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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Civil Force
| native_name      = {{noitalics|{{nobold|公民力量}}}}
| logo             = Civil Force Logo.png
| logo_size        = 230px
| colorcode        = #00a754
| chairman         = [[Pun Kwok-shan]]
| foundation       = December 1993
| headquarters     = Flat F, 1st Floor,<br />Kam Fai Building,<br />74 Chik Fuk Street,<br />[[Tai Wai]]
| ideology         = [[Chinese nationalism]]
[[Conservatism]]  ([[Conservatism in Hong Kong|HK]])
| regional         = [[Pro-Beijing camp]]
| wing1_title      = Alliance partner
| wing1            = [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]]
| seats1_title     = [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|2|90|hex=#00a754}}
| seats2_title     = [[District Councils of Hong Kong|District Councils]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|13|470|hex=#00a754}}
| website          = {{ofurl}}
| colours          = {{colour box|{{party color|Civil Force}}}} Green
| country          = Hong Kong
}}
{{Conservatism in Hong Kong}}
'''Civil Force''' ({{zh|t=公民力量}}) is a [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]], district-based political party in [[Hong Kong]]. Since 2014, the Civil Force has entered an alliance with the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] of [[Regina Ip]]. Headed by chairman [[Pun Kwok-shan]], it has its stronghold in the [[Sha Tin District]] where it is, as of 2025, the largest party by number of seats. 

==History==
It was established in 1993 by a former member of [[United Democrats of Hong Kong]], [[Lau Kong-wah]] and 8 other [[Sha Tin District Council|Sha Tin District Board]] members.

Lau was defeated by [[Emily Lau]] in both the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|1991 LegCo elections]] and the [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995 LegCo elections]]. In 1996, Lau secured a seat in the [[Provisional Legislative Council]]. He was elected into LegCo in since [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998 LegCo elections]] in the [[New Territories East (constituency)|New Territories East]] geographical constituency, after he joined the pro-[[Communist Party of China|Beijing]] [[Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong]] (DAB).

In 2003, due to the pro-government stance of DAB especially on the issue of implementing [[Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23|Article 23 of the Basic Law]], the popularity of Lau, being a member of the DAB, was affected, and the Civil Force performed not as well in the [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|2003 District Council elections]]. Campaigns of some of the members emphasise more on the banner of Civil Force and their local contributions, and did not mention the convenor's connection with the DAB. Lau himself lost the seat in the [[Kam To (constituency)|Kam To constituency]] for the [[Sha Tin District Council]] despite his long service in the district. The Civil Force retained 14 seats in the Sha Tin District Council, and 3 seats in the [[Sai Kung District Council]].

In the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 Legislative Council election]], Lau Kong-wah lost in the [[District Council (Second)]] functional constituency election while the newly joined member Scarlett Pong failed to win a seat in the New Territories East constituency. Civil Force had not been represented in the Legislative Council for the first time. It returned to the legislature with one seat when LegCo member [[Lam Tai-fai]] joined the Civil Force on 1 January 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9E%97%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%9D%E5%AB%81%E5%85%A5%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F-211003328.html|script-title=zh:林大輝嫁入公民力量|newspaper=Ming Pao|date=15 March 2013|accessdate=29 April 2013|language=Chinese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130630173557/http://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E6%9E%97%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%9D%E5%AB%81%E5%85%A5%E5%85%AC%E6%B0%91%E5%8A%9B%E9%87%8F-211003328.html|archivedate=30 June 2013}}</ref>

The Civil Force formed a [[New People's Party–Civil Force|political alliance]] with the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] (NPP), headed by [[Regina Ip]], in February 2014. Civil Force leader Pun Kwok-shan was appointed Vice-Chairman of the New People's Party, while members of either parties can acquire membership of the other party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20140212/news_20140212_55_984238.htm|work=Radio Television Hong Kong|date=12 February 2014|script-title=zh:新 民 黨 宣 布 與 公 民 力 量 結 成 聯 盟|language=Chinese}}</ref> The alliance fielded 23 candidates to contest the [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015 District Council elections]] and won 11 seats. Some Civil Force district councilors withdrew from NPP to avoid the political impact.

[[Eunice Yung]] won a seat for Civil Force and NPP in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]] in New Territories East.

In 2019, amidst the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|ongoing social movement]] against the extradition bill, the pro-Beijing camp suffered unprecedented defeat in the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|District Council elections]]. The NPP-Civil Force alliance fielded 28 candidates but did not win any seats. As a result, Civil Force was eliminated from all the district councils for the first time since its establishment.

