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[[Macau]] elects at the regional level its [[head of government]] and [[legislature]]. The [[Legislative Assembly of Macau|Legislative Assembly]] is made up of 33 members, of whom 14 are elected by popular vote under [[proportional representation]], 12 elected from [[Functional constituency (Macau)|functional constituencies]] and 7 appointed by the [[Chief Executive of Macau|Chief Executive]]. The [[Chief Executive of Macau]] is returned by a 400-member Election Committee on five-year intervals.

==Voter registration and candidacy==
[[Natural person]]s can register as an elector of [[Directly elected member (Macau)|direct suffrage]] to the [[Legislative Assembly of Macau|Legislative Assembly]] if they:
* have reached 18 years of age;
* are permanent resident of Macau; and
* are not declared by Courts as incompetent persons, deprived of political rights or manifestly insane.

[[Legal person]]s can nominate at most 22 electors with natural person suffrage to exercise the collective's voting rights for [[Indirectly elected member|indirect suffrage]] to the Legislative Assembly and the Election Committee if they:
* are confirmed to be operating within the specified sector for at least 4 years;
* have obtained legal personality for at least 7 years; and
* for the Election Committee elections, are not in office as the [[Chief Executive of Macau|Chief Executive]], Principal Officials, Judicial Magistrates, Public Ministers and Members of the Election Management Committee.

[[Natural person]]s registered as electors can run for elections of [[Directly elected member (Macau)|direct suffrage]] and [[Indirectly elected member|indirect suffrage]] in the sector they belong to. Electors can also run for the Election Committee if they are not in office as the Chief Executive, Principal Officials, Judicial Magistrates, Public Ministers and Members of the Election Management Committee.

==Legislative Assembly elections==
Elections were held to return members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Macau|Legislative Assembly]] since 1976. Members returned from [[Directly elected member (Macau)|direct suffrage]] and [[Indirectly elected member|indirect suffrage]] have been elected under [[proportional representation]] with seats apportioned under the [[highest averages method]] using the [[D'Hondt method]]. Suffrage was opened to Macau Residents without Portuguese citizenship in 1984.

Compositions of elected seats in the Legislative Assembly are as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!style=width:10em | 
!style=width:5em|1976
!style=width:5em|1980
!style=width:5em|1984
!style=width:5em|1988
!style=width:5em|[[1992 Macanese legislative election|1992]]
!style=width:5em|[[1996 Macanese legislative election|1996]]
!style=width:5em|[[2001 Macanese legislative election|2001]]
!style=width:5em|[[2005 Macanese legislative election|2005]]
!style=width:5em|[[2009 Macanese legislative election|2009]]
!style=width:5em|[[2013 Macanese legislative election|2013]]
!style=width:5em|[[2017 Macanese legislative election|2017]]
!style=width:5em|[[2021 Macanese legislative election|2021]]
|-
| [[Directly elected member (Macau)|Direct Suffrage]]
| colspan="4" |6
| colspan="2" |8
| 10
| colspan="2" |12
| colspan="3" |14
|-
| [[Indirectly elected member|Indirect Suffrage]]
| colspan="4" |6
| colspan="2" |8
| colspan="3" |10
| colspan="3" |12
|-
| ''Total number of<br /> elected seats''
| colspan="4" |12
| colspan="2" |16
| 20
| colspan="2" |22
| colspan="3" |26
|-
| ''Total seats''
| colspan="2" |17
| 19
| 17
| colspan="2" |23
| 27
| colspan="2" |29
| colspan="3" |33
|}

== Chief Executive elections ==
Candidates of the [[Chief Executive of Macau|Chief Executive]] are required to be nominated by at least 50 members of the Election Committee, before he is returned by the Election Committee with an absolute majority. The compositions of electoral colleges returning the Chief Executive are as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!style=width:6em | 
!style=width:20em|[[1999 Macanese Chief Executive election|1999]]
!style=width:6em|[[2004 Macanese Chief Executive election|2004]]
!style=width:6em|[[2009 Macanese Chief Executive election|2009]]
!style=width:6em|[[2014 Macanese Chief Executive election|2014]]
!style=width:6em|[[2019 Macanese Chief Executive election|2019]]
!style=width:6em|[[2024 Macanese Chief Executive election|2024]]
|-
| Electoral<br/> College
| Selection Committee for Forming the<br /> 1st Government of the Macau SAR

| colspan="5" |Election Committee
|-
| Size of<br/> electorate
| 200
| colspan="2" |300
| colspan="3" |400
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="width:56%; text-align:center;"
|+ Composition of the Election Committee (2013-)
|-  style="background:gray; color:white; text-align:center;"
| style="width:15%;"|'''Sector'''
| style="width:5%;"| '''Seats'''
| style="width:20%;"|'''Number of Electors'''{{NoteTag|[[2019 Macanese Chief Executive election|in the 2019 Chief Executive Election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=行政長官選舉委員會委員選舉投票情況 |url=https://www.ece.gov.mo/zh_tw/2019_AFL_member.html |website=行政長官選舉 |accessdate=2022-02-17}}</ref>}}
|-
| style="background:#addee5;" colspan="3"|'''First Sector''' 
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Industrial, Commercial and Financial||style="text-align:left; "| 120 ||style="text-align:left; "| 977
|-
| style="background:#addee5;" colspan="3"|'''Second Sector''' 
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Cultural||style="text-align:left; "| 26 ||style="text-align:left; "| 611
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Educational||style="text-align:left; "| 29 ||style="text-align:left; "| 279
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Professional||style="text-align:left; "| 43 ||style="text-align:left; "| 695
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Sports||style="text-align:left; "| 17 ||style="text-align:left; "| 639
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|'''Second Sector total'''||style="text-align:left; "| 115 ||style="text-align:left; "| 2,224
|-
| style="background:#addee5;" colspan="3"|'''Third Sector''' 
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Labour||style="text-align:left; "| 59 ||style="text-align:left; "| 1,072
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Social Services||style="text-align:left; "| 50 ||style="text-align:left; "| 1,462
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Religious||style="text-align:left; "| 6 ||style="text-align:left; "| Consultation among religious organisations
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|'''Third Sector total'''||style="text-align:left; "| 115 ||style="text-align:left; "| 2,534
|-
| style="background:#addee5;" colspan="3"|'''Fourth Sector''' 
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Representatives of Members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Macau|Legislative Assembly]]||style="text-align:left; "| 22 ||style="text-align:left; "| Elected according to rules made by the [[Legislative Assembly of Macau|Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Macau Deputies to the [[National People's Congress]]||style="text-align:left; "| 12 ||style="text-align:left; "| ''Ex officio''
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Representatives of Macau Members of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CPPCC National Committee]]||style="text-align:left; "| 14 ||style="text-align:left; "| Elected according to rules made by Members
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|Representatives of Members of Municipal Organisations||style="text-align:left; "| 2 ||style="text-align:left; "| Elected according to rules made by Municipal Organisations
|-
|style="text-align:left; "|'''Fourth Sector total'''||style="text-align:left; "|50|| 
|}

==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral system]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051108035112/http://www.imprensa.macau.gov.mo/bo/i/2004/14/lei03_en.asp Chief Executive Election Law] (English translation)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307223512/http://www.imprensa.macau.gov.mo/bo/i/2004/14/lei03.asp Chief Executive Election Law] (Portuguese version)
* [http://www.imprensa.macau.gov.mo/bo/i/2004/14/lei03_cn.asp Chief Executive Election Law] (Chinese version)

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