List of political parties in Hong Kong

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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.

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 Founded Camp Ideology Position Leader 2021 legislative election 2019 local elections
Legislative Council vote share District Councils 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 Chinese nationalism
Conservatism (HK)
Social conservatism 		Centre-right Starry Lee
19 / 90
 51.43%
21 / 479
 16.78%
FTU Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
香港工會聯合會 		17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) Pro-Beijing
Left-wing Ng Chau-pei
8 / 90
 14.53%
5 / 479
 4.39%
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 		Centre-right Lo Wai-kwok
7 / 90
 Only FC
5 / 479
 2.27%
NPP New People's Party
新民黨 		9 January 2011 (2011-01-09) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK) Centre-right Lo Wai-kwok
5 / 90
 11.35%
0 / 479
 2.73%
LP Liberal Party
自由黨 		6 June 1993 (1993-06-06) Pro-Beijing
  • Conservatism (HK)
  • Economic liberalism
  • Liberal conservatism
  • Social conservatism
 Centre-right Felix Chung
4 / 90
 Only FC
5 / 479
 0.94%
FEW Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers
香港教育工作者聯會 		13 April 1975 (1975-04-13) Pro-Beijing Teachers' interests
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 Labourism
Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing populism 		Left-wing
2 / 90
 Only FC
0 / 479
 2.73%
Roundtable
實政圓桌 		7 May 2015 (2015-05-07) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK) Centre-right Michael Tien
1 / 90
 3.02%
1 / 479
 0.89%
PP Professional Power
專業動力 		2010 (2010) Pro-Beijing Nonpartisanism Centre Christine Fong
1 / 90
 2.89%
3 / 479
KWND Kowloon West New Dynamic
西九新動力 		16 March 2008 (2008-03-16) Pro-Beijing Kowloon West regionalism Centre-right Priscilla Leung
1 / 90
 2.78%
0 / 479
 0.10%
NP New Prospect for Hong Kong
香港新方向 		October 2019 (2019-10) Pro-Beijing Mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong interests Gary Zhang
1 / 90
 2.19% DNP
NCF New Century Forum
新世紀論壇 		23 June 1999 (1999-06-23) Pro-Beijing Conservatism (HK) Centre-right Ma Fung-kwok
1 / 90
 Elected by ECC DNP
TS Third Side
新思維 		3 January 2016 (2016-01-03) Pro-Beijing Centrism Centre Tik Chi-yuen
1 / 90
 0.31% DNP

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[]

  • (青發生活關注組)
  • (北區動源)
  • (荃灣民生動力)

Others[]

Regional organisations, communal pressure groups and Kaifong associations[]

Electoral coalitions[]

  • (七一連線)
  • (A16聯盟)
  • (高教界民主行動)
  • Action 9 (9人起動)
  • (房屋署工會大聯盟)
  • ALLinHK
  • Central and Western Democratic Power (中西區民主力量)
  • (全港報販大聯盟)
  • (專業‧民主‧起動)
  • (民主會計師)
  • Democratic Coalition for DC Election (泛民區選聯盟/民主派區選聯盟)
  • // (民福12/民福60/民褔陣線)
  • (真普選醫生聯盟)
  • (普選工程連線)
  • (建園規測)
  • (衞‧真普30)
  • (誠、會計師團隊)
  • (ICT動力)
  • //
  • (長權)
  • (進步社工)
  • (學界同盟 2017)
  • Tertiary 2012 (大專2012)
  • (社福同行)
  • (持份發聲)
  • (V18會計專業聯盟)
  • (社福動力)
  • (香港共贏會計師)
  • (Y5正能量)
  • (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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