1988 Macanese legislative election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| country = Portuguese Macau

| previous_election = 1984

| next_election = 1992

| seats_for_election = Six of the 17 seats in the Legislative Assembly

| election_date = 9 October 1988

| turnout = 29.66% ({{decrease}}26.64pp)

| leader1 = Alexandre Ho

| party1 = Friendship Association

| last_election1 = 1

| seats1 = 3

| percentage1 = 41.12

| leader2 = Carlos d'Assumpção

| party2 = Electoral Union

| last_election2 = 4

| seats2 = 3

| percentage2 = 31.41

| title = President

| before_election = Carlos d'Assumpção

| before_party = UE

| after_election = Carlos d'Assumpção

| after_party = UE

}}

Legislative elections were held in Portuguese Macau on 9 October 1988, returning 17 members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau, with six directly elected by electorates, six indirectly elected by special interest groups and five appointed by the Governor.

The Electoral Union consisted of pro-Beijing Chinese and Macau-born Portuguese, which retained their influence in the city.{{Cite journal |last=蔡 |first=永君 |year=2013 |title=從澳門立法會的利益代表看回歸後的社會運動 |url=https://www.mpu.edu.mo/cntfiles/upload/docs/research/common/1country_2systems/2013_2/106.pdf |journal=“一國兩制”研究 |issue=2}} The voter turnout dropped to a record low of 29.92%. 6 directly elected seats, elected through D'Hondt method, were divided between the conservatives and democrats.{{Cite news |date=1988-10-10 |title=澳門立法會選擧揭曉 |pages=1 |work=Ta Kung Pao}}

Governor Carlos Melancia later appointed Ana Perez, Anabela Ritchie, Neto Valente, Philipe Xavier, Rui Afonso to the Legislative Assembly,{{Cite web |title=澳督文禮治任命第四屆立法會官委議員 |url=https://www.macaumemory.mo/entries_32374d07cf414824bce049844f3c7241 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.macaumemory.mo}} ensuring the control of Portuguese in the parliament. The 4th Legislative Assembly convened the first meeting on 10 November 1988. Carlos D'Assumpção was re-elected as the President of the Assembly while Edmund Ho became the vice.{{Cite web |title=第四屆立法會舉行首次會議 |url=https://www.macaumemory.mo/entries_be10ec3bd0ec4085aee4903097ae3d73 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.macaumemory.mo}}