2005 Macanese legislative election

2005 Macanese legislative election

25 September 2005

12 of the 29 seats in the Legislative Assembly

Party Leader % Seats +/– Pro-Beijing parties ACUM Chan Meng Kam 16.57 2 New UPD Kwan Tsui Hang 13.29 2 0 UNIPRO Leong Heng Teng 9.60 2 0 AMD Leong On-kei 9.32 1 New UBM Fong Chi-keong 6.83 1 New CODEM David Chow 4.87 1 0 Pro-democracy parties ANMD Antonio Ng 18.81 2 0 NE José Pereira Coutinho 7.99 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President before President after Susana Chou OMKC Susana Chou OMKC

Legislative elections were held in Macau on 25 September 2005.

Electoral system

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 Commission Against Corruption received 93 complaints.

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Macau United Citizens Association	20,701	16.57	2	New
	Union for Development	16,596	13.29	2	0
	Union for Promoting Progress	11,989	9.60	2	0
	Alliance for the Development of Macau	11,642	9.32	1	New
	General Union for the Good of Macau	8,529	6.83	1	New
	Convergence for Development	6,081	4.87	1	0
	Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau	4,358	3.49	0	New
	New Youth of Macau	3,058	2.45	0	New
	Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People	2,943	2.36	0	New
	Vision Macau	1,974	1.58	0	New
	Labor Union of Games and Gambling in Macau	921	0.74	0	New
	Citizens' Rights Association	191	0.15	0	0
Pro-Beijing camp		88,949	71.22	9	+2
	New Democratic Macau Association	23,489	18.81	2	0
	New Hope	9,974	7.99	1	0
	For Macau	892	0.71	0	New
	Association for Democracy Activism	655	0.52	0	New
	Union of Workers	457	0.37	0	0
	New Vigour for Macau	448	0.36	0	New
Pro-democracy camp		35,896	28.74	3	0
Total		124,898	100.00	12	+2
Valid votes		124,898	96.95
Invalid votes		3,272	2.54
Blank votes		660	0.51
Total votes		128,830	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		220,653	58.39
Source: Boletim Oficial

Functional constituencies (10 seats)

Business (4 seats)
Party/Allegiance	List №	Candidate(s)	Votes
Macau Business Interest Union União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau	1	Susana Chou Kei Jan	462
	2	Kou Hoi In	231
	3	Cheang Chi Keong	115.50
	4	Ho Teng Iat	57.750
Labor (2 seats)
Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados	1	Lau Cheok Va	419
	2	Lee Chong Cheng	209.5
Professionals (2 seats)
Macau professional Interest Union União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau	1	Chui Sai Cheong	247
	2	Leonel Alberto Alves	123.5
Welfare, Culture, Education and Sport (2 seats)
Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente	1	Victor Cheung Lup Kwan	1,449
	2	Chan Chak Mo	724.5

Nominated Members (7 seats)

Members appointed by the Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah

• Lei Pui Lam
• Sam Chan Io
• Tsui Wai Kwan
• "José" Chui Sai Peng
• Philip Xavier
• Ieong Tou Hong
• Lao Pun Lap

Further reading

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102419/http://full.mingpaonews.com/20050926/gob1.htm (in Chinese)

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)
• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Official results