List of political parties in Hong Kong

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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 elected by an electoral college and is non-partisan, but has to rely on political parties in the legislature for support, effectively having a coalition government.

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 are three main political ideological campaigns, which presents to pro-democracy camp, pro-Beijing camp and the localist groups.

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 Council

Party name Abbr. Associated ideology Current leader Regional affiliation Year of est. Representation
Legislative
Council (2016)		 District
Councils (2015)
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
民主建港協進聯盟		 DAB Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism		 Starry Lee Pro-Beijing 1992 12 (17.1%) 117
Democratic Party
民主黨		 DP Social liberalism Wu Chi-wai Pro-democracy 1994 7 (10.0%) 42
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
香港經濟民生聯盟		 BPA Conservatism,
Economic liberalism		 Lo Wai-kwok Pro-Beijing 2012 7 (10.0%) 19
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
香港工會聯合會		 FTU Chinese nationalism,
Conservative socialism		 Lam Shuk-yee Pro-Beijing 1948 5 (7.1%) 29
Civic Party
公民黨		 CP Constitutionalism,
Social liberalism		 Alvin Yeung Pro-democracy 2006 5 (7.1%) 11
Liberal Party
自由黨		 LP Conservatism,
Economic liberalism,
Liberal conservatism		 Felix Chung Pro-Beijing 1993 4 (5.7%) 8
New Territories Association of Societies
新界社團聯會		 NTAS Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism		 Leung Che-cheung Pro-Beijing 1985 3 (4.3%)
(Part of DAB)		 5
New People's Party
新民黨		 NPP Conservatism Regina Ip Pro-Beijing 2011 2 (2.9%) 19
(incl. CF)
Professional Commons
公共專業聯盟		 PC Liberalism Paul Zimmerman Pro-democracy 2007 2 (2.9%) 3
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre
街坊工友服務處		 NWSC Liberalism,
Social democracy		 Wo Wai-chung Pro-democracy 1985 1 (1.4%) 5
Labour Party
工黨		 LAB Environmentalism,
Social democracy		 Suzanne Wu Pro-democracy 2012 1 (1.4%) 3
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
港九勞工社團聯會		 FLU Conservatism Ng Wai-yee Pro-Beijing 1984 1 (1.4%) 1
Civic Passion
熱血公民		 CP Localism,
Nativism,
Populism		 Cheng Chung-tai N/A 2012 1 (1.4%) 0
People Power
人民力量		 PP Direct democracy, Populism,
Radical democracy		 Raymond Chan Pro-democracy 2011 1 (1.4%) 0
New Century Forum
新世紀論壇		 NCF Conservatism Ma Fung-kwok Pro-Beijing 1999 1 (1.4%) 0

Other parties and groups

Pro-democracy camp

Pro-Beijing camp

Localist groups

Umbrella organisations

Others

Regional organisations, communal pressure groups and Kaifong associations

Electoral coalitions

Defunct

See also

  
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