However, the pro-Beijing parties suffered major setbacks in the 2019 election amid the massive pro-democracy protests, while a pro-democracy local political group Community March emerged as the largest party in the council with the pro-democrats controlling the council for the first time. Since 1994 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:  Elections are held every four years. Starting from 1 January 2020: Since 1985, the chairman is elected by all the members of the board: