Elections in East Timor

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	2014	2015	2016	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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	295,048	57.08
	António da Conceição	Democratic Party	167,794	32.46
	José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	13,513	2.61
	José Neves	Independent	11,663	2.26
	Luís Alves Tilman	Independent	11,125	2.15
	Antonio Maher Lopes	Socialist Party of Timor	9,102	1.76
	Ángela Freitas	Timorese Workers' Party	4,353	0.84
	Amorim Vieira	Independent	4,283	0.83
Total			516,881	100.00
Valid votes			516,881	97.74
Invalid/blank votes			11,932	2.26
Total votes			528,813	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			743,150	71.16
Source: CNE

Parliamentary elections

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

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

References

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive