Elections for the 7th Legislative Assembly of Macao ( pt, Eleições para a 7.ª Assembleia Legislativa de Macau) were held in
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
on 12 September 2021. This legislative election will return 33 members of 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 con ...
, with 14
directly elected by all electorates, 12
indirectly elected by special interest groups and 7
appointed by the Chief Executive 15 days after the announcement of the election results.
The voter turnout rate for the 2021 Legislative Assembly direct election stood at 42 per cent after polls closed, the lowest rate reported since the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region in 1999.
Mass disqualification
The Electoral Affairs Commission for this legislative election unprecedentedly disqualified some 21 candidates who intended to contest in the direct elections. As a result of those 21 hopefuls having been barred from running, five candidate lists consequently became unqualified due to the electoral requirement of a minimum of 4 contenders in each list.
All pro-democracy candidates, except
José Pereira Coutinho
José Maria Pereira Coutinho ComM (; born 22 July 1957) is a Macanese politician and jurist. He has been the Counselor of the Portuguese Communities since 2003, President of Macau Civil Servants Association since 1998, and President of pro-demo ...
's candidate list, were barred from running in the election. The mass disqualification created shock as Macau has been seen as "obedient" to the Beijing Government, while disqualifying election candidates, which had happened in Hong Kong before, was believed to be unlikely in Macau.
Results
The turnout of the election was only 42.38%, marking the lowest since the 1988 election. The mass disqualification was said to be the reason of residents not voting, but officials claimed the weather and pandemic as main factors instead. The number of invalid and blank ballots broke record, with some writing "trashed election", "democracy", name of disqualified candidate
Antonio Ng
António Ng Kuok Cheong (; born September 26, 1957) is currently a member in the Macau Legislative Assembly, returned by direct election. He was the founding chairman of the pro-democratic political party New Macau Association. He is also the lea ...
, or foul languages.
Pro-democracy camp won 2 seats only out of 33, whilst the remaining were under the control of pro-government and pro-Beijing parties and politicians as expected.
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Political affiliation
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Popular votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % of Votes
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% of vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Net change
in seats
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Pro-Beijing camp
The pro-Beijing camp, pro-establishment camp, pro-government camp or pro-China camp refers to a political alignment in Hong Kong which generally supports the policies of the Beijing central government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) t ...
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, 3 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Macau United Citizens' Association (ACUM)
, 26,593 , , 20.14 , , 11.52, , 3 , , 2
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, 11 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Union for Development
The Union for Development ( zh, t=同心協進會; pt, União para o Desenvolvimento) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau.
In the 2005 legislative election, the party won 13.3 percent of the popular vote ...
(UPD)
, 23,760 , , 17.99 , , 8.32
, 2 , ,
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, 1 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Macau-Guangdong Union
The Macau-Guangdong Union (; pt, União de Macau-Guangdong) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic ...
(UMG)
, 16,808 , , 12.73 , , 2.76, , 2 , ,
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, 8 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Progress Promotion Union
The Progress Promotion Union ( zh, t=群力促進會; pt, União Promotora para o Progresso) is a political party in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative ...
(UPP)
, 15,100 , , 11.43 , , 4.28
, 2 , , 1
, -
, 9 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Alliance for a Happy Home (ABL)
, 14,232 , , 10.78 , , 5.28
, 2 , , 1
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, colspan="8" style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" ,
Pro-democracy camp
The pro-democracy camp, also known as the pan-democracy camp, is a political alignment in Hong Kong that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic L ...
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, 14 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
New Hope (NE)
, 18,232 , , 13.81 , , 5.48
, 2 , , 1
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, colspan="8" style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" , Centrists
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, 6 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Synergy Power
The Association of Synergy of Macao ( zh, t=傳新澳門協會; pt, Associação da Sinergia de Macau), often shortened to Synergy of Macao (; ), is a centrist political party in Macau. It is represented in the Legislative Assembly.
History
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(PS)
, 8,763 , , 6.64 , , 2.49 , , 1 , , 1
, -
, 2 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Civic Watch (Cívico)
, 3,729 , , 2.82 , , 2.74, , 0 , , 1
, -
, colspan="8" style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" , No legislative representation
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, 7 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Força do Diálogo
, 1433 , , 1.09 , , ''N/A'', , 0 , ,
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, 5 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Energia Colectiva de Macau
, 918 , , 0.70 , , ''N/A'', , 0 , ,
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, 12 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Powers of Political Thought (PPP)
, 834 , , 0.63 , , 0.24, , 0 , ,
, -
, 10 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Ou Mun Kong I (OMKI)
, 778 , , 0.59 , , 0.36, , 0 , ,
, -
, 4 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Plataforma Para os Jovens
, 542 , , 0.41 , , ''N/A'', , 0 , ,
, -
, 13 , , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Aliança Para a Promoção da Lei Básica de Macau
, 334 , , 0.25 , , ''N/A'', , 0 , ,
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Total and Turnout!! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , 137,279 !! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , 100 !! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , !! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , 14 !! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ,
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, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Valid votes , , 132,056 , , 96.20
, style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" ,
, -
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Invalid votes , , 2,082 , , 1.52
, style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" ,
, -
, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Blank votes , , 3,141 , , 2.38
, style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" ,
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, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Eligible voters , , 323,907 , , 42.38
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!style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=8, Indirectly elected and appointed members
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Macau Union of Employers Interests
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River D ...
(OMKC)
, 969 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , 4 , ,
, -
, — , , style="background-color:;", , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Federation of Employees Associations (CCCAE)
, 1,074 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , 2 , ,
, -
, —, , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Macau Union of Professional Interests (OMCY)
, 624 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , 3 , , 1
, -
, —, , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education (APSSE)
, 1,775 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , 1 , ,
, -
, —, , style="background-color:;" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Excellent Culture and Sport Union (União Excelente)
, 2,317 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" , , , 2 , ,
, -
, — , , style="background-color:;", , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Members appointed by the Chief Executive
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References
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2021 elections in China
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