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1984 Macanese legislative election

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1984 Macanese legislative election
Portuguese Macau
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6 of the 17 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Turnout56.30% (Decrease 5.68pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Electoral Union Carlos d'Assumpção 58.87 4 0
ECP Alberto Ferreira 14.57 1 New
Friendship Alexandre Ho 12.93 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President before President after
Carlos d'Assumpção
UE
Carlos d'Assumpção
UE

Legislative elections were held in Portuguese Macau on 15 August 1984. There were 17 members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau up for election: six directly elected by electorates, six indirectly elected by special interest groups and five appointed by the Governor of Macau.

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.[1]

The voting began at 8 am local time and ended at 8 pm. Queues were seen especially in morning and at night.[2] With nearly 30,000 voting, the turnout was at around 60% (media report in Hong Kong gave near figures at 60% or 55%).[3][4] A majority of the 6 directly elected seats, elected through the 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.[5] Five of the indirectly elected seats were uncontested, while the remaining seat for Welfare, Culture, Education constituency was competed between three candidates.

The Governor of Macau, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, then appointed five other members to the Legislative Assembly, ensuring the control of Portuguese in the parliament.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Electoral Union16,00358.8740
Stability, Convergence and Progress3,96014.571New
Friendship Association3,51412.931New
Serving the People of Macau2,0037.370New
Alvorada1,7046.270New
Total27,184100.0060
Valid votes27,18493.84
Invalid votes1,2204.21
Blank votes5661.95
Total votes28,970100.00
Registered voters/turnout51,45456.30
Source: Imprensa Oficial de Macau[6]

Members

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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

References

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  1. ^ "葡國總統恩尼斯解散澳門立法會". Macau Memory. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  2. ^ "澳門選民昨投票 選舉立法會議員". Ta Kung Pao. 1984-08-16. p. 4.
  3. ^ "立法會選擧今日揭曉 宋玉生歐巴度當選 投票率為五成五為二萬八人". Kung Sheung Daily News. 1984-08-16. p. 1.
  4. ^ "澳立法會選擧順利完成 六成選民投票". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 1984-08-16. p. 9.
  5. ^ 蔡, 永君 (2013). "從澳門立法會的利益代表看回歸後的社會運動" (PDF). “一國兩制”研究 (2).
  6. ^ "Suplemento I do Boletim Oficial, n. 35 de 25/8/84" (PDF). Imprensa Oficial de Macau.