Elections in Macau

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Macau elects on national level a legislature. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 29 members, of whom 12 are elected by popular vote and proportional representation, 10 elected from functional constituencies and 7 appointed by the Chief Executive.

Latest elections

Main article: Macanese legislative election, 2009

 Summary of the 20 September 2009 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results

№		Political affiliation	Popular votes	% of Votes	Change in % of vote	Seats	Net change in seats
4		Prosperous Democratic Macau Association Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)	16,424	11.58	N/A	2	+2
2		New Hope Nova Esperança (新希望)	12,908	9.10	+1.11	1	±0
15		New Democratic Macau Association Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)	11,024	7.77	-11.03	1	-1
6		Civil Watch Observatório Cívico (公民監察)	5,329	3.76	N/A	0	±0
9		Activism for Democracy Association Associação de Activismo para a Democracia (民主起動)	1,141	0.80	N/A	0	±0
14		Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau (齊聲建澳門)	905	0.64	N/A	0	±0
11		Democratic Society Alliance Aliança da Democracia de Sociedade (社會民主陣線)	256	0.18	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Pro-democrats	47,987	33.83	+5.08	4	+1
7		United Citizens Association of Macau Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau (澳門民聯協進會)	17,014	12.00	-4.58	2	±0
10		New Union for Macau’s Development Nova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau (澳門發展新連盟)	14,099	9.94	+0.61	1	±0
1		Macau-Guangdong Union União Macau-Guangdong (澳粵同盟)	10,348	7.30	N/A	1	+1
5		Alliance for Change Aliança Pr'a Mudança (改革創新同盟)	7,857	5.54	N/A	1	+1
3		Union for the Progress and Development União Para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento (同力建設聯盟)	5,389	3.80	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Pro-business	54,707	38.58	-1.34	5	±0
12		Union for Development União Para O Desenvolvimento (同心協進會)	22,098	14.88	+1.59	2	±0
13		Union for Promoting Progress União Promotora Para o Progresso (群力促進會)	14,044	9.90	+0.30	1	-1
16		Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo (親民愛群協會)	2,334	1.65	-0.71	0	±0
8		"Social Justice" Team Equipa de "Justiça Social" (社會公義)	1,627	1.15	N/A	0	±0
		Total for Traditionalists	39,103	27.58	-3.76	3	-1
		Total for Pro-Beijing camp	93,810	66.16	-5.10	8	-1
Total and Turnout			149,006	59.91	+1.52	12	±0
Valid votes			141,797	95.16
Invalid votes			6,498	4.36
Blank votes			711	0.48
Eligible voters			248,708
Functional constituencies and appointed members
—		Macau Business Interest Union União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau (澳門僱主利益聯會) for business				4	±0
—		Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados (僱員團體聯合) for labor				2	±0
—		Macau professional Interest Union União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau (澳門專業利益聯會) for professionals				2	±0
—		Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente (優裕文康聯合會) for welfare, culture, education and sport				2	±0
—		Members appointed by the Chief Executive				7	±0

Main article: List of Macanese Chief Executive elections

 Summary of the 2009 Macanese Chief Executive election result

Candidates		Parties	Votes	%
	Fernando Chui Sai On	Non-partisan	282	95.27%
Total			282	100%
Valid votes			282	92.76%
Invalid votes			0	0%
Blank votes			14	4.73%
Votes cast / turnout			296	98.67%
Eligible voters			300
Source: Official results by Electoral Affairs Commission of Macau.

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Chief Executive Election Law (English)
• Chief Executive Election Law (Portuguese)
• Chief Executive Election Law (Chinese)