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Political party in Hong Kong

Roundtable 實政圓桌
Convenor Michael Tien
Founded 7 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-07)
Split from New People's Party
Ideology Conservatism (HK)Moderate conservatism
Regional affiliation Pro-Beijing camp
Colours Blue
Legislative Council 1 / 90
District Councils 0 / 470
NPC (HK deputies) 1 / 36
CPPCC (HK members) 0 / 124
Politics of Hong KongPolitical partiesElections
Roundtable
Traditional Chinese 實政圓桌
Simplified Chinese 实政圆桌
Literal meaning real political circle table
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShízhèng YuánzhuōYue: CantoneseJyutpingSat6 Zing3 Jyun4 Coek3

Roundtable is a pro-Beijing political organisation founded in 2017 by Michael Tien after he quit the New People's Party. The group currently holds one seat in the Legislative Council, occupied by Michael Tien, and seven seats in the District Councils.[1]

The organization was founded after Tien complained that the New People's Party was becoming too close to Beijing.[2][3]

Although it is aligned with the pro-Beijing camp, Roundtable has found itself at odds the camp on certain issues. One such example is when Tien supported scrapping the pro-Beijing extradition law.[4] Another example is when he supported an independent inquiry into police abuses. The group has been considered one of the more moderate members of the pro-Beijing camp.[5]

Performance in elections

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Legislative Council elections

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Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes GCseats FCseats ECseats Total seats +/− Position
2021 40,009Steady 3.02Steady 1 0 0 1 / 90 1Steady 8thSteady

District Council elections

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Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes Totalelected seats +/−
2019 26,055Steady 0.89Steady 2 / 452 5Decrease
2023 7,149Decrease 0.61Decrease 0 / 470 2Decrease

Legislative Council

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Constituency Member
New Territories West Michael Tien
District Constituency Member
Kwai Tsing Cheung Hong Tsui Hiu-kit
  1. ^ "組「實政圓桌」 田北辰:無一言堂". 明報. 2017-05-09.
  2. ^ "Michael Tien: overly close ties with Beijing prompted NPP departure". South China Morning Post. April 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Error - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  4. ^ "Time to drop extradition law plans: Michael Tien - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.
  5. ^ "Michael Tien to push Beijing for independent probe - RTHK". news.rthk.hk.