Politics of East Timor - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in East Timor. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in East Timor.
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
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
  • Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata)
  • Timorese Social Democratic Association (Associaçao Social-Democrata de Timor)
 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)
  • Association of Timorese Heroes (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain)
  • People's Party of Timor (Partido do Povo de Timor)
 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

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