The anti-establishment mood after almost six months of street protests swept through polling stations across Hong Kong on November 24, 2019 as a record number of voters rejected pro-Beijing parties in favour of pro-democracy candidates. Of the 452 seats up for grabs, the pan-democrats were victorious in 347, the independents – many of them also pro-democracy – won 45, while the pro-establishment camp had to make do with 60. The pro-democracy camp now controls 17 out of 18 district councils.