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East Timor (Portuguese: Timor-Leste) 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.

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Latest elections

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

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

Past elections

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	168,480	29.66	23	–2
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	167,345	29.46	22	–8
	People's Liberation Party	60,098	10.58	8	New
	Democratic Party	55,608	9.79	7	–1
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	36,547	6.43	5	+5
	United Party for Development and Democracy [de]	15,887	2.80	0	New
	Timorese Democratic Union	11,255	1.98	0	0
	Frenti-Mudança	8,849	1.56	0	–2
	Hope of the Fatherland Party [de]	6,775	1.19	0	New
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association [de]	5,461	0.96	0	0
	Bloku Unidade Popular (PMD–PLPA [de]–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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	172,831	36.66	30	+12
	Fretilin	140,786	29.87	25	+4
	Democratic Party	48,581	10.31	8	0
	Frenti-Mudança	14,648	3.11	2	New
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	13,998	2.97	0	New
	Socialist Party of Timor	11,379	2.41	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	10,158	2.15	0	–
	National Development Party [de]	9,386	1.99	0	New
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	8,487	1.80	0	–
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	7,041	1.49	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Union	5,332	1.13	0	0
	Republican Party	4,270	0.91	0	0
	PLPA [de]–PDRT coalition	4,012	0.85	0	0
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association [de]	3,968	0.84	0	New
	National Unity Party	3,191	0.68	0	–3
	Coligação Bloco Proclamador (PMD–PARENTIL [de])	3,125	0.66	0	0
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	120,592	29.02	21	–34
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	100,175	24.10	18	New
	PSD–ASDT	65,358	15.73	11	–1
	Democratic Party	46,946	11.30	8	+1
	National Unity Party	18,896	4.55	3	New
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–PPT)	13,294	3.20	2	–2
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	13,247	3.19	2	New
	Timorese Nationalist Party	10,057	2.42	0	–2
	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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Fretilin	208,531	57.37	55
	Democratic Party	31,680	8.72	7
	Social Democratic Party	29,726	8.18	6
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	28,495	7.84	6
	Timorese Democratic Union	8,581	2.36	2
	Timorese Nationalist Party	8,035	2.21	2
	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,735	2.13	2
	People's Party of Timor	7,322	2.01	2
	Christian Democratic Party	7,181	1.98	2
	Socialist Party of Timor	6,483	1.78	1
	Liberal Party	4,013	1.10	1
	Christian Democratic Union of Timor	2,413	0.66	1
	Timorese Popular Democratic Association	2,181	0.60	0
	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

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

References

1. "Apuramento Eleisaun Presidente Repúblika 2022 (1st round)". Archived from the original on 15 April 2022.
2. "Apuramento Eleisaun Presidente Repúblika 2022 (2nd round)". Archived from the original on 6 June 2022.

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive

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