Impact of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Electroal System on the Growth of Local Political Groups
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Hon, Chun-Yin
Abstract
The development of political party system has been changed fundamentally since direct election, taken form of proportional representative method, of the Legislative Council was introduced in 1998. Except existence of new-born parties taking radical approach, there are some brand-new ""regional parties"" which focuses on district issues & interest of local neighbourhood. They may share same ideology of those main-stream parties, they still contribute most of their effort on behalf of regional development. Although there used to be some local parties with similar natures, they did not have the same ground which is beneficial to the development of their successores. On the other hand, number of regional parties has been increased since proportional representative approach was adopted for long period of time. Regional political issue was not a hot topic for academic research in Hong Kong. However, as Hong Kong is now on the path towards ""universal suffrage"", such issues & impact of electoral system to development of political party system should be emphasized. Based on current numerical statistic & interviews to relevant persons, my study will analyse how electoral system of the Legislative Council affects the development of political party system in Hong Kong.
Subjects
Hong Kong
Electoral system
Political parties
Local political
Proportional Representation
Type
thesis
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