New Hope (NE, Portuguese: Nova Esperança, Chinese: 新希望; Jyutping: san1 hei1mong6) is a political party in Macau. Its leader, José Pereira Coutinho, has served in the Legislative Assembly since 2005.[1] In the most recent election on 12 September 2021, the party won 13.81% of the popular vote and 2 out of 14 directly elected seats.[2] The party is the sole representative of the pro-democracy camp in the Macau Assembly.

New Hope
Chinese name新希望
Portuguese nameNova Esperança
Founded2005
IdeologySocial liberalism
Political positionCentre to centre-left
National affiliationPro-democracy camp
ColoursLime
Legislative Assembly
2 / 33
Website
www.atfpm.org.mo

Elected AL members

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Legislative Assembly elections

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Election Number of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
Direct
seats
FC
seats
Appointed
seats
Total seats +/− Position
2005   9,973   7.99 1 0 0
1 / 29
  1   6th
2009   12,908   9.10 1 0 0
1 / 29
  0   6th
2013   13,118   8.96 2 0 0
2 / 33
  1   5th
2017   14,386   8.33 1 0 0
1 / 33
  1   4th
2021   18,232   13.81 2 0 0
2 / 33
  1   3rd

References

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  1. ^ "New Hope". New Hope. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. ^ Moura, Nelson (2021-09-13). "Low turnout 2021 Legislative Assembly elections end with seven new faces heading to the plenary". Macau Business. Retrieved 2022-01-31.