2025 Macanese legislative election
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Legislative elections are expected to be held in Macau on 14 September 2025.[1] The elections will return 33 members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, with 14 directly elected by all electorates, 12 indirectly elected by special interest groups and seven appointed by the Chief Executive 15 days after the announcement of the election results.
As a result of the mass disqualification in the last election, more than a dozen of pro-democracy members, including former legislators, are barred from running in this election under the five-year ban.[2]
Nomination
The authorities confirmed a total of eight candidate lists for the direct election of 14 seats, marking the lowest since the handover.[3] Among the eight "nomination panels", five were from the pro-Beijing camp and only one from pro-democracy camp, after majority of them were disqualified in 2021. Macau Creating People’s Livelihood Force (澳門創建民生力量) ran in the election for the first time, hoping to prioritise local employment and social welfare and housing.[4]
The team led by Wong Wai-man, the workman popularly known as "Caption Macau" for his eyebrow-raising stance on politics, was disqualified due to insufficient endorsements after majority of signatures were found ineligible. He was arrested days before the end of the nomination period for illegal mahjong operations.[5]
Under new rules introduced in 2024 mirroring those in Hong Kong, all candidates must be screened before validating their nomination to determine whether they are "patriots". All candidates are required to uphold the Basic Law and to pledge allegiance to the country.[5]
Results
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macau United Citizens Association | – | – | |
| Union for Development | – | – | |
| Macau-Guangdong Union | – | – | |
| Union for Promoting Progress | – | – | |
| Alliance for a Happy Home | – | – | |
| Pro-Beijing camp | – | – | |
| New Hope | – | – | |
| Pro-democracy camp | – | – | |
| Synergy Power | – | – | |
| Macau Creating People’s Livelihood Force | – | New | |
| Unaffiliated | – | – | |
| Functional constituencies and appointees | |||
| Macau Union of Employers Interests | – | 0 | |
| Macau Union of Professional Interests | – | – | |
| Excellent Culture and Sport Union | – | 0 | |
| Federation of Employees Associations | – | 0 | |
| 職工社團聯會 | – | 0 | |
| Association for the Promotion of Social Services and Education | – | – | |
| Chief Executive appointees | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Legislative Assembly elections set for 14 Sep". Macau Business. 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "澳門9月14日舉行立法會換屆選舉". i-CABLE (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "澳門立法會選舉 8組別能派代表爭14席直選 獲確認組別歷來最少 「澳門隊長」黃偉民未能入閘". 明報新聞網 - 即時新聞 instant news (in Traditional Chinese). 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ "Macao parties have begun submitting candidates for the legislative election". Macao News. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ^ a b "Eight candidacy attempts confirmed for 2025 legislative election". Macau Business. 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-06-18.