Elections in East Timor

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 88 members, 13 elected in single seat constituencies and 75 elected by proportional representation.

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

Main articles: East Timorese presidential election, 2012; East Timorese parliamentary election, 2012; and East Timorese parliamentary election, 2007

**Summary of the 17 March and 16 April 2012 East Timorese presidential election results**
Candidates	Parties	1st round		2nd round
Candidates	Parties	Votes	%	Votes	%
Taur Matan Ruak	Independent (supported by CNRT)	119,462	25.71	275,471	61.23
Francisco Guterres	FRETILIN	133,635	28.76	174,408	38.77
José Ramos-Horta	Independent	81,231	17.48
Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	80,381	17.30
Rogério Lobato	Independent, member of FRETILIN	16,219	3.49
José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	9,235	1.99
Manuel Tilman	KOTA	7,226	1.56
Abílio Araújo	PNT	6,294	1.35
Lucas da Costa	Independent, member of Democratic Party	3,862	0.83
Francisco Gomes	PLPA	3,531	0.76
María do Céu	Independent	1,843	0.40
Angelita Pires	Independent	1,742	0.37
Valid votes		464,661	94.84	449,879	98.08
Invalid votes		18,788	3.83	6,801	1.48
Blank votes		6,484	1.32	2,023	0.44
Total votes (turnout 78.20%/73.12%)		489,933	100.00	458,703	100.00
Source: CNE, CNE

**Summary of the 30 June 2007 East Timorese parliamentary election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente)	120,592	29.02	21
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense)	100,175	24.10	18
PSD–ASDT Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata) Timorese Social Democratic Association (Associaçao Social-Democrata de Timor)	65,358	15.73	11
Democratic Party (Partido Democrático)	46,946	11.30	8
National Unity Party (Partido Unidade Nacional)	18,896	4.55	3
Democratic Alliance (Aliança Democratica) Association of Timorese Heroes (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain) People's Party of Timor (Partido do Povo de Timor)	13,294	3.20	2
National Unity of Timorese Resistance (União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense)	13,247	3.19	2
Timorese Nationalist Party (Partido Nasionalista Timorense)	10,057	2.42	0
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party (Partido Democratika Republica de Timor)	7,718	1.86	0
Republican Party (Partidu Republikanu)	4,408	1.06	0
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristão)	4,300	1.03	0
Socialist Party of Timor (Partido Socialista de Timor)	3,982	0.96	0
Timorese Democratic Union (União Democrática Timorense)	3,753	0.90	0
Millennium Democratic Party (Partido Milénio Democrático)	2,878	0.69	0
Total (turnout 80.5%)	415,604	100.00	65
Source: CNE

Main article: East Timorese presidential election, 2007

**Summary of the 09 April and 09 May 2007 East Timorese presidential election results**
Candidates – Parties		1st round		2nd round
Candidates – Parties		Votes	%	Votes	%
José Ramos-Horta	Independent	88,102	21.81	285,835	69.18
Francisco Guterres	Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN)	112,666	27.89	127,342	30.82
Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party (PD)	77,459	19.18
Francisco Xavier do Amaral	Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT)	58,125	14.39
Lúcia Lobato	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	35,789	8.86
Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes (KOTA)	16,539	4.09
Avelino Coelho da Silva	Socialist Party of Timor (PST)	8,338	2.06
João Viegas Carrascalão	Timorese Democratic Union (UDT)	6,928	1.72
Total votes		403,941	100.00	413,177	100.00
Source: East Timor Election Commission website

Past elections

Main article: East Timorese presidential election, 2002

Summary of the 14 April 2002 East Timor presidential election results
Candidates - parties	Votes	%
Xanana Gusmão	301,634	82.69
Francisco Xavier do Amaral	63,146	17.31
Total (turnout 86%)	364,780	100.00
Source: ARD-Text

Main article: East Timorese parliamentary election, 2001

Summary of the 30 August 2001 National Parliament of East Timor election results
Parties	%	Seats
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente)	57.4	55
Democratic Party (Partido Democrático )	8.7	7
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata)	8.2	6
Timorese Social Democratic Association (Associação Social-Democrata Timorense)	7.8	6
Timorese Democratic Union (União Democrática Timorense)	2.4	2
Timorese Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Timorense)	2.2	2
Association of Timorese Heroes (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain)	2.1	2
People's Party of Timor (Partido do Povo de Timor)	2.0	2
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristão)	2.0	2
Socialist Party of Timor (Partido Socialista de Timor)	1.8	1
Liberal Party (Partai Liberal)	1.1	1
Christian Democratic Party of Timor (Partido Democrata-Cristão de Timor)	0.7	1
Non-partisan		1
Total (turnout 91.3		88
Source: UNTAET/CNN/Adam Carr. The parliament was elected as Constituent Assembly

References

External links

Adam Carr's Election Archive

Elections and referendums in East Timor

Presidential elections	2002 2007 2012 2017

Parliamentary elections	1973 2001 2007 2012 2017

Suco elections	2004–05 2009

Referendum	1999

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