Still not adding up: two more Hong Kong polling stations had more votes counted than ballots, report claims

News agency puts total discrepancy following city’s September 4 legislative elections at 831 votes

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The ballots in question were cast in Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections earlier this month. Photo: Bloomberg

Published: 5:00pm, 18 Sep 2016Updated: 2:38pm, 26 Oct 2016

Fresh reports of voting irregularities in the Legislative Council elections earlier this month have emerged, with the votes counted in two more stations outnumbering the number of distributed ballots.

A local news agency has reported it found to date irregularities in at least five polling stations in the city, this after earlier reports of suspected vote-stuffing at three polling stations in Tai Po, Tseung Kwan O, and Tsuen Wan.

The Factwire report said there were about 200 extra votes combined at Ma Wan and another Tai Po station, pushing the total number of extra votes in the five polling stations to 831.

Three of the five were in New Territories East constituency, and two were in New Territories West constituency.

The news agency studied the voting data at 96 of the city’s 571 polling stations, which it obtained from political parties and candidates’ representatives.

The day following the September 4 elections, a representative of New Territories East candidate Sixtus “Baggio” Leung Chung-hang of Youngspiration reported an irregularity at Sheung Tak Community Hall counting station in Tseung Kwan O.

Still not adding up: two more Hong Kong polling stations had more votes counted than ballots, report claims

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}News agency puts total discrepancy following city’s September 4 legislative elections at 831 votes

News agency puts total discrepancy following city’s September 4 legislative elections at 831 votes