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{{Infobox political party
| country          = Hong Kong
| name             = Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood
| native_name      = {{noitalics|{{nobold|香港民主民生協進會}}}}
| logo             = File:Logo of the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood.svg
| logo_size        = 200px
| abbreviation     = ADPL
| leader1_title    = Chairman
| leader1_name     = [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]]
| leader2_title    = Vice-Chairmen
| leader2_name     = Howard Lee
| colorcode        = {{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1986|10|26|df=yes}}
| headquarters     = Rm. 1104, Sunbeam<br /> Commercial Bldg.,<br /> 469–471 [[Nathan Road]],<br /> [[Yau Ma Tei]], [[Kowloon]],<br /> Hong Kong
| affiliation1_title = Regional affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[Pro-democracy camp]]
| membership       = ~80<ref>{{cite news|title=民協談合併 成員憂齟齬|date=7 August 2018|url=http://forum.hkej.com/node/152800-%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E8%AB%87%E5%90%88%E4%BD%B5-%E6%88%90%E5%93%A1%E6%86%82%E9%BD%9F%E9%BD%AC|newspaper=信報}}</ref>
| membership_year  = 2018
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| ideology         = [[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in Hong Kong|HK]])<ref name="dictionary">{{cite book|title=Political Dictionary for Hong Kong|location=Hong Kong|year=1990|publisher=Macmillan Publishers (HK) Ltd|author1-first=Stephen|author1-last=Davies|author2-first=Elfed|author2-last=Roberts}}</ref><br />[[Social democracy]]<br />[[Social liberalism]]
| seats1_title     = {{nowrap|[[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]]}}
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[District Council of Hong Kong|District Councils]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|470|hex={{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}}}
| colours          = {{colour box|{{party color|Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood}}}}{{colour box|#9BC73C}} Yellow and green
| website          = {{URL|www.adpl.org.hk}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| order = jp
| showflag = stp
| t = 香港民主民生協進會
| s = 香港民主民生协进会
| j = Hoeng1 gong2 man4 zyu2 man4 sang1 hip3 zeon3 wui6*2
| y = Hēung góng Màhn jyú Màhn sāng Hip Jeun Wuih
| p = Xiānggǎng mínzhǔ mínshēng xié jìn huì
| t2 = 民協
| s2 = 民协
| j2 = Man4 hip3
| y2 = Màhn hip
| p2 = Mín Xié
}}
{{Politics of Hong Kong}}
{{Liberalism in Hong Kong}}
The '''Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood''' ('''ADPL''') is a Hong Kong [[Pro-democracy camp|pro-democracy]] [[Social liberalism|social-liberal]] [[List of political parties in Hong Kong|political party]] catering to [[grassroots]] interest with a strong basis in [[Sham Shui Po]]. Established on 26 October 1986, it was one of the three major pro-democracy groups along with the [[Meeting Point]] and the [[Hong Kong Affairs Society]] in the 1980s.

The ADPL survived through the great unification of the pro-democracy camp in the 1991 and became the only pro-democracy party to sit in the Beijing-controlled [[Provisional Legislative Council]] in 1997. It was ousted for the first time in the [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998 Legislative Council election]]. Its veteran former chairman [[Frederick Fung]] was the only legislator for the ADPL until he was defeated in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]] in which the party was ousted from the legislature for the second time. 

==Stances==
The stated aims of the ADPL are to:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adpl.org.hk/?page_id=50|script-title=zh:基本資料|language=Chinese|work=Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood|access-date=23 January 2014|archive-date=7 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207051408/http://www.adpl.org.hk/?page_id=50|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Strive for a high degree of autonomy in Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty and to implement the "[[one country, two systems]]" principle;
* Advocate democracy, fight for full implementation of direct elections for the Legislative Council, safeguard basic [[human rights in Hong Kong|human rights]] and freedoms of Hong Kong people and preserve Hong Kong's [[judicial independence]];
* Maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability and promote economic development in Hong Kong; and
* Distribute social resources fairly, improving the quality of life of the less well-off.

Within the [[pro-democracy camp]], the ADPL is usually considered more moderate. Besides demanding [[universal suffrage]], it emphasises livelihood issues and has supported an increase in profits and salaries taxes while opposing sales tax, a stance more favourable to lower income groups.  The party has also called for an increase in education and coverage of medical expenses.

==History==
===Founding===
The ADPL was founded on 26 October 1986 as a political organisation by a group of incumbent [[Urban Council (Hong Kong)|Urban Councillors]], [[District Council of Hong Kong|District Board]] members, members from mainly four grassroots organisations and professionals, the [[Association for Democracy and Justice]], the Society for Social Research, the [[New Hong Kong Society]], the [[Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy]], the Septentrio Academy and the Sham Shui Po Residents Livelihood Concern Group. The founding chairman was [[Ding Lik-kiu]] and vice-chairmen were [[Frederick Fung]] and [[Lee Wing-tat]].

===Late colonial period===
Initially, the ADPL engaged in the [[1988 Hong Kong electoral reform|electoral reform debate]], advocating direct [[1988 Hong Kong legislative election|election of the legislature]] in 1988. It supported the liberal proposals put forward by the [[Group of 190]] coalition. The ADPL was one of the three major pro-democracy groups and performed fairly well in the local and municipal elections the 1980s with its strategic allies the [[Meeting Point]] and the [[Hong Kong Affairs Society]]. At its peak, it had 140 members, 28 District Board members, one Legislative Councillor, 5 municipal councillors.

In 1990, some leading figures of the ADPL such as vice-chairmen Lee Wing-tat and [[Albert Chan]] joined the [[United Democrats of Hong Kong]], which later became the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]. The ADPL retained its separate identity, arguing that it represented grassroots interests whereas the United Democrats were more focused on the middle class.<ref>{{cite book|title=Seeing Red: China's Uncompromising Takeover of Hong Kong|first=Jamie|last=Allen|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1997|isbn= 9810080832|page=169}}</ref> However, as many members joined the new party, the ADPL's membership dropped significantly to only 70 members, 15 District Board members and two municipal councillors.

As the ADPL chairman Frederick Fung was elected to the Legislative Council in the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|1991 direct election]] and other members were elected to municipal councils, the ADPL stabilised and matured from a political organisation to a political party in 1992.<ref>{{cite book|page=42|title=The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong: Real and Financial Linkages and the Prospects for Currency Union|first1=Stephen Wing Kai|last1=Chiu|first2=Tai Lok|last2=Lui|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2000}}</ref> It won one seat in the [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|first direct election]] of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] (LegCo) in 1991 when Fung was elected. In the [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995 election]], the party won four seats. At the time, due to near-parity of representation between the [[pro-Beijing camp|pro-Beijing]] and pro-democracy camps in Legco, the stance of the moderate ADPL was influential and often pivotal on controversial issues.

On the issue of the establishment of the [[Provisional Legislative Council]], the ADPL initially opposed but then agreed to join the interim body. This led to a group of 16 members leaving to form the Social Democratic Front.<ref>{{cite book|page=176|title=Seeing Red: China's Uncompromising Takeover of Hong Kong|first=Jamie|last=Allen|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1997}}</ref> ADPL became the only pro-democracy party in the legislature immediately after the establishment of the HKSAR, keeping four members in the interim body. ADPL members also served on the [[Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region|Preparatory Committee]] for the establishment of the HKSAR.

===After 1997===
The ADPL lost all its seats in the [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998 Legco election]]. In the [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000 election]], long-time chairman Frederick Fung recovered his directly elected seat in Legco for the ADPL.

At the district level, ADPL traditionally enjoyed a concentration of support in the [[Sham Shui Po District]], with numerous seats across other District councils in the 1990s but it largely lost its influence outside of Sham Shui Po in the early 2000s. The party's seats mainly concentrated in Sham Shui Po, followed by [[Yau Tsim Mong District|Yau Tsim Mong]] and [[Kowloon City District]]s in Kowloon West, where Frederick Fung retook his Legco seat in, as well as [[Wong Tai Sin District|Wong Tai Sin]] and Tuen Mun. Following a poor showing in the [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007 District Council elections]], Fung resigned as chairman and was replaced by [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]].

The ADPL supported the [[2010 Hong Kong electoral reform|controversial electoral reform package]] which created five seats in the [[District Council (Second)]] [[functional constituency (Hong Kong)|functional constituencies]] which are nominated by District Councillors and elected by all registered voters. In a pan-democrat [[Partisan primary|primary]], Fung stood in the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012 Chief Executive election]] but was defeated by the Democratic Party's [[Albert Ho]]. He was subsequently re-elected in the new constituency in the [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012 Legco election]]. [[Tam Kwok-kiu]], however, failed to succeed Fung in [[Kowloon West (1998 constituency)|Kowloon West]], the ADPL's stronghold, its first loss there since 1998.

In the [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015 District Council election]], the ADPL won 18 seats while veteran Frederick Fung lost his seat in [[Lai Kok (constituency)|Lai Kok]] to Chan Wing-yan of the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong]] (DAB) and [[Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions]] (FTU).  Former party member Eric Wong Chung-ki also contested the constituency. On 23 January 2016, [[Rosanda Mok]], former vice-chairman of the party, was elected the party's first female chairperson.

===Ousted from the LegCo and split===
Fung ran in the [[New Territories West (constituency)|New Territories West]] after losing his eligibility to run in District Council (Second) in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]], while his party colleague Tam Kwok-kiu ran in Kowloon West for the second time. [[Kalvin Ho]], a new Sham Shui Po District Councillor represented the ADPL to run in the District Council (Second). Both Fung and Tam lost in the election while Ho withdrew from the campaign to boost other pro-democrat candidates' chance to win. As a result, the ADPL was ousted from the legislature for the second time. Rosanda Mok resigned for the election defeat. In December, the party elected [[Sze Tak-loy]] as its new chairman.

Around the end of 2016, the ADPL's six district councillors, which included all its members from [[Yau Tsim Mong District Council]] and [[Kowloon City District Council]], quit the party in a disputes concerning the intra-party primary for the [[2018 Hong Kong by-election|March 2018 Kowloon West by-election]], in which Frederick Fung intended to run, leaving the ADPL with only 12 District Councillors.<ref>{{cite news|title=民協6人退黨 馮檢基︰唔係因為我|newspaper=Apple Daily |language=zh|date=18 April 2017|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170418/19993292}}</ref> Kalvin Ho, who also intended to run in the primary, later withdrew.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170513/s00002/1494611561260|title=立會補選民協內部爭逐 何啟明讓路馮檢基|date=13 May 2017|newspaper=Ming Pao |language=zh}}</ref> As the party resolved to nominate Fung, former chairperson Rosanda Mok also left the party in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=【九西補選】不滿馮檢基出選 莫嘉嫻退出民協或過檔民主黨|newspaper=Apple Daily |language=zh|date=26 June 2017|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170626/56877216}}</ref> After losing to [[Yiu Chung-yim]] in the primary, Fung announced he would not become the backup candidate if Yiu's candidacy was disqualified amid alleged pressure from the progressive democrats forcing him to withdraw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130238/rift-tearing-apart-hong-kongs-political-opposition-deepens|title=Rift in Hong Kong's political opposition grows as camp fails to agree on backup candidate|date=24 January 2018|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref> On 12 July 2018, Fung announced his departure from the ADPL amid speculation that he was going to run for the [[2018 Kowloon West by-election|November Kowloon West by-election]] as the party intended to back [[Lau Siu-lai]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154870/veteran-hong-kong-democrat-frederick-fung-quit-party-he|title=Veteran Hong Kong democrat Frederick Fung to quit party he founded 30 years ago|date=11 July 2018|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>

