Carrie Lam wins Hong Kong chief executive election, according to unofficial count

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has been elected Hong Kong’s next chief executive, becoming the city’s first female leader, according to an unofficial count.

Carrie Lam,left, and Woo Kwok-hing, centre, stand as officials empty ballot papers from boxes at the start of the counting process Source: Bloomberg

According to the unofficial count Lam, 59, won 772 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee, composed mostly of Beijing loyalists. The former chief secretary beat former finance chief John Tsang Chun-wah and retired judge Woo Kwok-hing.