Overview
- Officials reported turnout of 31.9%, slightly above 2021’s low, with roughly 1.3 million of 4.1 million eligible voters casting ballots.
- Results are due Monday after a muted campaign that paused public events out of respect for the Wang Fuk Court tragedy, which killed at least 159 people.
- Authorities said multiple people were detained in fire-related probes, with reports of more than a dozen arrests on suspected manslaughter-linked offenses.
- The Independent Commission Against Corruption announced a total of eleven arrests during the election period for alleged incitement to boycott or cast invalid ballots.
- The government extended voting hours, added polling stations, arranged transport and subsidies, and Chief Executive John Lee pledged to propose support for fire victims when the new LegCo convenes early next year.