Democratic Alliance (Hong Kong)

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Template:Distinguish Template:One source Template:Infobox political party Template:Infobox Chinese The Democratic Alliance, previously the Yuen Long Tin Shui Wai Democratic Alliance, was a pro-democracy, pro-ROC political group in Hong Kong established in 2003 and dissolved in 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The final chairman of the alliance was Johnny Mak Ip-sing, who was also a member of Yuen Long District Council.

History

The alliance was established in 2003 by a group of pro-Kuomintang politicians under the initiatives of the Legislative Council member Albert Chan Wai-yip after he split from the Democratic Party and wanted to consolidate his political base in the New Territories West.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The group filed five members in the Yuen Long District in the 2003 District Council elections, and won three seats in the Yuen Long District Council, while Albert Chan Wai Yip himself retained his seat in the Tsuen Wan District. The Democratic Alliance became part of Albert Chan's radical pro-democracy alliance People Power in 2011. Johnny Mak became the only People Power candidate win a seat in the 2011 District Council elections. In 2012, the Democratic Alliance broke apart from the People Power as Johnny Mak wanted to lead a candidate list in the coming 2012 LegCo elections. The group failed to win a seat in the New Territories West constituency.

The party was dissolved in July 2021.

Electoral performance

Legislative Council elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
Total seats +/−
2012 2,896Template:Increase 0.16Template:Decrease 0 0 Template:Composition bar 0Template:Nochange

District Councils elections

Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Total
elected seats
+/−
2003 6,928Template:Nochange 0.66Template:Nochange Template:Composition bar 1Template:Increase
2007 9,530Template:Increase 0.84Template:Increase Template:Composition bar 2Template:Decrease
2011 People Power ticket Template:Composition bar 0Template:Nochange
2015 5,313Template:Nochange 0.37Template:Nochange Template:Composition bar 0Template:Nochange
2019 9,886Template:Increase 0.34Template:Decrease Template:Composition bar 1Template:Increase

References

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