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HONG KONG (AP) \u2014 About a third of Hong Kong<\/a> ‘s registered voters elected a new 90-member legislature Sunday, a turnout that avoided an embarrassment for the government but fell short of a ringing endorsement of an electoral system revamp<\/a> that eliminated the once feisty opposition in the Chinese territory.<\/p>\n

The turnout rate reached 31.9%, surpassing the 30.2% in the 2021 election<\/a>, the first held under the new system. It was much lower than before the electoral changes, when turnout topped 50%.<\/p>\n

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