High drama in Hong Kong elections as localists win seats

FRANK CHING

In what was the most closely fought election in Hong Kong’s history, a record turnout on Sunday, an electorate politicized by the Umbrella Movement of 2014 and last-minute pan-democratic strategy changes enabled the opposition to thwart hopes of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to produce a legislature with a two-thirds pro-government majority, which would strip the pan-democrats of their ability to veto constitutional changes.