The New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS; ) is a pro-Beijing umbrella political group which consists of hundreds of the New Territories community organisations. The founding president of the Association was Lee Lin-sang, who served as the delegate to the National People's Congress in the 1980s and member of the HKSAR Preparatory Committee before the handover of Hong Kong. The Association plays important coordination roles in the election campaigns for the pro-Beijing camp by mobilising members of its affiliated groups to vote for the pro-Beijing candidates. The Association currently holds two seats in the Legislative Council (LegCo), Leung Che-cheung and Chan Han-pan who are both affiliated with the largest pro-Beijing party Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (while Leung does not put NTAS as his political affiliation on his biography). Leung also serves as the current president of the Association.
The current chairman is Chan Yung, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress.Wang affirms support for CY, China Daily, 30 May 2013
Election performances Legislative Council elections Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes GCseats FCseats ECCseats Total seats +/− Position 2012 DAB ticket 2 0 2 N/A 2016 DAB ticket 3 0 0 N/A 2021 DAB ticket 3 0 1 1 N/A202541,6573.2611209th
District Councils elections Election Number ofpopular votes % ofpopular votes Totalelected seats +/− 2011 2,187 0.19 1 2015 7,090 0.49 0 2019 14,066 0.48 1
See also United Front Work Department United Front (China) Politics of Hong Kong List of political parties in Hong Kong
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