Elections in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste (formerly 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 (Portuguese: Parlamenta Nacional) has 65 members.

Schedule

Position	2012	2013 - 2016	2017	2022
Type	Presidential (March & April) National Parliament (July)	None	Presidential (March & April) National Parliament (July)	Presidential (March & April)
President	President	None	President
National Assembly	All seats	None	All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All seats	None	All seats

Latest election

Presidental

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			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 (Timor-Leste)	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

National Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	288,289	41.63	31
	Fretilin	178,338	25.75	19
	Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)	64,517	9.32	6
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	52,031	7.51	5
	People's Liberation Party (Timor-Leste)	40,720	5.88	4
	Green Party of Timor	25,106	3.63	0
	United Party for Development and Democracy	21,647	3.13	0
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association	6,678	0.96	0
	People's Freedom Party of the Aileba	3,272	0.47	0
	Timorese Social Democratic Action Center	3,170	0.46	0
	Socialist Party of Timor	2,415	0.35	0
	Republican Party (Timor-Leste)	1,558	0.22	0
	Christian Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)	1,262	0.18	0
	Timorese Democratic Union	1,256	0.18	0
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	1,023	0.15	0
	Freedom Movement for the Maubere People	642	0.09	0
	National Development Party	597	0.09	0
Total		692,521	100.00	65

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive