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3 October 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eight of the 23 seats in the Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 64.49% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in Macau on 3 October 1996. These were the last legislative elections took place in the colonial period before transferring Macau's sovereignty to China three years later.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Association for Promoting the Economy of Macau | 12,029 | 16.59 | 2 | New | |
| Union for Promoting Progress | 11,045 | 15.23 | 2 | 0 | |
| Union for Development | 10,525 | 14.52 | 1 | –1 | |
| General Union for the Good of Macau | 7,516 | 10.37 | 1 | New | |
| Convergence for Development | 7,439 | 10.26 | 1 | New | |
| New Democratic Macau Association | 6,331 | 8.73 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alliance for the Development of the Economy | 5,085 | 7.01 | 0 | New | |
| Welfare Association | 4,671 | 6.44 | 0 | New | |
| Employees and Wage-Earners Association | 3,107 | 4.29 | 0 | New | |
| Roots in Macau | 2,100 | 2.90 | 0 | New | |
| Friendship Association | 1,690 | 2.33 | 0 | –1 | |
| Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau | 960 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 72,498 | 100.00 | 8 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 72,498 | 96.54 | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,128 | 2.83 | |||
| Blank votes | 467 | 0.62 | |||
| Total votes | 75,093 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 116,445 | 64.49 | |||
| Source: Boletim Oficial | |||||