The election Sunday is seen as a referendum on the political crisis that has engulfed Hong Kong over the past several months
HONG KONG—Voters head to the polls here Sunday for scheduled district elections that may offer residents a political outlet to vent frustrations after months of violent clashes between protesters and police.
More than four million registered voters can take part in the semiautonomous city’s most representative and democratic election and—for the first time—all 452 elected seats for District Councils will be contested. Many candidates are young people entering political life for the first time and provide challenges against...
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