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 pan-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 Wai-king Pro-Beijing camp 1992 12 (17.1%) 117
Democratic Party
民主黨		 DP Social liberalism Emily Lau Wai-hing Pro-democracy camp 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 camp 2012 7 (10.0%) 18
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
香港工會聯合會		 FTU Chinese nationalism,
Conservative socialism		 Lam Suk-yee Pro-Beijing camp 1948 5 (7.1%) 29
Civic Party
公民黨		 CP Constitutionalism,
Social liberalism		 Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu Pro-democracy camp 2006 5 (7.1%) 10
Liberal Party
自由黨		 LP Conservatism,
Economic liberalism,
Liberal conservatism		 Felix Chung Kwok-pan Pro-Beijing camp 1993 4 (5.7%) 10
New People's Party
新民黨		 NPP Conservatism Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Pro-Beijing camp 2011 3 (4.3%) 26
(incl. CF)
New Territories Association of Societies
新界社團聯會		 NTAS Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism		 Leung Che-cheung Pro-Beijing camp 1985 3 (4.3%)
(Part of DAB)		 5
Professional Commons
公共專業聯盟		 PC Liberalism Stanley Ng Wing-fai Pro-democracy camp 2007 2 (2.9%) 0
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre
街坊工友服務處		 NWSC Liberalism,
Social democracy		 Wo Wai-chung Pro-democracy camp 1985 1 (1.4%) 5
Labour Party
工黨		 LAB Environmentalism,
Social democracy		 Suzanne Wu Sui-shan Pro-democracy camp 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 camp 1984 1 (1.4%) 1
Civic Passion
熱血公民		 CP Localism,
Nativism,
Populism		 Cheng Chung-tai Localist camp 2012 1 (1.4%) 0
People Power
人民力量		 PP Direct democracy, Populism,
Radical democracy		 Raymond Chan Chi-chuen Pro-democracy camp 2011 1 (1.4%) 0
League of Social Democrats
社會民主連線		 LSD Direct democracy,
Radical democracy,
Social democracy		 Avery Ng Man-yuen Pro-democracy camp 2006 1 (1.4%) 0
Demosisto
香港眾志		 D Direct democracy,
Localism
Social democracy		 Nathan Law Kwun-chung Pro-democracy camp 2016 1 (1.4%) 0
New Century Forum
新世紀論壇		 NCF Conservatism Ma Fung-kwok Pro-Beijing camp 1999 1 (1.4%) 0

Other parties and groups

Pan-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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