=== Post National Security Law ===
Chairman [[Kalvin Ho]] and vice-chairman [[Sze Tak-loy]] was charged with subversion under the National Security Law in [[2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries participants|2021]], resigned respectively later after bail granted by court. Yeung Yuk became the acting chairman of ADPL. On 15 October 2021, amidst a crackdown on pro-Democracy political parties and organizations after the enactment of the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|Hong Kong national security law]] in 2020, the ADPL allowed members to sign up and contest in the [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-15|title=Hong Kong pro-democracy grassroots group allows members to stand in 'patriots only' legislative election|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2021/10/15/hong-kong-pro-democracy-grassroots-group-allows-members-to-stand-in-patriots-only-legislative-election/|access-date=2021-10-21|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}</ref> While Bruce Liu signaled his interest in running again for the seat, none of the members signed up. The defeat of all moderates and democrats in the election marked by low turnout pressured Yeung, who supported [[Frederick Fung]] in the campaign and angered some pro-democracy activists, to resign as the acting chair of the party, citing his wish to focus on local issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=楊彧辭民協署理主席 稱「專注地區事務和自己新的工作」 曾支持馮檢基參選捱批|url=https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%A5%8A%E5%BD%A7%E8%BE%AD%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E7%BD%B2%E7%90%86%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD-%E7%A8%B1%E5%B0%88%E6%B3%A8%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E4%BA%8B%E5%8B%99%E5%92%8C%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C-%E6%9B%BE%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E9%A6%AE%E6%AA%A2%E5%9F%BA%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E6%8D%B1%E6%89%B9|access-date=2021-12-21|website=立場新聞 Stand News|archive-date=21 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221173259/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%A5%8A%E5%BD%A7%E8%BE%AD%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E7%BD%B2%E7%90%86%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD-%E7%A8%B1%E5%B0%88%E6%B3%A8%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E4%BA%8B%E5%8B%99%E5%92%8C%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84%E5%B7%A5%E4%BD%9C-%E6%9B%BE%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E9%A6%AE%E6%AA%A2%E5%9F%BA%E5%8F%83%E9%81%B8%E6%8D%B1%E6%89%B9|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bruce Liu was elected as the new chairman on 16 April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=民協改選領導層 廖成利李庭豐當選正副主席 |url=https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=472991 |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Now 新聞 | date=16 April 2022 |language=zh-hk}}</ref>

ADPL intended to join the elections by filling two candidates in the [[2023 Hong Kong local elections|2023 District Council elections]] after the [[2023 Hong Kong electoral changes|election system was overhauled]], but neither of the candidates was able to get nominations from the members of the "three committees", many of which came from the pro-Beijing parties.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=Hong Kong opposition parties struggle for district council poll support |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3238281/hong-kong-district-council-election-2023-opposition-hopefuls-struggle-backing-while-pro |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> Bruce Liu said that the ADPL has entered the "desert stage", describing the current regional administration as being like Shenzhen's system.<ref>{{cite news|date=2023-10-31|work=獨立媒體|title=廖成利：民協已進入「沙漠階段」 有信心日後區選將開放泛民參與|url=https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%93/%E5%BB%96%E6%88%90%E5%88%A9%EF%BC%9A%E6%B0%91%E5%8D%94%E5%B7%B2%E9%80%B2%E5%85%A5%E3%80%8C%E6%B2%99%E6%BC%A0%E9%9A%8E%E6%AE%B5%E3%80%8D-%E6%9C%89%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83%E6%97%A5%E5%BE%8C%E5%8D%80%E9%81%B8%E5%B0%87%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87}}</ref>

==Electoral performance==
===Chief Executive elections===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Candidate
! # of votes
! % of votes
|-
! [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012]]
| align=left| [[Frederick Fung]]
| colspan=2 align=center | ''Lost primary''
|-
|}

===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
! +/−
! Position
|-
! [[1991 Hong Kong legislative election|1991]]
| 60,770{{nochange}}
| 4.44{{nochange}}
| 1
| 0
|&nbsp;–
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 5th{{increase}}
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong legislative election|1995]]
| 87,072{{increase}}
| 9.50{{increase}}
| 2
| 1
| 1
| {{Composition bar|4|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 3{{increase}}
| 4th{{decrease}}
|-
! [[1998 Hong Kong legislative election|1998]]
| 59,034{{decrease}}
| 3.99{{decrease}}
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
|-
! [[2000 Hong Kong legislative election|2000]]
| 62,717{{increase}}
| 4.75{{increase}}
| 1
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
| 7th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2004 Hong Kong legislative election|2004]]
| 74,671{{increase}}
| 4.18{{decrease}}
| 1
| 0
| rowspan=4| 
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 4th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2008 Hong Kong legislative election|2008]]
| 42,211{{decrease}}
| 2.79{{decrease}}
| 1
| 0
| {{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 7th{{increase}}
|-
! [[2012 Hong Kong legislative election|2012]]
| 30,634{{decrease}}
| 1.69{{decrease}}
| 0
| 1
| {{Composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 0{{nochange}}
| 10th{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016]]
| 33,255{{increase}}
| 1.53{{decrease}}
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|70|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
|&nbsp;–
|-
! [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|2021]]
| colspan="2" align=center | ''Did not contest''
| 0
| 0
| 0
| {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 0{{no change}}
|&nbsp;–
|}
Note: Each voter got two votes in the 1991 Election.

