2017 East Timorese parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 22 July 2017.[1] FRETILIN narrowly emerged as the largest party in the National Parliament, winning 23 seats to the 22 won by the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, which had been the largest party in the outgoing Parliament.

2017 East Timorese parliamentary election

22 July 2017
All 65 seats in the National Parliament 33 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± FRETILIN Mari Alkatiri 29.66 23 -2 CNRT Xanana Gusmão 29.46 22 -8 PLP Taur Matan Ruak 10.58 8 New Democratic Party Fernando de Araújo 9.79 7 -1 KHUNTO Armanda dos Santos 6.43 5 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Rui Maria de Araújo FRETILIN Mari Alkatiri FRETILIN

Electoral system

The 65 members of the National Parliament were elected from a single nationwide constituency by closed list proportional representation. Parties are required to have a woman in at least every third position in their list. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 4%.[2][3]

Results

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	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	6,775	1.19	0	New
	Timorese People's Monarchy Association	5,461	0.96	0	0
	Bloku Unidade Popular (PMD–PLPA–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	3,846	0.68	0	0
	Timorese Social Democratic Central Action	2,330	0.41	0	New
	People's Development Party	2,079	0.37	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	1,764	0.31	0	0
	Freedom Movement of the Maubere People	1,332	0.23	0	New
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	1,216	0.21	0	0
	Timorese Democratic Party	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

References

Notes

1. Last elections Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union
3. Fourth amendment to the Law on Election of the National Parliament: Article 13.2 CNE

Further reading

• Leach, Michael (14 July 2017). "In Timor-Leste, the election campaign enters its final week". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
• Leach, Michael (8 August 2017). "Post-election, Timor-Leste faces unexpected political uncertainty". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

External links

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