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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 are two main political ideological blocs, which presents to pro-democracy camp (include localists) and pro-Beijing camp.

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 (November 2021) 8 political groups still represented, all of them pro-Beijing.[2]

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Party Ideology Leader Affiliation Founded Representation 2016 vote
share
Legislative
Council (2016) 		District
Councils (2019)
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)
民主建港協進聯盟 		Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism 		Starry Lee Pro-Beijing 1992 361,617 (16.7%)
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA)
香港經濟民生聯盟 		Conservatism,
Economic liberalism 		Lo Wai-kwok Pro-Beijing 2012 49,745 (2.3%)
Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU)
香港工會聯合會 		Chinese nationalism,
Conservative socialism 		Ng Chau-pei Pro-Beijing 1948 169,854 (7.8%)
Liberal Party (LP)
自由黨 		Conservatism,
Economic liberalism 		Felix Chung Pro-Beijing 1993 21,500 (1.0%)
New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS)
新界社團聯會 		Chinese nationalism,
Conservatism 		Leung Che-cheung Pro-Beijing 1985
(part of DAB) 		N/A
New People's Party (NPP)
新民黨 		Conservatism Regina Ip Pro-Beijing 2011 167,589 (7.7%)
New Territories Heung Yee Kuk (HYK)
新界鄉議局 		Traditional conservatism Kenneth Lau Pro-Beijing 1926 N/A
Roundtable
實政圓桌 		Conservatism Michael Tien Pro-Beijing 2017 N/A
Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU)
港九勞工社團聯會 		Conservatism Lam Chun-sing Pro-Beijing 1984 N/A
New Century Forum (NCF)
新世紀論壇 		Conservatism Ma Fung-kwok Pro-Beijing 1999 N/A
Federation of Public Housing Estates (FPHE)
公屋聯會 		Conservatism Hau Shui-pui Pro-Beijing 1985 N/A

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

Others

Regional organisations, communal pressure groups and Kaifong associations

Electoral coalitions

Defunct

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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