{{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox political party | name = Democratic Coalition for DC Election | native_name = {{nobold|民主派區選聯盟}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | logo = Democratic Coalition for DC Election logo.jpg | logo_alt = Logo of the Democratic Coalition for DC Election for the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019 District Council election]] | caption = Logo for the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019 District Council election]] | colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}} | abbreviation = {{party shortname|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}} | leader = | founder = | founded = {{start date|2007|07|04}} | dissolved = <!-- or | banned = or | dissolution = use {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | ideology = [[Liberalism in Hong Kong|Liberalism (HK)]] | position = [[Big tent]] | regional = [[Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)|Pro-democracy camp]] | seats1_title = [[District councils of Hong Kong|District Councils]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|470|hex={{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}}}} | country = Hong Kong }} {{Infobox Chinese | collapse = <!-- yes|no --> | name1 = <!-- First name (used when embedding this infobox, see optional flags) --> | t = 民主派區選聯盟 | l = Pro-democracy Camp's District Elections Coalition | y = <!-- Cantonese Yale --> | j = <!-- Cantonese Jyutping --> | t2 = 泛民區選聯盟 | l2 = Pan-democrat's District Elections Coalition | y2 = <!-- Cantonese Yale --> | j2 = <!-- Cantonese Jyutping --> }}
The '''Democratic Coalition for DC Election''' ({{zh-t|民主派區選聯盟}}, formerly {{zh-t|泛民區選聯盟|labels=no}}) is an electoral co-ordination mechanism run by [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|pro-democratic parties]] to avoid clashes between allies in the [[District Councils of Hong Kong|District Council elections]].
==History== It was first created for the [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007 District Council election]] by [[Pro-democracy camp in Hong Kong|pan-democracy parties]] including the [[Power for Democracy]], the [[Civic Party]], the [[League of Social Democrats]] (LSD), the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]], the [[Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] (ADPL), the Social Democratic Front, [[The Frontier (Hong Kong)|the Frontier]], the Network for Women in Politics, the [[Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre]] (NWSC) and the [[Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions]] (HKCTU).<ref name="clashes">{{cite news|title=泛民區選十選區撞人|newspaper=Sing Tao Daily|date=4 July 2007|url=http://std.stheadline.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2007&month1=7&day1=4&year2=2007&month2=7&day2=4&category=all&id=20070704a06&keyword1=&keyword2=}}</ref>
The coalition aimed at filling only one pan-democratic candidate in each constituency and successfully decreased clashes in more than 30 constituencies to only 10.<ref name="clashes"/> The coalition eventually filled 296 candidates in which 108 of them were elected.
In the [[2011 Hong Kong local elections|2011 District Council election]], the coalition supported 236 pan-democratic candidates in which 88 of them were elected.
In the [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015 District Council election]], the coalition supported 213 pan-democratic candidates. Many new pro-democracy groups were formed by young people after the [[Occupy movement]] and some of them coordinated with the coalition. However, six of them refused to do so and ran against the Democratic Party in areas where the party has had a close fight with the [[pro-Beijing camp]] in previous elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1870682/warpath-umbrella-soldiers-challenge-old-guard-hong-kongs|title=On the warpath: 'umbrella soldiers' challenge old guard in Hong Kong's district council elections|first1=Joyce|last1=Ng|date=22 October 2015|newspaper=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
In the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019 District Council election]], the coalition endorsed 397 pro-democratic candidates, including eight incumbent [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Councillors]], 147 non-affiliated fresh faces, despite there were more than 30 constituencies where there were more than one pro-democrat candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=【區會選舉】民主派30多選區現「撞區」|url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1639363/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E5%8D%80%E6%9C%83%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89-%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E6%B4%BE30%E5%A4%9A%E9%81%B8%E5%8D%80%E7%8F%BE-%E6%92%9E%E5%8D%80|date=2019-11-18|newspaper=頭條日報}}</ref>
== Electoral performance == === 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 ! +/− |- ! [[2007 Hong Kong local elections|2007]] | 409,573{{nochange}} | 35.97{{nochange}} | {{Composition bar|108|405|hex={{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}}}} | 0{{nochange}} |- ! [[2011 Hong Kong local elections|2011]] | 369,461{{decrease}} | 31.29{{decrease}} | {{Composition bar|88|412|hex={{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}}}} | 9{{decrease}} |- ! [[2015 Hong Kong local elections|2015]] | 451,765{{increase}} | 31.25{{decrease}} | {{Composition bar|105|431|hex={{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}}}} | 21{{increase}} |- ! [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|2019]] | 1,428,687{{increase}} | 48.73{{increase}} | {{Composition bar|347|452|hex={{party color|Democratic Coalition for DC Election}}}} | 242{{increase}} |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:2007 establishments in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Political organisations based in Hong Kong]] [[Category:Politics of Hong Kong]]