The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council published an article on Monday to extend congratulations on the successful holding of the 7th District Council Ordinary Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Noting that this election was the first of its kind since the HKSAR reformed its District Council (DC) system, the article said the election marked another important practice of fully implementing the principle of "patriots administering Hong Kong" and will inject a powerful impetus into the consolidation of the social foundation for Hong Kong to achieve further prosperity.

Results of the election were unveiled on Monday, with 176 district committees constituency councillors and 88 geographical constituency councillors elected.

Over 1.19 million geographical constituency electors participated in the election, the voting and vote-counting processes operated smoothly in general, and all election arrangements were able to fully reflect the principles of transparency, honesty and fairness, said David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission when meeting the press on Monday morning.

The new term DCs will be composed of appointed, district committees constituency, district council geographical constituency and ex-officio members. The total number of district councillors will be 470.

The newly elected DC members will begin their four-year term on January 1, 2024.