Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Political party in Hong Kong
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| 2024 | Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) won 109 seats across all 18 District Councils for the 2024–2027 term, demonstrating significant political representation in local governance. |
| 2023 | Ben Chan Han-pan and Elizabeth Quat begin Vice-Chairperson terms; Gary Chan Hak-kan and Thomas Pang Cheung-wai conclude Vice-Chairperson terms |
| 2023 | Major electoral comeback with 486,942 popular votes (41.58%), winning 41 D.E. seats, 68 E.C. seats, 38 Appointed seats, and 126 total seats. |
| September 25 2023 | Gary Chan succeeds Starry Lee as chairman, representing the New Territories North East constituency. |
| 2022 | Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan concludes Vice-Chairperson term |
| August 2022 | Young DAB released a survey showing 30% of Hong Kong residents did not identify as Chinese, prompting calls to enhance national identity from the organization's vice-chairman Nicholas Muk Ka-chun. |
| August 2022 | The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) publicly expressed full support for the mainland Chinese government and military in response to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. |
| 2021 | Chan Hok-fung returns as Secretary General, succeeding Albert Wong Shun-yee. |
| 2021 | Thomas Pang Cheung-wai begins second Vice-Chairperson term; Chan Hok-fung concludes Vice-Chairperson term |
| 2021 | Achieves significant electoral success in Legislative Council elections, winning 680,563 popular votes (51.43%) and securing 10 seats, maintaining 1st position. |
| February 2021 | The DAB supported Xia Baolong's call that only 'patriots' should be part of the government, accusing pro-democracy figures of poisoning young people, supporting violence, colluding with foreign forces, and attempting to paralyze the government. |
| November 2020 | Following the expulsion of 4 pro-democracy lawmakers from the Legislative Council, the DAB expressed support for the decision and accused the expelled lawmakers of harming the country's interests. |
| October 2020 | Apple Daily reported that Carrie Lam criticized the DAB for failing to raise political support for her administration and provide government 'talent', expressing dissatisfaction with two DAB government ministers. |
| 2019 | Frankie Ngan Man-yu becomes a deputy secretary general of the party. |
| 2019 | Albert Wong Shun-yee becomes the Secretary General of the party. |
| 2019 | Chan Hok-fung begins Vice-Chairperson term; Thomas Pang Cheung-wai concludes first Vice-Chairperson term |
| 2019 | Significant drop in performance with 492,042 popular votes (16.78%), securing only 21 D.E. seats and 96 total seats. |
| 2019 | Suffered a significant electoral defeat in the District Council elections, losing four-fifths of its seats during widespread anti-government protests. |
| March 2018 | In the Legislative Council by-election, DAB candidate Vincent Cheng narrowly defeated independent democrat Yiu Chung-yim, marking the first time the pro-Beijing camp received a greater vote share than pro-democrats in a geographical constituency since 2000 and the first pro-Beijing candidate win in such a by-election since 1992. |
| 2017 | Three new deputy secretary generals join: Kin Hung Kam-in, Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, and Joe Lai Wing-ho. |
| 2016 | Continues to hold 1st position in Legislative Council elections, though with reduced support of 361,617 popular votes (16.68%) and 7 total seats. |
| 2015 | Gary Chan Hak-kan and Holden Chow Ho-ding begin Vice-Chairperson terms; Ann Chiang Lai-wan and Starry Lee Wai-king conclude Vice-Chairperson terms |
| 2015 | Electoral results showed 309,262 popular votes (21.39%), winning 119 D.E. seats, 1 E.C. seat, and experiencing a decline in total seats to 0. |
| 2015 | During District Council elections, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) was reported to have arranged transport for elderly care home residents to polling stations, with allegations of potential voter influence by candidate Daniel Lam Tak-shing through free gifts and voting instructions. |
| April 17 2015 | Starry Lee becomes chairman, representing the District Council (Second) constituency. |
| 2013 | Chris Ip Ngo-tung assumes the position of deputy secretary general, replacing Chan Hok-fung. |
| 2013 | Chan Hok-fung assumes the role of Secretary General, replacing Thomas Pang Cheung-wai. |
| 2013 | Brave Chan Yung and Thomas Pang Cheung-wai begin Vice-Chairperson terms |
| 2012 | Won 13 seats in the Legislative Council election through an effective electoral strategy. |
| 2011 | Chan Hok-fung takes over the role of deputy secretary general from Albert Wong Shun-yee. |
| 2011 | Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan and Starry Lee Wai-king begin Vice-Chairperson terms; Carson Wen concludes Vice-Chairperson term |
| 2011 | Slight decrease in performance with 282,119 popular votes (23.89%), obtaining 136 D.E. seats, 11 E.C. seats, 1 Appointed seat, and 16 total seats. |
| 2011 | Reached peak local electoral performance, winning 136 local elected offices in the District Council elections. |
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