Record 401,900 Hongkongers sign up to vote following opposition campaign to win seats in September’s Legislative Council election
- The surge means there are more than 4.45 million registered electors in the city
- The pro-democracy camp won a landslide victory in last November’s local elections, winning 17 out of 18 district councils
A record 401,900 Hongkongers have signed up to vote in the past year following a campaign by opposition politicians, who are aiming to win more than half the seats being contested in September’s Legislative Council elections.
The surge means there are more than 4.45 million registered voters in Hong Kong, according to the Registration and Electoral Office, which released its provisional register on Monday.
The office arrived at the new tally, which represents a net increase of 322,400, after deleting the records of people who had died or were not eligible to vote.
The overall figure is up 7.8 per cent from about 4.13 million voters in 2019 – or 18 per cent more voters than in the previous Legco elections in 2016.
There were 337,701 voters between the ages of 26 and 30, according to the provisional register, along with 352,953 electors in the 66 to 70 age group and 455,350 between 61 and 65 years old. Each of those age groups grew about a third from 2016.
