Community March

{{short description|Hong Kong political organisation}}

{{Use Hong Kong English|date=January 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Community March

| native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|社區前進}}}}

| logo = 180px

| leader1_title = Convenor

| leader1_name = Ben Lam

| colorcode = #BDDC06

| country = Hong Kong

| foundation = Late 2017

| headquarters =

| newspaper =

| split =

| membership =

| national =

| regional = Pro-democracy camp

| ideology = Liberalism (Hong Kong)
Social democracy

| position = Centre-left

| dissolved = 8 September 2021

| colours = {{color box|#BDDC06}} Green

| website = {{url|https://www.facebook.com/communitymarch/}}

}}

Community March ({{zh|t=社區前進}}) was a district-based political group formed in late 2017 in Hong Kong by a group of pro-democracy social activists.

History

Initiated by former chairwoman of the Labour Party Suzanne Wu, the group was actively planning to field candidates in the 2019 District Council elections in Yau Tsim Mong and Sham Shui Po,{{cite news|title=退出工黨 組「社區前進」挑戰建制派 胡穗珊轉戰九西 劍指區選|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180227/20316535|date=2018-02-27|newspaper=蘋果日報}} after their unsuccessful first attempt in Tai Nan by-election.{{Cite web|date=2021-09-08|title=前年區選油尖旺取五席 「社區前進」宣布解散|url=https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%93/%E5%89%8D%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%80%E9%81%B8%E6%B2%B9%E5%B0%96%E6%97%BA%E5%8F%96%E4%BA%94%E5%B8%AD-%E3%80%8C%E7%A4%BE%E5%8D%80%E5%89%8D%E9%80%B2%E3%80%8D%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%A7%A3%E6%95%A3|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-23|website=獨立媒體|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908175339/https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E6%94%BF%E7%B6%93/%E5%89%8D%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%80%E9%81%B8%E6%B2%B9%E5%B0%96%E6%97%BA%E5%8F%96%E4%BA%94%E5%B8%AD-%E3%80%8C%E7%A4%BE%E5%8D%80%E5%89%8D%E9%80%B2%E3%80%8D%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E8%A7%A3%E6%95%A3 |archive-date=8 September 2021 }} All 5 of its candidates were elected in the pro-democracy landslide victory, became the largest party in the Yau Tsim Mong District Council.

The group announced their disbandment on 8 September 2021.

Performance in elections

=Yau Tsim Mong District Council elections=

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! Election

! Number of
popular votes

! % of
popular votes

! Total
elected seats

! +/−

2019

| 12,100{{nochange}}

| 13.64{{nochange}}

| {{Composition bar|5|20|hex={{party color|Community March}}}}

| 5{{increase}}

See also

References

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