“When the results came out, the same people who had messaged me earlier said to me: ‘Sorry, we should have more confidence in you’,” said Wong, who is also the party’s secretary general.

“But I told them – there’s no need to apologise. You were all right to sound a note of caution. Because in an election, no one can ever be certain of the outcome until the ballot boxes are opened and the votes are counted.”

But Wong emphasised that this should not be seen as a landslide victory, and the party faced “very tough fights” in several constituencies.