Hong Kong democrats retain veto bloc in lawmaking body
HONG KONG, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Hong Kong democrats retained their one-third veto bloc in the city's 70-seat legislative council on Monday as the final votes from the weekend election were tallied.
A record number of voters turned out for the highly contested election, which saw six pro-democracy candidates disqualified from running on the grounds that they supported independence. (Reporting by Venus Wu; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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