Results were mixed in the first Hong Kong district councilor election since the anti-government protests of 2014, with pro-establishment groups taking 298 seats and pan-democrat parties winning 112 seats, Hong Kong Free Press reported. While eight pan-democrat seats went to young candidates representing parties that had emerged from last year’s Umbrella Movement, the coalition failed to win a majority on even one district council. Pro-democracy parties who had exposed a lead water scandal won only one seat in the constituencies where major affected public housing estates were located. Local media also highlighted multiple instances of elderly voters being shuttled to polling stations, raising concerns over potential vote rigging.