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


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	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

Valid votes			651,859	98.16	640,967	99.16
Invalid/blank votes			12,247	1.84	5,422	0.84
Total votes			664,106	100.00	646,389	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			859,613	77.26	859,925	75.17
Source: National Election Commission^[1]^[2]



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 [de] (PUDD [de]–UDT–FM–PDN [de])	34,301	5.49	3	+3
	Hope of the Fatherland Party [de]	5,060	0.81	0	0
	National Development Movement [de] (APMT [de]–PLPA [de]–MLPM [de]–UNDERTIM)	4,494	0.72	0	0
	Republican Party	4,125	0.66	0	0
	Social Democratic Movement [de] (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


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Rogério Lobato	Independent	16,219	3.49
	José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	9,235	1.99
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,226	1.56
	Abílio Araújo [de]	Timorese Nationalist Party	6,294	1.35
	Lucas da Costa [de]	Independent	3,862	0.83
	Francisco Gomes [de]	People's Freedom Party of the Aileba [de]	3,531	0.76
	Maria do Céu	Independent	1,843	0.40
	Angelita Pires [de]	Independent	1,742	0.37
Total			464,661	100.00	449,879	100.00

Valid votes			464,661	94.84	449,879	98.08
Invalid/blank votes			25,272	5.16	8,824	1.92
Total votes			489,933	100.00	458,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			627,295	78.10	627,295	73.12
Source: IFES, IFES


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Social Democratic Party	35,789	8.86
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	16,534	4.09
	Avelino Coelho da Silva	Socialist Party of Timor	8,338	2.06
	João Viegas Carrascalão	Timorese Democratic Union	6,928	1.72
Total			403,941	100.00	413,177	100.00

Valid votes			403,941	94.56	413,177	97.34
Invalid/blank votes			23,257	5.44	11,298	2.66
Total votes			427,198	100.00	424,475	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			522,933	81.69	524,073	81.00
Source: ANFREL, IFES


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Xanana Gusmão	Independent	301,634	82.69
	Francisco Xavier do Amaral	Timorese Social Democratic Association	63,146	17.31
Total			364,780	100.00

Valid votes			364,780	96.36
Invalid/blank votes			13,768	3.64
Total votes			378,548	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			446,256	84.83
Source: IFES


PDRT)						4,999	0.88	0	0
	Socialist Party of Timor	4,891	0.86	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,688	0.83	0	0
	Republican Party	3,951	0.70	0	0
	National Development Party [de]	3,846	0.68	0	0
	Timorese Social Democratic Action Center	2,330	0.41	0	New
	People's Development Party [de]	2,079	0.37	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	1,764	0.31	0	0
	Maubere People's Liberation Movement [de]	1,332	0.23	0	New
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	1,216	0.21	0	0
	Timorese Democratic Party [de]	669	0.12	0	0
Total		568,070	100.00	65	0

Valid votes		568,070	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		15,886	2.72
Total votes		583,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		760,907	76.74
Source: CNE


PTT)						2,622	0.56	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Party [de]	2,561	0.54	0	0
	Liberal Party	2,222	0.47	0	New
	People's Development Party [de]	1,904	0.40	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	887	0.19	0	0
Total		471,389	100.00	65	0

Valid votes		471,389	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		11,403	2.36
Total votes		482,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		645,624	74.78
Source: STAE, SAPO


Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party						7,718	1.86	0	New
	Republican Party	4,408	1.06	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	4,300	1.03	0	–2
	Socialist Party of Timor	3,982	0.96	0	–1
	Timorese Democratic Union	3,753	0.90	0	–2
	Millennium Democratic Party	2,878	0.69	0	New
Total		415,604	100.00	65	–23

Valid votes		415,604	97.51
Invalid/blank votes		10,606	2.49
Total votes		426,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		529,198	80.54
Source: CNE


Timorese Labor Party					2,026	0.56	0
	National Republic Party of East Timor [de]	1,970	0.54	0
	Maubere Democratic Party [de]	1,788	0.49	0
	Independents	5,341	1.47	1
Total		363,501	100.00	88

Valid votes		363,501	94.60
Invalid/blank votes		20,747	5.40
Total votes		384,248	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		446,666	86.03
Source: Ying, Elections Today, IDEA

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