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The Power Voters was a pro-democratic political group in Hong Kong. The core members formed the radical party
People Power "People power" is a political slogan denoting the Populism, populist driving force of any social movement which invokes the authority of grassroots opinion and Will (philosophy), willpower, usually in opposition to that of conventionally organis ...
in early 2011 and became one of its branches. Its major aims were to punish the largest pro-democratic party Democratic Party which did not participate in the resignation as referendum campaign launched by
Civic Party The Civic Party (CP) was a pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy liberalism in Hong Kong, liberal political party from March 2006 to May 2023 in Hong Kong. The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Article 45 Concern Group, Basic Law Ar ...
and
League of Social Democrats The League of Social Democrats (LSD) is a social democratic party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Chan Po-ying, wife of Leung Kwok-hung, it positions itself as the radical wing of the pro-democracy camp and stresses on "street actions" and "parlia ...
to press Beijing for
universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...
in Hong Kong, and negotiated with the Central Government for the reformed constitutional reform package in mid-2010. 11 Power Voters members who were also affiliated themselves with People Power participated in the 2011 District Council elections, most of them chose to contest with the Democratic Party candidates. They failed to get any seat in the election.


Leadership

* Chairman: Anthony Lam * Spokesman: Jeff Au Yeung * Deputy Spokesman: Raymond Chan Chi-chuen * Treasury: Christopher Lau * Public Relations: Erica Yuen


References

{{Hong Kong political parties Political parties established in 2010 Political parties in Hong Kong 2010 establishments in Hong Kong