2009 Macanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Macau on 20 September 2009. The official campaign began on 5 September, and several candidates received warnings from the Electoral Affairs Commission for having begun campaign activities beforehand.

2009 Macanese legislative election
20 September 2009
12 of the 29 seats in the Legislative Assembly
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Pro-Beijing parties
UPD Kwan Tsui-hang 14.88 2 0
ACUM Chan Meng Kam 12.00 2 0
NMDU Leong On-kei 9.94 1 0
UNIPRO Ho Ion-sang 9.90 1 −1
UGM Mak Soi-kun 7.30 1 New
MUDAR Melinda Chan 5.54 1 New
Pro-democracy parties
ANM Antonio Ng 19.34 3 +1
NE José Pereira Coutinho 9.10 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President before President after
Susana Chou
OMKC		 Lau Cheok Va
CCCAE

As in 2005, there are 29 seats, only 12 of which are elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method. The rest are "elected" by the functional "constituencies" or appointed by the Chief Executive.

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