Legislative Assembly of Macau

The Legislative Assembly[2] (AL; traditional Chinese: 立法會; simplified Chinese: 立法会; Portuguese: Assembleia Legislativa) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional constituencies and 7 members appointed by the chief executive. It is located at Sé.

Legislative Assembly of Macau Special Administrative Region

  • 澳門特別行政區立法會
  • Assembleia Legislativa de Macau
6th Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
Leadership
Kou Hoi In
since 17 July 2019
Vice President
Chui Sai Cheong
since 16 October 2017
First Secretary
Kou Hoi In
since 16 October 2017
Second Secretary
Chan Hong
since 16 October 2017
Structure
Seats33
Political groups
Pro-Beijing (29)

  ACUM (3)
  UMG (2)
  UPP (2)
  MUDM (1)
  UPD (1)
  Mudar (1)
  OMKC (4)
  OMCY (3)
  CCCAE (2)
  União Excelente (2)
  APSSE (1)
  CE Appointments (7)

Pro-democracy (4)

  AMN (2)
  NE (2)
Elections
Last election
17 September 2017
Meeting place
Macau Legislative Assembly Building, 1 Praça da Assembleia Legislativa, Sé, Macau Special Administrative Region
Website
al.gov.mo
Legislative Assembly
Traditional Chinese立法會
Simplified Chinese立法会
Portuguese name
PortugueseAssembleia Legislativa

Charter

The assembly has the following charter:

  1. To enact, amend, suspend or repeal laws;
  2. To examine and approve budgets; and examine the report on audit;
  3. To decide on taxation and approve debts to be undertaken by the government
  4. To debate the policy addresses by the Chief Executive;
  5. To debate any issue concerning public interests;
  6. To receive and handle complaints from Macau residents

Election results
Politics and government of Macau
Basic Law
Government
Chief Executive
Ho Iat Seng
Executive Council of Macau
Principal Offices
Sec. for Administration & Justice
Sec. for Economy & Finance
Sec. for Security
Sec. for Social Affairs & Culture
Sec. for Transport & Public Works
Commission Against Corruption
Commission of Audit
Procurator General
Commissioner General of the Police Services
Director General of the Customs
Legislative Assembly
President · Vice President
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Directly elected members
Indirectly elected members
Appointed members
Political parties
Court of Final Appeal
Elections
Foreign relations
Other Macau topics
 Summary of the 17 September 2017 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results[3]
№ Political affiliation
 Popular votes
 % of Votes
 Change in
% of vote
 Seats
 Net change
in seats
Pro-Beijing camp
20Macau-Guangdong Union (UMG) 17,2149.971.122
16Union for Development (UPD) 16,6969.671.5021
9Macau United Citizens' Association (ACUM) - List 1 14,8798.629.4012
2Progress Promotion Union (UPP) - List 1 12,3407.153.6511
14New Macau Development Union (NUDM) 10,4526.052.891
8Macau Citizens’ Development Association (ACDM) - ACUM List 2 10,1035.85N/A11
11Alliance for a Happy Home (ABL) - UPP List 2 9,4965.50N/A11
18Alliance for Change (Mudar) 8,1864.741.2401
Pro-democracy camp
6New Hope (NE) 14,3868.330.6311
13New Democratic Macau Association (ANMD) 11,3816.590.561
3Democratic Prosperous Macau Association (APMD) - ANM List 1 10,0805.841.661
7New Macau Progressives (ANPM) - ANM List 2 9,2135.34N/A11
19United Citizens for Building Macau Association (ACUCM) 9040.52N/A0
23Association of Macau Activism for Democracy (ID) 2790.16 0.470
1New Ideals of Macau (NIM) 1990.12N/A0
Centrists
4Civic Watch (Cívico) 9,5905.561.9911
No legislative representation
15Synergy Power (PS) 7,1624.15N/A0
25Front Line of Casino Workers (LFTC) 3,1261.81N/A0
24Pearl Horizon Buyers’ Rights Defence Union (UPHDD) 2,3991.39N/A0
22Mutual Help Grassroots (Grassroots) 1,3500.78N/A0
12Citizens’ Power (PC) 1,3050.76N/A0
21The Aurora of Grassroots (Aurora) 8230.48N/A0
10Powers of Political Thought (PPP) 6720.39N/A0
17Ou Mun Kong I (OMKI) 3930.23N/A0
Withdrew
5Pink Love Citizens (Rosa)
Total and Turnout174,87210014
Valid votes172,62898.72
Invalid votes1,3000.74
Blank votes9440.54
Eligible voters305,61557.22
Functional constituencies and appointed members
—Macau Union of Employers Interests (OMKC) 7814
—Federation of Employees Associations (CCCAE) 1,0122
1Macau Union of Medical Professional Interests (UIMM) 20537.55N/A11
2Macau Union of Professional Interests (OMCY) 34162.4537.5521
—Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education (APSSE) 1,5591
—Excellent Culture and Sport Union (União Excelente) 1,4992
—Members appointed by the Chief Executive 7

Legislative assembly buildings

The assembly sits at a special Legislative Assembly building, a modern three-storey structure located in the Nam Van area.

From 1784 to 1999, the Assembly met at the Leal Senado Building.

Selection methods

According to the Basic Law of Macau, the number of directly elected legislators has increased from 10 to 12 in 2005, bringing the number of legislators to 29. After 2009, the selection of the Chief Executive may be changed by ⅔ endorsement of the Legislative Assembly and approval by the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

List of Composition sessions

  supermajority   majority   plurality only   largest minority

Term (Election) Composition
(at commencement)		 Speaker Pro-Beijing
civic associations		Pro-democracy
civic associations		Centrist
civic associations
1st (1999) 1:22




 Susana Chou Vaz da Luz 22 1 –
2nd (2001) 2:25




 Susana Chou Vaz da Luz 25 2 –
3rd (2005) 3:26




 Susana Chou Vaz da Luz 26 3 –
4th (2009) 4:25




 Lau Cheok Vá 25 4 –
5th (2013) 4:29




 Ho Iat Seng 29 4 –
6th (2017) 4:1:28




 Ho Iat Seng (2017–19)
Chui Sai Cheong (2019)
Kou Hoi In (2019–)		 28 4 1

See also

References
  1. FNunes. "Translation of the Basic Law of Macao on Macao's government website". Bo.io.gov.mo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. Sometimes translated in English as the Legislative Council, as in a translation provided by the Printing Bureau of the territory's basic law.[1]
  3. "Resultado da Eleição dos Deputados à Assembleia Legislativa da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau por Sufrágio Directo e Indirecto" [Results of the legislative election of the Macau special administrative region by direct and indirect suffrage] (in Portuguese). Printing Bureau of Macau SAR government. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

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