HK Vote Count Late, Few Democrat Gains in Exit Polls
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Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by a sex scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing  camp in legislative polls as voters wary of irking their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.
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HONG KONG, Sept.13, 2004âPro-democracy parties in Hong Kong made small gains in Sunday&#39;s Legislative Council elections but said mass protests of July 1 had failed to translate into stronger support for their candidates.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s party failed to win a majority in today&#39;s legislative vote, which could hamper his proposals to further the island&#39;s national identity that would have deepened a rift with China.
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WASHINGTON - Exit polls and early vote-counting Tuesday night showed a presidential race headed deep into the night â-nd possibly longer â -the contest remained in doubt in the swing states that will decide the outcome.
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The people of Hong Kong voted Sunday in a legislative election that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed the territory from Britain in July 1997.
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The record turnout in Hong Kong&#39;s legislative council elections shows that the territory wants full democracy, newspapers said on Tuesday.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters go to the polls Sunday in an election that&#39;s expected to leave pro-democracy forces with more bargaining power in their demands for more democracy.
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Hong Kong&#39;s government has ordered a probe into vote counting discrepancies from Sunday&#39;s legislative election, the latest in a string of blunders that have embarrassed the local China-backed administration.
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Exit polling, long a key indicator of election trends, emerged on Wednesday as a big loser in the 2004 election after Internet pundits latched onto early data to mistakenly report a commanding lead for Democrat John Kerry in key states.
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Taipei (AsiaNews) - Polling stations will close at 4 pm (local time, GMT +8). Over 16.5 million Taiwanese voters will have had the opportunity of casting their ballot to elect 225 members of parliament.
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Hong Kong held a referendum on Sunday on the future, and the democracy activists won handily. In a record 55 per cent turnout, people voted solidly for parties that have been lobbying Beijing to let Hong Kong&#39;s
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After a campaign marred by scandal and alleged intimidation, the people of Hong Kong voted Sunday under gray skies in legislative elections that could give pro-democracy figures more clout than they have held since China reclaimed Hong Kong in July 1997.
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Hong Kong goes to the polls today in an election seen as a showdown over calls for greater democracy in the territory. A record voter turnout is expected in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong residents voted on Sunday in a legislative election seen as a referendum on greater democracy and a test of popularity for China&#39;s communist rulers in the former British colony.
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Democrats have tightened their grip on Hong Kong&#39;s legislature, but still have no mandate to push their agenda of universal suffrage in the southern Chinese enclave.
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Pro-democracy candidates failed to gain control of Hong Kong&#39;s legislature despite winning a large majority of the popular vote in elections yesterday, exit polls showed.
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HONG KONG -- A record 1.7 million Hong Kong voters cast ballots yesterday for an election that sent a fresh contingent of prodemocracy opposition politicians to the legislature, but fewer than the outright majority feared by Beijing's allies, exit polls indicated.