HONG KONG — About a third of Hong Kong’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 that eliminated the once-feisty opposition in the Chinese territory.

The turnout rate reached 31.9 percent, surpassing the 30.2 percent rate in the 2021 election, the first held under the new system. But it was much lower than before the electoral changes, when turnout topped 50 percent.

Many of the city’s 4.1 million eligible voters, especially democracy supporters, have turned away from politics since a crackdown that has stifled dissent. Candidates now must go through a vetting process that ensures they are patriots who are loyal to the Chinese government.

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