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The group was formed in 2016 by six pro-democracy functional constituency legislators after the ], which saw the pro-democrats increased their seats in the professional sectors. It held seven seats in the legislature at its peak with ] of the ] constituency, ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], ] of ] and ] of ].<ref> 2016-10-19 蘋果日報</ref> It became one of the four pro-democracy parliamentary groups in the Legislative Council, the others were namely the ], ] and Coucil Front formed by directly elected pro-democracy individuals.<ref>{{cite news|title=【專欄】泛民召集人換屆 楊岳橋接任？|url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1565334/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E5%8F%AC%E9%9B%86%E4%BA%BA%E6%8F%9B%E5%B1%86-%E6%A5%8A%E5%B2%B3%E6%A9%8B%E6%8E%A5%E4%BB%BB|date=2019-08-12|newspaper=頭條日報}}</ref> |
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The group was formed in 2016 by six pro-democracy functional constituency legislators after the ], which saw the pro-democrats increased their seats in the professional sectors. It held seven seats in the legislature at its peak with ] of the ] constituency, ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], ] of ] and ] of ].<ref> 2016-10-19 蘋果日報</ref> It became one of the four pro-democracy parliamentary groups in the Legislative Council, the others were namely the ], ] and Coucil Front formed by directly elected pro-democracy individuals.<ref>{{cite news|title=【專欄】泛民召集人換屆 楊岳橋接任？|url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/1565334/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E5%8F%AC%E9%9B%86%E4%BA%BA%E6%8F%9B%E5%B1%86-%E6%A5%8A%E5%B2%B3%E6%A9%8B%E6%8E%A5%E4%BB%BB|date=2019-08-12|newspaper=頭條日報}}</ref> |
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One of the major tasks of the group was coordinating the pro-democracy "Democrats 300+" election campaign in the ]. The victory in the Legislative Council functional constituencies in the 2016 election encouraged the pro-democrats to take a more progressive strategy in the professional sector, in which the pro-democrats traditionally had more advantages.<ref></ref><ref name="kingmaker"/> |
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One of the major tasks of the group was coordinating the pro-democracy "Democrats 300+" election campaign in the ]. The victory in the Legislative Council functional constituencies in the 2016 election encouraged the pro-democrats to take a more progressive strategy in the professional sector, in which the pro-democrats traditionally had more advantages.<ref></ref><ref name="kingmaker">{{cite news|title=Hong Kong's pan-democrats hope to play 'kingmaker' in election to choose city's next leader|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2022689/hong-kongs-pan-democrats-hope-play-kingmaker-election-choose|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=26 September 2016}}</ref> |
Political parties in Hong Kong