1984 Macanese legislative election

1984 Macanese legislative election

15 August 1988
17 in the Legislative Assembly 9 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.30% (5.68pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Carlos d'Assumpção Alberto Ferreira Alexandre Ho Party UE ECP Friendship Alliance Conservative Conservative Livelihood Leader's seat Macau Macau Macau Last election 5 seats, 59.34% New party New party Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 16,003 3,960 3,514 Percentage 58.87% 14.57% 12.92%
President before election Carlos d'Assumpção UE Elected President Carlos d'Assumpção UE

1984 Macanese legislative election was held in Portuguese Macau on 15 August 1988, returning 17 members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, with 6 directly elected by electorates, 6 indirectly elected by special interest groups and 5 appointed by the Governor.

Following the political deadlock between the conservatives led by Carlos d'Assumpção and Almeida e Costa, Governor of Macau, the Legislative Assembly was dissolved on 27 January 1984 by Ramalho Eanes, President of Portugal, under the request by the Governor. The unprecedented move, reacted strongly within the Macanese society, triggered the election and allowed new voter registration, which the Governor hoped to expand the electorate base.

The voting began at 8 am local time and ended at 8 pm. Queues were seen especially in morning and at night. With nearly 30,000 voting, the turnout was at around 60% (media report in Hong Kong gave near figures at 60% or 55%). Majority of the 6 directly elected seats, elected through D'Hondt method, were won by the Electoral Union, which consisted of pro-Beijing Chinese and Macau-born Portuguese with some from the Association for the Defense of Macau Interests (ADIM), and therefore retained their influence in the city. Five of the indirectly-elected seats were uncontested, while the remaining seat for Welfare, Culture, Education constituency was competed between three candidates.

Governor then appointed five other members to the Legislative Assembly, ensuring the control of Portuguese in the parliament.

Elected and appointed members

Directly elected members
Macau	Carlos d'Assumpção, Manuel Borges, Lau Cheok-vá, Leonel Alberto Alves, Alberto Ferreira, Alexandre Ho
Indirectly elected members
Economic	Ma Man-kei, Chui Tak-kei, Pedro Macias, Victor Ng, Susana Chou
Welfare, Culture, Education	Roque Choi
Appointed members
Appointed	Pedro Ló da Silva, Rui António Craveiro Afonso, Carlos Cavaleiro Gonçalves Sanches, Hoi Sai-iun, Luís Filipe Ferreira Simões

Results

Results are as follows:

Direct election

Summary of the 9 October 1988 Legislative Assembly of Macau election results

	Political affiliation	Popular votes	% of Votes	Change in % of vote	Seats	Net change in seats
	Electoral Union (UE)	16,003	58.87	0.47	4
	Stability, Convergence and Progress (ECP)	3,960	14.57	New	1	1
	Friendship Association (FADM)	3,514	12.92	New	1	1
	Serving the People of Macau	2,003	7.37	New	0
	Alvorada	1,704	6.27		0
Valid votes		27,184
Invalid votes		1,220
Blank votes		566
Total and Turnout		28,970			6
Eligible voters		51,454

Indirect election

1984 Legislative Assembly election: Economic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ma Man-kei, Chui Tak-kei, Pedro Macias, Victor Ng, Susana Chou	234
Total valid votes			234	100.00
Invalid ballots			3
Blank ballots			5
Turnout			242	75.16
Registered electors			322

1984 Legislative Assembly election: Moral, Cultural, Healthcare

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roque Choi	329
	Independent	?	135
	Independent	?	13
Total valid votes			477	100.00
Invalid ballots			19
Blank ballots			1
Turnout			497	61.28
Registered electors			811