===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
|-
! [[1989 Hong Kong municipal elections|1989]]
| 21,243{{nochange}}
| 9.99{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2|12|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|4|27|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
|-
! [[1991 Hong Kong municipal elections|1991]]
| 21,033{{decrease}}
| 5.37{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|2|15|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|0|12|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
|-
! [[1995 Hong Kong municipal elections|1995]]
| 38,918{{increase}}
| 6.98{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|5|32|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|3|27|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| {{Composition bar|8|59|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
|-
|}

===District Council elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-align=center
! Election
! Number of<br />popular votes
! % of<br />popular votes
! Total<br />elected seats
! +/−
|-
! [[1988 Hong Kong local elections|1988]]
| 65,338{{nochange}}
| 10.25{{nochange}}
| {{Composition bar|27|264|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 13{{increase}}
|-
! [[1991 Hong Kong local elections|1991]]
| 27,979{{decrease}}
| 5.26{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|15|272|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 3{{increase}}
|-
! [[1994 Hong Kong local elections|1994]]
| 47,740{{increase}}
| 6.95{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|29|346|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 12{{increase}}
|-
! [[1999 Hong Kong local elections|1999]]
| 38,119{{decrease}}
| 4.70{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|19|390|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 1{{increase}}
|-
! [[2003 Hong Kong local elections|2003]]
| 53,264{{increase}}
| 5.07{{increase}}
| {{Composition bar|25|400|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 4{{increase}}
|-
! [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007]]
| 52,386{{increase}}
| 4.60{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|17|405|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 7{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2011 Hong Kong local elections|2011]]
| 45,453{{decrease}}
| 3.85{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|15|412|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 1{{decrease}}
|-
! [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015]]
| 55,275{{increase}}
| 3.82{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|18|431|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 2{{increase}}
|-
|-
! [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019]]
| 77,099{{increase}}
| 2.63{{decrease}}
| {{Composition bar|19|452|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 7{{increase}}
|-
! [[2023 Hong Kong local elections|2023]]
| colspan=2 align=center| ''Did not contest''
| {{Composition bar|0|470|hex={{party color|HKADPL}}}}
| 6{{decrease}}
|-
|}

==Leadership==
===Chairpersons===
* [[Ding Lik-kiu]], 1986–89
* [[Frederick Fung]], 1989–2007
** [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]], acting 2007–08
* [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]], 2008–16
* [[Rosanda Mok]], 2016
** [[Sze Tak-loy]], acting 2016
* [[Sze Tak-loy]], 2016–21
** Yeung Yuk, acting 2021
* [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]], 2022–Present

===Vice Chairpersons===
* [[Frederick Fung]], 1986–89
* [[Lee Wing-tat]], 1986–89
* [[Law Cheung-kwok]], 1989–98
* Leung Kwong-cheong, 1989–96
* [[Bruce Liu (politician)|Bruce Liu]], 1996–2007
* Yim Tin-sang, 1998–2008
* [[Tam Kwok-kiu]], 2008–16
* [[Rosanda Mok]], 2008–13
* Wong Chi-yung, 2013–14
* Pius Yum, 2014–16
* [[Sze Tak-loy]], 2016
* [[Kalvin Ho]], 2016–2021
** Howard Lee, acting 2021–22
* Yeung Yuk, 2016–21
* Howard Lee, 2022–Present

==Representatives==
===District Councils===
The ADPL won 19 seats in three District Councils (2020–2023) and currently holds six seats:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! District !! Constituency !! Member
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Sham Shui Po District Council|Sham Shui Po]]
|[[Nam Cheong South (constituency)|Nam Cheong South]]
|Li Ting-fung
|-
|[[Lai Chi Kok North (constituency)|Lai Chi Kok North]]
|Chum Tak-shing
|-
| rowspan=1| [[Wong Tai Sin District Council|Wong Tai Sin]]
|[[Choi Wan East (constituency)|Choi Wan East]]
|[[Liu Sing-lee]]
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Tuen Mun District Council|Tuen Mun]]
| [[Yuet Wu (constituency)|Yuet Wu]]
| Wong Hung-ming 
|-
| [[Siu Hei (constituency)|Siu Hei]]
| Yan Siu-nam
|-
| [[Wu King (constituency)|Wu King]]
| Chow Kai-lim 
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.adpl.org.hk/ Web site of ADPL] {{in lang|zh}}
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