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direct elections to the Legislative Council (LegCo) in September 1991. Before that, political groups operated informally at local level or to lobby on specific issues.
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The largest, and most successful party is the United Democrats of Hong Kong (UDHK), the so-called liberals. They won 45% of the vote and 12 of the 18 directly-elected seats, with 4 of the rest going to other "liberal" candidates. Business interests were represented by the Liberal Democratic Federation (LDF), which won 5% of the vote and no seats. Pro-China groups won just under 8% of the vote and no seats. The remaining 2 seats (17.5% of the vote) went to independent candidates.
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After the 1991 elections business interests in LegCo represented by appointed and functional constituency members, formed a group called the Co-operative Resources Centre (CRC), led by Mr Allen Lee. The CRC intends to turn itself into a political party eventually in order to prepare for the 1995 LegCo elections.
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Other political parties include the pro-Peking Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), formed in May 1992; the smaller liberal parties: Meeting Point and Association for Democracy and Peoples' Livelihood (ADPL), which have 3 LegCo seats between them; and the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation (HKDF), which also favours more democracy.
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