Founding and 2011 elections The People Power was established in early 2011 after two legislators
Raymond Wong Yuk-man and
Albert Chan Wai-yip quit the
League of Social Democrats (LSD), citing disagreement with leader
Andrew To and his faction. About two hundred of their supporters joined them, leaving the LSD in disarray. Besides the defected LSD members, the party was formed by political groups including the Wong Yuk-man's
Proletariat Political Institute,
Power Voters supported by
Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen, the owner of the
Hong Kong Reporter, the re-grouped
Frontier and the two
pro-ROC organisations China Youth Organization and
Democratic Alliance. Although considered part of the pan-democracy camp, the party was formed as the coalition to spite the pro-democratic
Democratic Party who supported the
2010 constitutional reform package in the
2011 District Council elections,. The People Power claimed that the Democratic Party had already defected to the
Chinese Communist Party and "sold out" the voters. The party filled in 62 candidates, many of them ran in the constituencies against both the Democratic Party and pro-Beijing candidates. Albert Chan gave up his seat in the
Lai Hing constituency in
Tsuen Wan District to back the Democratic Party chairman
Albert Ho Chun-yan in
Lok Tsui in
Tuen Mun District. The People Power failed in winning any seat but a seat in Fung Cheung where its candidate
Johnny Mak Ip-sing did not back the pan-democracy party. After winning just one seat of 62 contested, Albert Chan admitted that the strategy had failed. Nevertheless, he insisted that the party would 'stay the course'.
2012 election In May 2012, Albert Chan and Wong Yuk-man staged a weeks-long
filibuster by submitting 1306 amendments altogether to the
Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2012, by which the government attempted to forbid resigning lawmakers from participating in by-elections as the government's response to the "
Five Constituency Referendum movement" launched by the LSD in 2010. On the morning of 17 May 2012,
Jasper Tsang Yok-sing,
President of the Legislative Council adopt Article 92 of the Standing Order, which allows the president follow foreign parliament rules for unregulated behaviours to terminate the debate. In the end, all amendments were defeated and the Bill was passed. Shortly before
2012 LegCo elections, Johnny Mak, the party's sole District Councillor, and his group Democratic Alliance broke apart from the People Power, as Johnny Mak wanted to lead a candidate list in the
New Territories West. The party gained more than ten percent of the vote in the
geographical constituency and won three seats. Wong Yuk-man and Albert Chan were re-elected to the Legislative Council, with
Ray Chan newly elected in the
New Territories East as the first openly gay legislator in Hong Kong history. Chairman
Christopher Lau Gar-hung failed to win a seat with Stephen Shiu in
Hong Kong Island. Wong Yuk-man's protege
Wong Yeung-tat also failed to win a seat where he contested against the LSD chairman Andrew To, who Wong Yuk-man split with a year ago. The People Power fiercely attacked the Democratic Party candidates during the campaign and called for blank vote in the
District Council (Second) constituency created under the 2010 constitutional reform package and not voting for the Democratic Party and the
Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). Wong Yeung-tat left and formed the
Civic Passion. In May 2013, the People Power once again staged a month-long filibuster by moving a total of 710 amendments on the Budget
Appropriation Bill debate, to press for a universal pension scheme and a HK$10,000 cash handout to be included in John Tsang's budget. The government warned that the service would shut down if the budget bill do not pass. Jasper Tsang ordered to end the filibuster on 13 May after 55 hours spent to debate 17 of the 148 amendments. The Appropriation Bill was passed on 21 May 2013 with 684 amendments negatived.
Wong Yuk-man's departure and 2016 election On 20 May 2013, Wong Yuk-man announced his resignation from People Power along with Proletariat Political Institute. It was believed to be related to his earlier split with Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen, the owner of the Hong Kong Reporter and People Power's financial supporters over the
Occupy Central plan. In March 2014, in a by-election for the
South Horizons West seat on the
Southern District Council, the group's chairman
Erica Yuen secured second place with 1,083 votes, behind Judy Chan Ka-pui of the
New People's Party (2,023 votes) and ahead of veteran Democrat
Sin Chung-kai (920 votes). In the
2015 District Council election, People Power failed to win a seat while chairwoman Erica Yuen who ran in South Horizons West again did not win a seat. The Frontier left the People Power coalition in April 2016 after five years of alliance. In the
2016 LegCo elections, the People Power formed an
electoral alliance with another radical democrat party
League of Social Democrats. The alliance won two seats in total with two incumbents
Leung Kwok-hung and
Ray Chan re-elected in the
New Territories East. Retiring incumbent
Albert Chan failed to help
Wong Ho-ming to be elected despite him standing as a second candidate in the
New Territories West. After the election, People Power chairwoman
Erica Yuen resigned from the office for the election defeat.
2020 election and national security law Raymond Chan and Tam Tak-chi represented People Power and joined the
2020 legislative election, after winning the
pro-democracy primaries earlier. Both said they would not sign the confirmation form to declaring upholding the Basic Law. The election was then delayed by the Hong Kong Government citing the pandemic, while the legislative session was extended by the Chinese Government for a year. Chan
resigned as MP on 30 September 2020, the original end date for the session, arguing the extension was unconstitutional. People Power was under pressure after the imposition of the
national security law and the
arrest of democrats, including Chan and Tam. After Chan resigned as the party chairman and quitted the party in May 2021, Leung Ka-shing became the acting chairman. However, in December 2021, Leung was accused of attempting nominating a non-member as an executive of the party, reportedly filling up the vacancy by former vice-chairlady Chin Po-fun. 38 members left the party to protest the move, including Tam Tak-chi and So Ho, the two vice-chairmen, and former chairman Christopher Lau. As a result, the party membership shrunk to around 10. On 22 August 2025, the Hong Kong government gazetted notices to strike off close to 300 groups including various defunct pro-democracy groups from the societies registry, unless they could provide proof of their existence within three months. People Power was among the groups and is believed to be no longer operating. The group is believed to have been removed from the list of societies after the three months notification period ended in November. ==Coalition members==