Macao Civic Power | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hk |
Lang1: | Portuguese |
Name Lang1: | Portuguese: Energia Cívica de Macau |
Chairwoman: | Agnes Lam |
Regional: | Centrist camp |
Seats1 Title: | Legislative Assembly |
Seats1: | |
State: | Macau |
Macao Civic Power (Chinese: 澳門公民力量; Portuguese: Energia Cívica de Macau), or in short Civic Power (Chinese: 公民力量; Portuguese: Energia Cívica), is a centrist political party in Macau.
Macao Civic Power was founded on 28 September 2008,[1] [2] although official documents showed the organisation was registered early on 3 July 2006.[3] They first ran in the 2009 Legislative Assembly election under the name of "Civic Watch" (Chinese: 公民監察; Portuguese: Observatório Cívico) but did not win any seats, and the same for 2013 election.[4]
In 2017 election, chairwoman Agnes Lam was elected to the legislature.[5] However, her 2021 re-election bid failed, ending the party representation in the Legislative Assembly.[6]
Election | Number of popular votes | % of popular votes | GC seats | FC seats | CE seats | Total seats | +/− | Position | |
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2009 | 5,329 | 3.76 | 0 | – | – | 11th | |||
2013 | 5,524 | 3.57 | 0 | – | – | 10th | |||
2017 | 9,590 | 5.56 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 10th | ||
2021 | 3,729 | 2.82 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 8th |