United Democrats of Hong Kong

United Democrats of Hong Kong
香港民主同盟
ChairmanMartin Lee
Vice-ChairmenYeung Sum
Albert Ho
Founded23 April 1990
Dissolved2 October 1994
Succeeded byDemocratic Party
IdeologyLiberalism (HK)
Regional affiliationPro-democracy camp
Colours  Green
United Democrats of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港民主同盟
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
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The United Democrats of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港民主同盟, 港同盟; UDHK) was the first political party in Hong Kong.[1] Founded in 1990, the short-lived party was the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The party won a landslide victory by sweeping 12 of the 18 directly elected seats in the election which shook the political landscape of Hong Kong. In 1994 it was merged with another pro-democracy party Meeting Point to form the contemporary Democratic Party.

  1. ^ "Political Parties and Elections". Contemporary Hong Kong politics: governance in the post-1997 era. Hong Kong University Press. 2007. p. 118. ISBN 9789622098299.