Political party in Macau
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.
Elected AL members
Legislative Assembly elections
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
|
6th
|
2009
|
12,908
|
9.10
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
0
|
6th
|
2013
|
13,118
|
8.96
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
5th
|
2017
|
14,386
|
8.33
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
4th
|
2021
|
18,232
|
13.81
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
3rd
|
References