In 2023, after the electoral reforms, NPP-Civil Force regained its dominant position in Sha Tin. 
 
==Election performances==

===Legislative Council elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! '''Election'''
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! [[Geographical constituency|GC]]<br />seats
! [[Functional constituency (Hong Kong)|FC]]<br />seats
! [[Election Committee (constituency)|EC]]<br />seats
! Total seats
! +/−
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995]]
| 27,841{{nochange}}
| 3.05{{nochange}}
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]]
|colspan=2 align=center | ''[[DABHK|DAB]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| {{N/A}}
|-
! [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]]
|colspan=2 align=center | ''[[DABHK|DAB]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004]]
|colspan=2 align=center | ''[[DABHK|DAB]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| –
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[2008 Hong Kong legislative election|2008]]
|colspan=2 align=center | ''[[DABHK|DAB]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| –
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
|-
! [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012]]
| 23,988{{nochange}}
| 1.32{{nochange}}
| 0
| 0
| –
| {{Composition bar|0|70|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016]]
| colspan=2 align=center | ''[[NPPHK|NPP]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| –
| {{Composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
|-
! [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021]]
| colspan=2 align=center | ''[[NPPHK|NPP]] ticket''
| 1
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|2|90|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
|-
|}

===Municipal elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br/>popular votes
! % of<br/>popular votes
! [[Urban Council of Hong Kong|UrbCo]]<br/>seats
! [[Regional Council of Hong Kong|RegCo]]<br/>seats
! Total<br/>elected seats
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong municipal elections|1995]]
| 10,546{{nochange}}
| 1.89{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|0|32|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|27|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| {{Composition bar|1|59|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
|-
|}

===District Councils elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! Total<br />elected seats
! +/−
|-
! [[1994 Hong Kong local elections|1994]]
| 12,141{{nochange}}
| 1.77{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|10|346|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 7{{increase}}
|-
! [[1999 Hong Kong local elections|1999]]
| 19,633{{increase}}
| 2.42{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|11|390|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 2{{increase}}
|-
! [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|2003]]
| 27,605{{increase}}
| 2.63{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|17|400|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 3{{increase}}
|-
! [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007]]
| 30,880{{increase}}
| 2.71{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|18|405|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 3{{increase}}
|-
! [[2011 Hong Kong local elections|2011]]
| 36,833{{increase}}
| 3.12{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|16|412|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 2{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015]]
| colspan=2 align=center | ''[[NPPHK|NPP]] ticket''
| {{Composition bar|11|431|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 6{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019]]
| 55,879{{nochange}}
| 1.91{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|0|452|hex={{party color|Civil Force}}}}
| 10{{decrease}}
|-
|}

==Representatives==

===Legislative Council===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Constituency !! Member
|-
| [[New Territories East (constituency)|New Territories East]] || [[Yung Hoi-yan]]
|-
|}

===District Councils===
<!--until 31 December 2019-->
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! District !! Constituency !! Member
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Sai Kung District Council|Sai Kung]]
|[[Po Lam (constituency)|Po Lam]]
|Alfred Au Ning-fat
|-
|[[Tak Ming (constituency)|Tak Ming]]
|Wan Yuet-cheung
|-
| rowspan=9| [[Sha Tin District Council|Sha Tin]]
|[[Lek Yuen (constituency)|Lek Yuen]]
|Michael Wong Yue-hon
|-
|[[City One (constituency)|City One]]
|Wong Ka-wing
|-
|[[Yue Shing (constituency)|Yue Shing]]
|Victor Leung Ka-fai
|-
|[[Hin Ka (constituency)|Hin Ka]]
|Lam Chung-yan
|-
|[[Lower Shing Mun (constituency)|Lower Shing Mun]]
|Tong Hok-leung
|-
|[[Wan Shing (constituency)|Wan Shing]]
|[[Ho Hau-cheung]]
|-
|[[Tin Sum (constituency)|Tin Sum]]
|[[Pun Kwok-shan]]
|-
|[[Yu Yan (constituency)|Yu Yan]]
|Yiu Ka-chun
|-
|[[Kwong Yuen (constituency)|Kwong Yuen]]
|Chan Man-kuen
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.civilforce.org.hk Web site of Civil Force]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040925081518/http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr04-08/lkw.htm Lau Kwong Wah, Hong Kong Legislative Council]
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