Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates have swept the city's district council elections, the city's first poll to be held after almost six months of anti-Government protests.
Key points:
* A record 71 per cent of registered people voted in the election
* Pro-democracy supporters said the Government must listen to voters
* A stand-off between protesters and police at a university continues
Results published by broadcaster HK01 show that all 452 seats have been counted, with pro- democracy candidates taking 385 seats, or about 85 per cent of the spots up for grabs.
Pro-establishment candidates, who champion Beijing's rule, were left with 59 seats.
Four years ago at the previous vote, democrats only secured about 100 seats.
Sending Beijing a message On Sunday the results of the election of these largely powerless officials will send a powerful message that could reshape the protest movement or draw the ire of an increasingly impatient China.
Pro-democracy candidates now are in the running to gain six seats on Hong Kong's semi-representative Legislative Council and 117 seats on the 1,200-member panel that selects the city's chief executive.
The city's current Beijing-backed chief executive, Carrie Lam, said her Government would "listen humbly" to the public after voters dealt a humiliating election setback to the political establishment she heads.
"The Government will certainly listen humbly to citizens' opinions and reflect on them seriously," she said in a statement issued by the Government.
Electoral affairs chief Barnabus Fung said at least 2.94 million people voted, a record turnout of more than 71 per cent that appeared to have been spurred by the turmoil.
About 1.47 million people voted in the last district elections four years ago.
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