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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
e • d Summary of the 17 March and 16 April 2012 East Timorese presidential election results
Candidates
Parties
1st round
2nd round
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
e • d 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
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 )
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
e • d Summary of the 09 April and 09 May 2007 East Timorese presidential election results
Candidates – Parties
1st round
2nd round
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
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