List of political parties in Hong Kong

Hong Kong had a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party was allowed to gain power by controlling the Legislative Council. The Chief Executive is selected by the Politburo based on an indirectly elected Election Committee and is de facto pro-Beijing but de jure is said to be nonpartisan as specified in the Chief Executive Election Ordinance. Once selected, the Chief Executive forms an unelected government which superficially has to rely on political parties in the legislature for support, but the legislature has been deliberately designed and redesigned to be a pro-Beijing rubber stamp body.

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Hong Kong has no legislation for political parties, and thus has no legal definition for what a political party is. Most political parties and political groups registered either as limited companies or societies.

In Hong Kong there were two main political ideological blocs, which presents to pro-democracy camp (include localists) and pro-Beijing camp. Under the newly introduced electoral system, only government-approved candidates may run, effectively disqualifying any candidates who are not from the pro-Beijing camp or approved by Beijing. Most of the pro-democracy camp Legislative Councillors from the previous LegCo have been jailed by the Hong Kong government and are therefore disqualified from participating in elections without the need for government vetting.

Present parties

The list includes also political groups, trade unions, professional associations and pressure groups in Hong Kong that have been active in elections but are not considered parties.

Parties and groups in the Legislative and District Councils

As of 19 June 2017, there were a total number of 16 political groupings represented in the Legislative and District Councils:[1] There are currently (As of August 2021) 8 political groups are still officially represented, and 4 further political groups represented by members of the first 8 groups (New Territories Association of Societies, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Kowloon West New Dynamic, Civil Force), all 12 are pro-Beijing parties.[2]

Party Ideology Leader Affiliation Founded Representation 2016 vote
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Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)
民主建港協進聯盟		 Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism		 Starry Lee Pro-Beijing 1992 361,617 (16.7%)
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA)
香港經濟民生聯盟		 Conservatism,
Economic liberalism		 Lo Wai-kwok Pro-Beijing 2012 49,745 (2.3%)
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)
香港工會聯合會		 Chinese nationalism,
Conservative socialism		 Ng Chau-pei Pro-Beijing 1948 169,854 (7.8%)
Liberal Party (LP)
自由黨		 Conservatism,
Economic liberalism		 Felix Chung Pro-Beijing 1993 21,500 (1.0%)
New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS)
新界社團聯會		 Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism		 Leung Che-cheung Pro-Beijing 1985
(part of DAB)		 N/A
New Territories Heung Yee Kuk (HYK)
新界鄉議局		 Traditional conservatism Kenneth Lau Pro-Beijing 1926
(also member of BPA)		 N/A
New People's Party (NPP)
新民黨		 Conservatism Regina Ip Pro-Beijing 2011 167,589 (7.7%)
Roundtable
實政圓桌		 Conservatism Michael Tien Pro-Beijing 2017 N/A
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU)
港九勞工社團聯會		 Conservatism Lam Chun-sing Pro-Beijing 1984 N/A
New Century Forum (NCF)
新世紀論壇		 Conservatism Ma Fung-kwok Pro-Beijing 1999 N/A
Legislative
Council (2016)		 District
Councils (2019)
Democratic Party (DP)
民主黨		 Social liberalism Lo Kin-hei Pro-democracy 1994 199,876 (9.2%)
Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL)
香港民主民生協進會		 Liberalism,
Social democracy		 Sze Tak-loy Pro-democracy 1986 33,255 (1.5%)
Community Alliance
區政聯盟		 Liberalism Vacant Pro-democracy 2019 N/A
Tai Po Democratic Alliance
大埔民主聯盟		 Liberalism N/A Pro-democracy 2019 N/A
Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood (CGPLTKO)
將軍澳民生關注組		 Liberalism Vacant Pro-democracy 2000 N/A

Other parties and groups

Other parties and groups without any representation that have participated in the elections include:

Pro-democracy camp

Pro-Beijing camp

Localist groups

Umbrella organisations
  • Ching Fat Living Concern Group (青發生活關注組)
  • North of the Rings (北區動源)
  • Tsuen Wan Dynamic for the People (荃灣民生動力)

Others

Regional organisations, communal pressure groups and Kaifong associations

Electoral coalitions
  • 7.1 United Front (七一連線)
  • A16 Alliance (A16聯盟)
  • ABC.P.A
  • Academics In Support of Democracy (高教界民主行動)
  • Action 9 (9人起動)
  • Alliance of Housing Department Staff Unions (房屋署工會大聯盟)
  • ALLinHK
  • Central and Western Democratic Power (中西區民主力量)
  • Coalition of Hong Kong Newspaper and Magazine Merchant (全港報販大聯盟)
  • Democrat Professionals Hong Kong (專業‧民主‧起動)
  • Democratic Accountants (民主會計師)
  • Democratic Coalition for DC Election (泛民區選聯盟/民主派區選聯盟)
  • Demo-Social 12/Demo-Social 60/Demo-Social Front (民福12/民福60/民褔陣線)
  • Doctors for Democracy (真普選醫生聯盟)
  • Engineers for Universal Suffrage (普選工程連線)
  • Gov.ALPS (建園規測)
  • Health Professionals for Democracy 30 (衞‧真普30)
  • Hearts of Accountants (誠、會計師團隊)
  • ICT Energy (ICT動力)
  • IT Voice/IT Voice 2012/IT Vision
  • O Superpower (長權)
  • ProDem22
  • Progressive Social Work (進步社工)
  • Students United 2017 (學界同盟 2017)
  • Tertiary 2012 (大專2012)
  • Together for Social Welfare (社福同行)
  • User Voice (持份發聲)
  • V18 Accountants (V18會計專業聯盟)
  • Vox Pop
  • Welfare Empower Hong Kong (社福動力)
  • Win Win Hong Kong Accountants (香港共贏會計師)
  • Y5 Give Me Five (Y5正能量)
  • Your Vote Counts (票在你手/計您一票)

Defunct

Pro-democracy camp

See also

References
  1. "List of Political Affiliations of LegCo Members and DC Members" (PDF). District Councils of Hong Kong.
  2. "Serving Members of the Sixth Legislative Council". Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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