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List of political parties in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has 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 appointed by the Premier of the People's Republic of China 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.[1][2]

Hong Kong has no legislation for political parties; thus, it 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

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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

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As of 19 June 2017, there were a total number of 16 political groupings represented in the Legislative and District Councils:[3] 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.[4]

Party Founded Camp Ideology Leader 7th Legislative Council 7th District Councils
Seat Vote share Seat Vote share
DAB Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
民主建港協進聯盟 		10 July 1992 (1992-07-10) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)
Chinese nationalism
Social conservatism 		Gary Chan
19 / 90
 51.43%
147 / 470
 41.58%
FTU Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
香港工會聯合會 		17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) Pro-Beijing
Ng Chau-pei
8 / 90
 14.53%
43 / 470
 17.61%
BPA Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
香港經濟民生聯盟 		7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)
Economic liberalism
Chinese nationalism 		Lo Wai-kwok
7 / 90
 Only FC
24 / 470
 5.04%
NPP New People's Party
新民黨 		9 January 2011 (2011-01-09) Pro-Beijing
Regina Ip
5 / 90
 11.35%
25 / 470
 8.52%
LP Liberal Party
自由黨 		6 June 1993 (1993-06-06) Pro-Beijing
Tommy Cheung
4 / 90
 Only FC
8 / 470
 1.67%
NTAS New Territories Association of Societies
新界社團聯會 		1985 (1985) Pro-Beijing
Chan Yung
4 / 90
 Part of DAB
1 / 479
 0.48%
FEW Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers
香港教育工作者聯會 		13 April 1975 (1975-04-13) Pro-Beijing
Lau Chi-pang
2 / 90
 Only FC DNP
FLU Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
港九勞工社團聯會 		November 1984 (1984-11) Pro-Beijing
Lam Chun-sing
2 / 90
 Only FC
3 / 470
 1.06%
CF Civil Force
公民力量 		1993 (1993) Pro-Beijing
Pun Kwok-shan
2 / 90
 Part of NPP
17 / 470
 Part of NPP
RT Roundtable
實政圓桌 		7 May 2015 (2015-05-07) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)

Moderate conservatism

Michael Tien
1 / 90
 3.02%
0 / 470
 0.61%
PP Professional Power
專業動力 		2010 (2010) Centrist
Pro-Beijing 		Conservatism (HK)

Centrism

Christine Fong
1 / 90
 2.89%
1 / 470
 2.01%
KWND Kowloon West New Dynamic
西九新動力 		16 March 2008 (2008-03-16) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)
Economic liberalism 		Priscilla Leung
1 / 90
 2.78%
6 / 470
 No elected
NPHK New Prospect for Hong Kong
香港新方向 		October 2019 (2019-10) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)
Gang Piao Interests 		Marco Liu
1 / 90
 2.19%
1 / 470
 1.79%
NCF New Century Forum
新世紀論壇 		23 June 1999 (1999-06-23) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK)

Chinese nationalism

Ma Fung-kwok
1 / 90
 Elected by ECC DNP
TS Third Side
新思維 		3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) Centrist Liberalism (HK)
Centrism 		Tik Chi-yuen
1 / 90
 0.31% DNP

Other parties and groups

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

Pro-Democracy camp

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Pro-Beijing camp

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Localist groups

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Umbrella organisations

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Others

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Regional organisations, communal pressure groups and Kaifong associations

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Electoral coalitions

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Defunct

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kent Ewing (12 November 2020). "With Hong Kong's democrats gone, why not get rid of the rubber-stamp legislature altogether?". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ "This week in politics_2：Election Rules Changed, Council Turned into Rubber Stamp". Citizen News. 10 March 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ "List of Political Affiliations of LegCo Members and DC Members" (PDF). District Councils of Hong Kong.
  4. ^ "Serving Members of the Sixth Legislative Council". Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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