Election of Macao's 8th Legislative Assembly commences

The election for the eighth Legislative Assembly of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) commenced on Sunday morning.

Voting started at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to conclude at 9 p.m. local time. The preliminary results are expected to come out early Monday morning.

The eighth legislature will comprise 33 seats: 14 members elected by direct vote, 12 by indirect means, and seven appointed by the chief executive of the Macao SAR within 15 days of the final election results.

This year's election has 37 polling locations.

The Legislative Assembly of the Macao SAR serves as the region's legislative body. Its members are permanent residents of the SAR, and except for the first term (stipulated otherwise), each term lasts four years.

In 2024, the Macao SAR amended its Legislative Assembly Election Law, improving the candidate qualification review process to further implement the principle of "patriots administering Macao" within the legal framework, while also refining stages of the election process to ensure that the election is conducted in a fair, just, clean and orderly manner.