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Macau elects at the regional level its head of government and legislature. The Legislative Assembly is made up of 33 members, of whom 14 are elected by popular vote under proportional representation, 12 elected from functional constituencies and 7 appointed by the Chief Executive. The Chief Executive of Macau is returned by a 400-member Election Committee on five-year intervals.
Natural persons can register as an elector of direct suffrage to the Legislative Assembly if they:
Legal persons can nominate at most 22 electors with natural person suffrage to exercise the collective's voting rights for indirect suffrage to the Legislative Assembly and the Election Committee if they:
Natural persons registered as electors can run for elections of direct suffrage and 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.
Elections were held to return members of the Legislative Assembly since 1976. Members returned from direct suffrage and 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:
| 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Suffrage | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |||||||
| Indirect Suffrage | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
| Total number of elected seats | 12 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 26 | |||||||
| Total seats | 17 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 33 | |||||
Candidates of the 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:
| 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 | 2019 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral College | Selection Committee for Forming the 1st Government of the Macau SAR | Election Committee | ||||
| Size of electorate | 200 | 300 | 400 | |||
| Sector | Seats | Number of Electors [note 1] |
| First Sector | ||
| Industrial, Commercial and Financial | 120 | 977 |
| Second Sector | ||
| Cultural | 26 | 611 |
| Educational | 29 | 279 |
| Professional | 43 | 695 |
| Sports | 17 | 639 |
| Second Sector total | 115 | 2,224 |
| Third Sector | ||
| Labour | 59 | 1,072 |
| Social Services | 50 | 1,462 |
| Religious | 6 | Consultation among religious organisations |
| Third Sector total | 115 | 2,534 |
| Fourth Sector | ||
| Representatives of Members of the Legislative Assembly | 22 | Elected according to rules made by the Legislative Assembly |
| Macau Deputies to the National People's Congress | 12 | Ex officio |
| Representatives of Macau Members of the CPPCC National Committee | 14 | Elected according to rules made by Members |
| Representatives of Members of Municipal Organisations | 2 | Elected according to rules made by Municipal Organisations |
| Fourth Sector total | 50 | |
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