2018 East Timorese parliamentary election
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Early parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 12 May 2018 after the National Parliament was dissolved by President Francisco Guterres on 26 January 2018.[1]
The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), a coalition of three opposition parties, won an absolute majority of 34 of the 65 seats in Parliament.[2] Voter turnout was 81 percent, five percentage points higher than the previous year.[3]
Background
In the 2017 parliamentary elections there was no clear winner, with the Fretilin party of Mari Alkatiri holding only one more seat than the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction led by Xanana Gusmão. Alkatiri formed a minority government with the Democratic Party,[4] which held only 30 of the 65 seats in the National Parliament. However, the government's attempts to pass a budget were blocked, and amidst political deadlock, President Francisco Guterres dissolved Parliament and called for early elections.[5]
Electoral system
The 65 members of the National Parliament were elected from a single nationwide constituency by closed list proportional representation. Parties were required to have a woman in at least every third position in their list. Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of four percent.[6][7]
Results
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| 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 | |||||
By municipality
| Municipality | AMP | FRETILIN | PD | FDD | PEP | MDN | PR | MSD | Valid votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local votes | |||||||||
| Aileu | 15,933 | 6,975 | 1,118 | 1,862 | 222 | 386 | 133 | 92 | 26,721 |
| Ainaro | 19,026 | 5,939 | 3,255 | 3,540 | 386 | 703 | 265 | 160 | 33,274 |
| Baucau | 27,027 | 35,612 | 2,532 | 2,031 | 406 | 216 | 432 | 393 | 68,649 |
| Bobonaro | 26,900 | 14,185 | 7,797 | 2,414 | 528 | 308 | 470 | 264 | 52,866 |
| Covalima | 17,536 | 8,896 | 6,332 | 1,890 | 271 | 202 | 252 | 104 | 35,483 |
| Dili | 71,763 | 45,206 | 5,881 | 4,847 | 600 | 546 | 405 | 496 | 129,744 |
| Ermera | 34,686 | 14,988 | 6,843 | 4,725 | 777 | 1,000 | 583 | 379 | 63,981 |
| Lautem | 12,344 | 15,394 | 5,057 | 946 | 187 | 86 | 207 | 146 | 34,367 |
| Liquica | 17,663 | 10,834 | 3,935 | 3,320 | 381 | 346 | 390 | 350 | 37,219 |
| Manatuto | 16,299 | 5,737 | 1,718 | 1,767 | 369 | 125 | 155 | 251 | 26,421 |
| Manufahi | 14,899 | 8,900 | 2,034 | 2,800 | 314 | 150 | 173 | 124 | 29,394 |
| Oecusse | 22,455 | 10,831 | 2,065 | 2,022 | 340 | 153 | 178 | 103 | 38,147 |
| Viqueque | 11,450 | 27,322 | 1,655 | 2,023 | 269 | 265 | 466 | 306 | 43,756 |
| Postal votes | |||||||||
| Australia | 314 | 441 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 844 |
| South Korea | 199 | 116 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 363 |
| Portugal | 140 | 289 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 515 |
| UK | 1,029 | 1,659 | 60 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2,781 |
| Total | 309,663 | 213,324 | 50,370 | 34,301 | 5,060 | 4,494 | 4,125 | 3,188 | 624,525 |
| Source: CNE Archived 2018-05-18 at archive.today | |||||||||
References
Notes
- ^ Nobel laureate blasts East Timor’s failure against poverty The Washington Post, 16 April 2018
- ^ "Apuramento CNE 2018". archive.li. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "In Timor-Leste, a vote for certainty | Inside Story". Inside Story. 14 May 2018.
- ^ Political deadlock augurs ill for Timor Leste Asia Times, 9 January 2018
- ^ East Timor president dissolves Parliament to hold new elections Straits Times, 26 January 2018
- ^ Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Fourth amendment to the Law on Election of the National Parliament Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine CNE
Further reading
- Leach, Michael (10 April 2018). "Choices sharpen in Timor-Leste". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (11 May 2018). "Heated campaign draws to a close in Timor-Leste". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (14 May 2018). "In Timor-Leste, a vote for certainty". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
External links
Media related to 2018 East Timorese parliamentary election at Wikimedia Commons
