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Politics of East Timor


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East Timor elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Parliament (Parlamenta Nacional) has 65 members.

Schedule

Position	2012	2013	2017
Type	Presidential (March&April) National Parliament (July)	None	Presidential (March&April) National Parliament (July)
President	President	None	President
National Assembly	All seats	None	All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All seats	None	All seats

Latest elections

Presidential elections

Main article: 2022 East Timorese presidential election


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Ramos-Horta	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	303,477	46.56	398,028	62.10
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	144,282	22.13	242,939	37.90
	Armanda Berta dos Santos	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	56,690	8.70
	Lere Anan Timur	Independent	49,314	7.57
	Mariano Sabino Lopes	Democratic Party	47,334	7.26
	Anacleto Bento Ferreira	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party	13,205	2.03
	Martinho Germano da Silva Gusmão	United Party for Development and Democracy	8,598	1.32
	Hermes da Rosa Correia Barros	Independent	8,030	1.23
	Milena Pires	Independent	5,430	0.83
	Isabel da Costa Ferreira	Independent	4,219	0.65
	Felizberto Araújo Duarte	Independent	2,709	0.42
	Constâncio da Conceção Pinto	Independent	2,520	0.39
	Rogerio Lobato	Independent	2,058	0.32
	Virgílio da Silva Guterres	Independent	1,720	0.26
	Antero Benedito Silva	Independent	1,562	0.24
	Ángela Freitas	Independent	711	0.11
Total			651,859	100.00	640,967	100.00

Valid votes			651,859	98.16	640,967	99.16
Invalid/blank votes			12,247	1.84	5,422	0.84
Total votes			664,106	100.00	646,389	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			859,613	77.26	859,925	75.17
Source: National Election Commission^[1]^[2]

Parliamentary elections

Main article: 2018 East Timorese parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance for Change and Progress (CNRT–PLP–KHUNTO)	309,663	49.58	34	–1
	Fretilin	213,324	34.16	23	0
	Democratic Party	50,370	8.07	5	–2
	Democratic Development Forum (PUDD–UDT–FM–PDN)	34,301	5.49	3	+3
	Hope of the Fatherland Party	5,060	0.81	0	0
	National Development Movement (APMT–PLPA–MLPM–UNDERTIM)	4,494	0.72	0	0
	Republican Party	4,125	0.66	0	0
	Social Democratic Movement (CASDT–PSD–PST–PDC)	3,188	0.51	0	0
Total		624,525	100.00	65	0

Valid votes		624,525	98.33
Invalid/blank votes		10,591	1.67
Total votes		635,116	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		784,286	80.98
Source: CNE

Past elections

Presidential elections

Main article: 2012 East Timorese presidential election


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	133,635	28.76	174,408	38.77
	Taur Matan Ruak	Independent	119,462	25.71	275,471	61.23
	José Ramos-Horta	Independent	81,231	17.48
	Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	80,381	17.30
	Rogério Lobato	Independent	16,219	3.49
	José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	9,235	1.99
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,226	1.56
	Abílio Araújo	Timorese Nationalist Party	6,294	1.35
	Lucas da Costa	Independent	3,862	0.83
	Francisco Gomes	People's Freedom Party of Aileba	3,531	0.76
	Maria do Céu	Independent	1,843	0.40
	Angelita Pires	Independent	1,742	0.37
Total			464,661	100.00	449,879	100.00

Valid votes			464,661	94.84	449,879	98.08
Invalid/blank votes			25,272	5.16	8,824	1.92
Total votes			489,933	100.00	458,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			627,295	78.10	627,295	73.12
Source: IFES, IFES

Main article: 2007 East Timorese presidential election


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	112,666	27.89	127,342	30.82
	José Ramos-Horta	Independent	88,102	21.81	285,835	69.18
	Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	77,459	19.18
	Francisco Xavier do Amaral	Timorese Social Democratic Association	58,125	14.39
	Lúcia Lobato	Social Democratic Party	35,789	8.86
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	16,534	4.09
	Avelino Coelho da Silva	Socialist Party of Timor	8,338	2.06
	João Viegas Carrascalão	Timorese Democratic Union	6,928	1.72
Total			403,941	100.00	413,177	100.00

Valid votes			403,941	94.56	413,177	97.34
Invalid/blank votes			23,257	5.44	11,298	2.66
Total votes			427,198	100.00	424,475	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			522,933	81.69	524,073	81.00
Source: ANFREL, IFES

Main article: 2002 East Timorese presidential election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Xanana Gusmão	Independent	301,634	82.69
	Francisco Xavier do Amaral	Timorese Social Democratic Association	63,146	17.31
Total			364,780	100.00

Valid votes			364,780	96.36
Invalid/blank votes			13,768	3.64
Total votes			378,548	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			446,256	84.83
Source: IFES

Parliamentary elections

Main article: 2017 East Timorese parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	168,480	29.66	23	–2
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	167,345	29.46	22	–8
	People's Liberation Party	60,098	10.58	8	New
	Democratic Party	55,608	9.79	7	–1
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	36,547	6.43	5	+5
	United Party for Development and Democracy	15,887	2.80	0	New
	Timorese Democratic Union	11,255	1.98	0	0
	Frenti-Mudança	8,849	1.56	0	–2
	Hope of the Fatherland Party	6,775	1.19	0	New
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association	5,461	0.96	0	0
	Bloku Unidade Popular (PMD–PLPA–PDRT)	4,999	0.88	0	0
	Socialist Party of Timor	4,891	0.86	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,688	0.83	0	0
	Republican Party	3,951	0.70	0	0
	National Development Party	3,846	0.68	0	0
	Timorese Social Democratic Action Center	2,330	0.41	0	New
	People's Development Party	2,079	0.37	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	1,764	0.31	0	0
	Freedom Movement for the Maubere People	1,332	0.23	0	New
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	1,216	0.21	0	0
	Timorese Democratic Party	669	0.12	0	0
Total		568,070	100.00	65	0

Valid votes		568,070	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		15,886	2.72
Total votes		583,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		760,907	76.74
Source: CNE

Main article: 2012 East Timorese parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	172,831	36.66	30	+12
	Fretilin	140,786	29.87	25	+4
	Democratic Party	48,581	10.31	8	0
	Frenti-Mudança	14,648	3.11	2	New
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	13,998	2.97	0	New
	Socialist Party of Timor	11,379	2.41	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	10,158	2.15	0	–
	National Development Party	9,386	1.99	0	New
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	8,487	1.80	0	–
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	7,041	1.49	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Union	5,332	1.13	0	0
	Republican Party	4,270	0.91	0	0
	PLPA–PDRT coalition	4,012	0.85	0	0
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association	3,968	0.84	0	New
	National Unity Party	3,191	0.68	0	–3
	Coligação Bloco Proclamador (PMD–PARENTIL)	3,125	0.66	0	0
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–PTT)	2,622	0.56	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Party	2,561	0.54	0	0
	Liberal Party	2,222	0.47	0	New
	People's Development Party	1,904	0.40	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	887	0.19	0	0
Total		471,389	100.00	65	0

Valid votes		471,389	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		11,403	2.36
Total votes		482,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		645,624	74.78
Source: STAE, SAPO

Main article: 2007 East Timorese parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	120,592	29.02	21	–34
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	100,175	24.10	18	New
	PSD–ASDT	65,358	15.73	11	–1
	Democratic Party	46,946	11.30	8	+1
	National Unity Party	18,896	4.55	3	New
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–PPT)	13,294	3.20	2	–2
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	13,247	3.19	2	New
	Timorese Nationalist Party	10,057	2.42	0	–2
	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party	7,718	1.86	0	New
	Republican Party	4,408	1.06	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	4,300	1.03	0	–2
	Socialist Party of Timor	3,982	0.96	0	–1
	Timorese Democratic Union	3,753	0.90	0	–2
	Millennium Democratic Party	2,878	0.69	0	New
Total		415,604	100.00	65	–23

Valid votes		415,604	97.51
Invalid/blank votes		10,606	2.49
Total votes		426,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		529,198	80.54
Source: CNE

Main article: 2001 East Timorese parliamentary election



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Fretilin	208,531	57.37	55
	Democratic Party	31,680	8.72	7
	Social Democratic Party	29,726	8.18	6
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	28,495	7.84	6
	Timorese Democratic Union	8,581	2.36	2
	Timorese Nationalist Party	8,035	2.21	2
	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,735	2.13	2
	People's Party of Timor	7,322	2.01	2
	Christian Democratic Party	7,181	1.98	2
	Socialist Party of Timor	6,483	1.78	1
	Liberal Party	4,013	1.10	1
	Christian Democratic Union of Timor	2,413	0.66	1
	Timorese Popular Democratic Association	2,181	0.60	0
	Timorese Labor Party	2,026	0.56	0
	National Republic Party of East Timor	1,970	0.54	0
	Maubere Democratic Party	1,788	0.49	0
	Independents	5,341	1.47	1
Total		363,501	100.00	88

Valid votes		363,501	94.60
Invalid/blank votes		20,747	5.40
Total votes		384,248	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		446,666	86.03
Source: Ying, Elections Today, IDEA

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