The voting for Macao's third-term Legislative Assembly (LA) wrapped up here at 20:00 (local time) on Sunday evening.

The voter turn-out was clinched at 128,829, accounting for 58.39 percent of all the registered voters and both figures breached the record in the history.

The provisional results of the direct and indirect elections are hopefully to be announced on early Monday morning, according to the Election Committee.

In line with the Basic Law, the new LA will be composed of 29 members including 12 from the direct elections, 10 from the indirect elections, which are conducted by community representatives, and seven appointed by the MSAR (Macao Special Administrative Region) chief executive.

A total of 125 candidates from 18 social groups contested in the direct elections, and 10 candidates, in the indirect elections.

The number of registered voters reached 220,653, or nearly half of the region's population.

A total of 228 voting booths were set up in the city, 222 for the direct elections and six for indirect elections.

Source: Xinhua