on 6 april 1990, szeto wah and other democracy activists formed the united democrats of hong kong, the first pro-democracy political party in the wake of the tiananmen democracy movement and the coming first direct election in 1991. szeto wah ran in kowloon east, receiving more than 57,000 votes and elected with his ally meeting point's li wah-ming. the united democrats emerged as the largest party in the legislature by winning 14 of the 18 directly elected seats.