong election: Anti-China activists set to take LegCo seat"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new generation of anti-China activists have won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), preliminary results indicate.<\/p>\n
Among them is Nathan Law, one of the young leaders of the mass pro-democracy demonstrations of 2014, who is now on course to win a constituency seat.<\/p>\n
It is the first taste of real political power for the young protest leaders.<\/p>\n
But pro-Beijing politicians will retain a majority of seats, partly because of the electoral system.<\/p>\n
Results were delayed by a record voter turnout, which saw some 58% of 3.8 million registered voters queue up, compared with 45.2% in 2008. Full results are due later on Monday.<\/p>\n