Democratic Coalition for DC Election

The Democratic Coalition for DC Election (Chinese: 民主派區選聯盟, formerly 泛民區選聯盟) is an electoral co-ordination mechanism run by pro-democratic parties to avoid clashes between allies in the District Council elections.

It was first created for the 2007 District Council election by pan-democracy parties including the Power for Democracy, the Civic Party, the League of Social Democrats (LSD), the Democratic Party, the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL), the Social Democratic Front, the Frontier, the Network for Women in Politics, the Neighbourhood and Workers Service Centre (NWSC) and the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU).

In the 2015 District Council election, the coalition supported 213 pan-democratic candidates.

Many new pro-democracy groups were formed by young people after the Occupy movement and some of them coordinated with the coalition.

[2] In the 2019 District Council election, the coalition endorsed 397 pro-democratic candidates, including eight incumbent Legislative Councillors, 147 non-affiliated fresh faces, despite there were more than 30 constituencies where there were more than one pro-democrat candidate.