Macanese legislative election, 2005

Macanese legislative election, 2005

2001 ← 25 September 2005 → 2009

12 (of the 29) seats in the Legislative Assembly   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Chan Meng Kam Leong Iok Wa António Ng Party ACUM UPD ANM+APMD Alliance Pro-business [[Traditionalists|{{Template: Traditionalists/meta/shortname}}]] Pro-democracy Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change 1 0 1 Popular vote 49,828 39,121 35,896 Percentage 39.92 31.34 28.75

President before election Susana Chou Elected President Susana Chou

Elections for the Assembleia Legislativa were held in Macau on September 25, 2005.

Results

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 Summary of the 25 September 2005 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results

Lists		Platforms	Votes	%	Seats
	United Citizens Association of Macau (Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau) (澳門民聯協進會)	Fujian community	20,695	16.58	2
	Alliance for the Development of Macau (Aliança para Desenvolvimento de Macau) (澳門發展聯盟)	STDM	11,642	9.33	1
	General Union for the Good of Macau (União Geral para O Bem-querer de Macau) (愛澳聯盟)	Pro-business	8,517	6.82	1
	Convergence for Development (Convergência para o Desenvolvimento) (繁榮澳門同盟)	Pro-business	6,079	4.87	1
	Vision Macau (Associação Visão de Macau) (澳門前瞻協進會)	Pro-business	1,973	1.58	0
	União dos Trabalhadores dos Jogos de Fortuna e Azar de Macau	Gaming industry	922	0.74	0
	Pro-business		49,828	39.92	5
	Union for Development (União para o Desenvolvimento) (同心協進會)	Pro-Beijing	16,588	13.29	2
	Union for Promoting Progress (União Promotora para o Progresso) (群力促進會)	Pro-Beijing	11,985	9.60	2
	Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau (Associação Pela Democracia e Bem-estar Social de Macau) (澳門民主民生協進會)	Pro-democracy	4,356	3.49	0
	New Youth of Macau (Nova Juventude de Macau) (澳門新青年)	Pro-Beijing	3,060	2.45	0
	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)	Catholicism	2,941	2.36	0
	Associação Direitos dos Cidadãos	Pro-Beijing	191	0.15	0
	Traditionalists		39,121	31.34	4
	New Democratic Macau Association (Associação Novo Macau Democrático) (民主新澳門)	Pro-democracy	23,472	18.80	2
	New Hope (Nova Esperança) (新希望)	Civil servants	9,973	7.99	1
	Por Macau	Portuguese community	892	0.71	0
	Associação do Activismo para a Democracia	Radical pro-democracy	654	0.52	0
	União dos Operários	Pro-democracy	457	0.37	0
	Um Novo Vigor Para Macau	Pro-democracy	448	0.36	0
	Pro-democracy		35,896	28.75	3
Subtotal (turnout 58.4%)			124,845	100.00	12
Functional constituencies and appointed members
Macau Business Interest Union (União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau) (澳門僱主利益聯會) for employers					4
Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission (Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados) (僱員團體聯合) for labour					2
Macau professional Interest Union (União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau) (澳門專業利益聯會) special interests					2
Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association (Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente) (優裕文康聯合會) charity, culture, education and sport					2
Members appointed by the Chief Executive					7
Total					29

Direct Election Results (by ticket number)

Ballot no.	Party name	Votes	% of valid votes	Seats
1	Por Macau	892	0.71	0
2	UNVM	448	0.36	0
3	ANMD	23472	18.80	2
4	AAD	654	0.52	0
5	NJM	3060	2.45	0
6	UO	457	0.37	0
7	UPP	11985	9.60	2
8	UBM	8517	6.82	1
9	AMD	11642	9.33	1
10	ADBSM	4356	3.49	0
11	AVM	1973	1.58	0
12	UTJM	922	0.74	0
13	CODEM	6079	4.87	1
14	UPD	16588	13.29	2
15	AACPP	2941	2.36	0
16	NE	9973	7.99	1
17	ADDC	191	0.15	0
18	ACUM	20695	16.58	2
	Valid votes	124845
	Invalid votes	3325
	Blank votes	660

Even with a typhoon signal no. 3 issued, the turnout for the direct election was a historic 58.39%. 128,830 people voted out of 220,653. The turnout for the functional constituencies was 61.95%. 2704 people voted.

Election method

Twelve candidates are elected directly using the highest averages method on party lists with divisors of 1,2,4,8 etc. There are 18 party lists, the highest ever, with a total of 125 candidates, also the highest ever. 5 of the lists are related to gambling.

10 candidates are elected by the functional constituencies. The seats are distributed like the directly elected seats. There is one list for each category. There are:

• 4 seats for employers
• 2 seats for labour
• 2 seats for special interests and
• 2 seats for charity, culture, education and sport

7 seats are appointed by the Chief Executive.

Related events

A candidate (汪長南) was bashed on the head. Police arrested 3 suspects. A reporter was beaten up while investigating a possibly corrupt candidate. The Macao CCAC received 93 complaints.^{[citation needed]}

Source

• http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050926/gob1.htm (Chinese)

External links

• Official site
• Official Election Results - Legislative Council 2005 (Portuguese)
• Official Election Results - Legislative Council 2005 (Chinese)