Tai Po Democratic Alliance () is a loose political alliance consisting of the 17 candidates in the 2019 District Council election for the

Tai Po District Council The Tai Po District Council () is the district council of Hong Kong, district council for the Tai Po District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Tai Po District Council currently consists of 21 members, of which the district is divi ...

. With the

pro-democracy camp The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...

winning all the elected seats in the election, the alliance also saw 16 of its candidates being elected. While four of them ran under the banner of the alliance, the others ran either with their own political groups or as independents.

History

The

controlled six seats in the

before the 2019 District Council election. In order to maximise the pro-democratic forces, the incumbent District Councillors joined hand with eight other hopefuls to form the Tai Po Democratic Alliance. The alliance had 17 members running in the election. While some candidates ran as members of

Neo Democrats The Neo Democrats was a pro-democracy, localist political group in Hong Kong composed mainly of former and disenchanted members of the Democratic Party New Territories East branch after the 2012 constitutional reform proposals. It had held o ...

and

Community Alliance Community Alliance () is a political alliance set up by a group of pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), pro-democratic grassroots activists and community workers, many of whom are the former members of the Democratic Party (Hong Kong), Democratic Party ...

, as well as independents, there were four members ran with under the banner of the alliance, including Lam Ming-yat in

Tai Po Hui Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...

, Dalu Lin Kok-cheung in Kwong Fuk & Plover Cove, Patrick Mo Ka-chun in

Tai Po Kau Tai Po Kau () is an area and a villages south of the town of Tai Po in Hong Kong, which was the site of the former Tai Po Kau station on the Kowloon–Canton Railway. It is located at a river estuary that empties into Tolo Harbour. Administratio ...

and "airport uncle" Richard Chan Chun-chit in

Lam Tsuen Valley Lam Tsuen Valley () is situated in the New Territories, Hong Kong, west of Tai Po New Town. Lam Tsuen and other villages are located in the valley. The Lam Tsuen River and its branches collect water from nearby hills. The area is suitable for cult ...

. All four candidates were elected with the pro-democrats took all 19 of the 19 elected seats in the council. Only alliance member Yam Man-chuen was unseated by another pro-democrat candidate Ho Wai-lam in

Fu Heng Fuheng (; ; my, ဖူဟင်း; 1720 – July 1770), courtesy name Chunhe (春和), was a Qing Dynasty official from the Manchu Fuca clan and the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners, and was a younger brother of the Empress Xiaoxi ...

, meaning the alliance unofficially winning a total number of 16 seats in total.

Performance in elections

Tai Po District Council elections

References

External links

Tai Po Democratic Alliance's facebook page
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