25 September 2005 2009 → 23,472 20,695 2 seats, 16.04 2seats, 13.92 Start date September 25, 2005 | 2 seats, 20.95% new party 18.80% 16.58% 16,588 11,985 | |
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Winner Susana Chou | ||
Elections for the Assembleia Legislativa were held in Macau on September 25, 2005.
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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:
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.
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.
Geographical constituencies (12 seats)
Voting System: Closed party-list proportional representation with the Highest averages method.