More than a majority of voters turn out at election . With more than a third of seats won , pan - democrats still hold the power . `` Pro-democracy voters went for parties that did n't have that kind of bitterness between them , '' said Michael DeGolyer , a professor of government at Hong Kong Baptist University and director of the Hong Kong Transition Project . This was a day after Hong Kong dropped national education requirement . Pro - Beijing camp benefited from support among pan - democrats , he says .
More than a majority of voters turn out at election . With more than a third of seats won , pan - democrats still hold the power . This was a day after Hong Kong dropped national education requirement . Pro - Beijing camp benefited from support among pan - democrats , he says .