Nearly 44 per cent of the Hong Kong Legislative Councilโs seats have been reshuffled after four incumbent lawmakers lost their re-election bids and 35 others bowed out of the race.
Those four who failed to secure another term in Sundayโs poll are Kwok Wai-keung and Michael Luk Chung-hung of the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), along with Frankie Ngan Man-yu and Edmund Wong Chun-sek of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
The results mean that 39, or 43.8 per cent, of the 89 current lawmakers will bid farewell to the chamber, as 35 of them had already decided not to seek re-election.
The two FTU candidates had both switched from other constituencies to contest in directly elected geographical seats.
Kwok, a three-term lawmaker, switched from the labour constituency to contest in Hong Kong Island West, which covers the Central and Western, Southern and Islands districts.
He garnered 25,643 votes in the constituency, fewer than incumbent Chan Hok-fung of the DAB and Judy Chan Kapui of the New Peopleโs Party (NPP). Both Chans secured more than 30,000 votes.