New Hope (Macau)
Political party in Macau
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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.[3] In the most recent election on 14 September 2025, the party won 26.73% of the popular vote and 3 out of 14 directly elected seats.[4] The party is the sole representative of the pro-democracy camp in the Macau Assembly.
New Hope | |
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| Chinese name | 新希望 |
| Portuguese name | Nova Esperança |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Ideology | Liberalism[1] Social liberalism[2] |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-left |
| National affiliation | Pro-democracy camp |
| Colours | Lime |
| Legislative Assembly | 3 / 33 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Elected AL members
- José Pereira Coutinho, 2005–present
- Leong Veng Chai, 2013–2017
- Che Sai Wang, 2021–present
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 / 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 |
| 2025 | 43,361 |
26.73 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 / 33 |
1 |
1st |
