Elections for the

Legislative Assembly of Macau The Legislative Assembly of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; ) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional co ...

were held in

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on September 25, 2005.

Election method

Twelve candidates are elected directly using the highest averages method on

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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

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. 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

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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 The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC; zh, 廉政公署; pt, Comissariado contra a Corrupção) is the statutory independent anti-corruption body of Macau with the primary objective of combating corruption, bribery, and other illicit activi ...

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

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" colspan=2 , Lists ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats , - , rowspan=14 style="background-color:#FF8080" , , - , style="text-align:left;" , United Citizens Association of Macau
(''Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau'') (澳門民聯協進會) , style="text-align:right;" , 20,695 , style="text-align:right;" , 16.58 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Alliance for the Development of Macau
(''Aliança para Desenvolvimento de Macau'') (澳門發展聯盟) , style="text-align:right;" , 11,642 , style="text-align:right;" , 9.33 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , General Union for the Good of Macau
(''União Geral para O Bem-querer de Macau'') (愛澳聯盟) , style="text-align:right;" , 8,517 , style="text-align:right;" , 6.82 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Convergence for Development
(''Convergência para o Desenvolvimento'') (繁榮澳門同盟) , style="text-align:right;" , 6,079 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.87 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Vision Macau
(''Associação Visão de Macau'') (澳門前瞻協進會) , style="text-align:right;" , 1,973 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.58 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , União dos Trabalhadores dos Jogos de Fortuna e Azar de Macau , style="text-align:right;" , 922 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.74 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Union for Development
(''União para o Desenvolvimento'') (同心協進會) , style="text-align:right;" , 16,588 , style="text-align:right;" , 13.29 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Union for Promoting Progress
(''União Promotora para o Progresso'') (群力促進會) , style="text-align:right;" , 11,985 , style="text-align:right;" , 9.60 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 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) , style="text-align:right;" , 4,356 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.49 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , New Youth of Macau
(''Nova Juventude de Macau'') (澳門新青年) , style="text-align:right;" , 3,060 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.45 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People The Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the People (, ) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau. Macau is a state in which political parties don't play a role, though some civic groups put f ...

(''Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo'') (親民愛群協會) , style="text-align:right;" , 2,941 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.36 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Associação Direitos dos Cidadãos , style="text-align:right;" , 191 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.15 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#FF8080;" colspan=1, Pro-establishment camp , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FF8080;" , 88,949 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FF8080;" , 71.26 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FF8080;" , 9 , - , rowspan=8 style="background-color:#99FF99" , , - , style="text-align:left;" , New Democratic Macau Association
(''Associação Novo Macau Democrático'') (民主新澳門) , style="text-align:right;" , 23,472 , style="text-align:right;" , 18.80 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" , New Hope
(''Nova Esperança'') (新希望) , style="text-align:right;" , 9,973 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.99 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Por Macau , style="text-align:right;" , 892 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.71 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Associação do Activismo para a Democracia , style="text-align:right;" , 654 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.52 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , União dos Operários , style="text-align:right;" , 457 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.37 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Um Novo Vigor Para Macau , style="text-align:right;" , 448 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.36 , style="text-align:right;" , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#99FF99;" colspan=1,

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, style="text-align:right;background-color:#99FF99;" , 35,896 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#99FF99;" , 28.75 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#99FF99;" , 3 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2, Subtotal (turnout 58.4%) , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 124,845 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100.00 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 12 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=5, Functional constituencies and appointed members , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Macau Business Interest Union
(''União dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau'') (澳門僱主利益聯會) for employers , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission
(''Comissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados'') (僱員團體聯合) for labour , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Macau professional Interest Union
(''União dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau'') (澳門專業利益聯會) special interests , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association
(''Associação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente'') (優裕文康聯合會) charity, culture, education and sport , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=4 , Members appointed by the Chief Executive , style="text-align:right;" , 7 , - , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=4, Total , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 29

Candidates lists and results

Geographical constituencies (12 seats)

Voting System: Closed

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with the Highest averages method.

Functional constituencies (10 seats)

Nominated Members (7 seats)

; Members appointed by the Chief Executive

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* Lei Pui Lam *

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* "José" Chui Sai Peng *

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* Ieong Tou Hong *

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References

External links

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