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Democracy supporters celebrating in Hong Kong on Sunday night outside a polling station.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times #HongKong #Democracy #Chinesegovernment #Beijing #Students HONG KONG — A surge in voting, especially by young people, allowed democracy advocates to win many more seats on local councils. Pro-democracy candidates buoyed by months of street  protests  in  Hong Kong  won  a stunning victory in local elections  on Sunday, as record numbers voted in a vivid expression of the city’s aspirations and its anger with the Chinese government. It was a pointed rebuke of  Beijing  and its allies in  Hong Kong , and the turnout — seven in 10 eligible voters — suggested that the public continues to back the democracy movement, even as the protests grow increasingly violent. Young Hong Kongers, a major force behind the demonstrations of the past six months, played a leading role in the voting surge. With th...