The functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process, they make up part of the
political systems of Macau in legislative branch. Eligible voters in a functional constituency are designated legal entities such as organisations and corporations.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
has a similar
political system
In political science, a political system means the form of Political organisation, political organization that can be observed, recognised or otherwise declared by a society or state (polity), state.
It defines the process for making official gov ...
.
List of functional constituencies
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 constitu ...
has twelve functional constituency seats. They represent:
Industry, Commerce and Finance
*Industry, Commerce and Finance (工商、金融界) represented by the
Macau Business Interest Union.
Labour
*Labour (勞工界) represented by the
Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission.
Professional
*Professional (專業界) represented by the
Macau professional Interest Union.
Welfare and Education
*Welfare and Education (社會服務、教育界) represented by the
Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education.
Culture and Sport
*Culture and Sport (文化、體育界) represented by the
Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association.
Defunct constituencies
;Welfare, Culture, Education and Sport
;Moral, Healthcare, Cultural
;Economic
;Moral
;Healthcare
;Cultural
See also
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Corporatism
Corporatism is an ideology and political system of interest representation and policymaking whereby Corporate group (sociology), corporate groups, such as agricultural, labour, military, business, scientific, or guild associations, come toget ...
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Vocational panel
A vocational panel () is any of five lists of candidates from which are elected a total of 43 of the 60 senators in Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland. Each panel corresponds to a grouping of "interests and ...
s in Ireland
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Rotten and pocket boroughs
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act of 1832, which had a very small electo ...
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Functional constituency (Hong Kong)
In the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group that elects members to the legislature. Eligible voters in a functional constituency may include natural persons as well as other desi ...
References
External links
Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region
{{DEFAULTSORT:Functional Constituency Macau
Legislative Assembly of Macau
Constituencies