List of political parties in Hong Kong

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A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. Hong Kong has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power by controlling the Legislative Council. The Chief Executive is selected separately by the Central People's Government and is non-partisan, but has to rely on political parties in the legislature for support, effectively having coalition governments.

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.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Present 1.2 Local 1.3 Defunct 2 See also

[edit] The parties

The list includes also political groups in Hong Kong that participate in elections but are not considered parties.

[edit] Present

• 7.1 People Pile (七一人民批)
• April Fifth Action (四五行動, Sì-Wǔ Xíngdòng)
• Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (香港民主民生協進會/民協)
• Citizens Party (民權黨)
• Civic Act-Up (公民起動)
• Civic Party (公民黨)
• Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB, 民主建港聯盟)
• Democratic Party (民主黨, Mín Zhǔ Dǎng)
• The Frontier (前綫, Qiánxiàn)
• League of Social Democrats (社會民主連線)
• Liberal Party (自由黨)
• New Century Forum (新世紀論壇)
• Southern Democratic Alliance(南方民主同盟)

[edit] Local

• Central and Western Democratic Power
• Civil Force
• Justice Union
• New Youth Forum
• Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance

[edit] Defunct

• 123 Democratic Alliance
• Hong Kong Progressive Alliance (香港協進聯盟/港進聯)
• Reform Club
• Hong Kong Civic Association
• Article 45 Concern Group (《基本法》四十五條關注組)

[edit] See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
• List of political parties in mainland China
• List of political parties in the Republic of China
• List of political parties

• Hong Konger Front (我是香港人連線)