1999 Macanese Chief Executive election

The 1999 Macanese Chief Executive election was held on 15 May 1999 for the first Chief Executive of Macau (CE), the highest office of the Macau Special Administrative Region, before Macau was due to be handed back to China by Portugal. Edmund Ho was elected as the first leader of the Macau SAR. This will be the only contested Chief Executive election.

1999 Macanese Chief Executive election
15 May 1999
All 199 votes of the Selection Committee
100 votes needed to win
Turnout100%
 
Candidate Edmund Ho Stanley Au
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Alliance Pro-Beijing N/A
Electoral vote 163 34
Percentage 82.74% 17.26%
Leader before election

Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
as Governor of Macau
Nonpartisan

 Elected Chief Executive

Edmund Ho
Nonpartisan

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Candidates
  • Edmund Ho Hau-wah, former member of the Selection Committee of Macau Special Administrative Region Government
  • Stanley Au Chong-kit, former member of the Selection Committee of Macau Special Administrative Region Government

Results
Summary of the 1999 Macanese Chief Executive election result
Candidates Parties Votes  %
Edmund Ho Hau-wah Nonpartisan 163 82.74%
Stanley Au Chong-kit Nonpartisan 34 17.26%
Total 197 100%
Valid votes19798.5%
Invalid votes%
Blank votes21.00%
Votes cast / turnout19999.50%
Eligible voters 200
Source: China.cn 1999年5月15日 何厚铧当选澳门特区首任行政长官

Reactions

Edmund Ho thanked the Selection Committee and Macanese residents for their support after elected as Chief Executive and vowed to uphold "One Country Two Systems" framework. Governor of Macau Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira, the then-leader of the city, congratulated Ho's win and promised a smooth handover of sovereignty.

Despite some regarded Au as a democrat challenging the one-man election, Stanley Au was later appointed to the Legislative Assembly by Ho after SAR established, and joined Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2005. In 2019, Au described his bid, which made the only contested Chief Executive election in Macau as of now, as naïve.[1]

References
  1. "稱特首選舉一直都是一個人的選舉 區宗傑︰我當時參選只是年少無知". AllAboutMacau Media. 2019-04-25. Archived from the original on 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
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