Table 1: Political groups in Hong Kong District Board elections, 1985 and 1988
1985
1988
No. of candidates
No. elected
Success rate (%)
No. of candidates
No. elected
Success rate (%)
Hong Kong People's
Associationa Meeting Point
Hong Kong Affairs Society Association for Democracy
and People's Livelihoodh Progressive Hong Kong
Societyb
Hong Kong People's Council
on Public Housing Policy
Hong Kong Professional
Teachers' Union
Reform Club
Civic Association
2 Inactive in 1988.
b Not yet formally established in 1985.
8
4
3
W A ∞
1
1
∞ + 3
F
8
100
4
100
23
100
21
I79
17
74
16
122
76
T
32
27
84
49
41
84
11
9
82
70
60
86
30
24
33
17
54
21
808
80
125
92
52
7
39
33
15
225
74
29
46
23
222
Source: Based on the author's own data, derived from interviews and press reports.
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