Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Presidential
    May 2012
Timor-Leste

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Jose RAMOSHORTA *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMÃÆ’O
  • Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral National Parliament with 88 seats.

* If no candidate obtains a majority in the first-round election, a second round is held between the two candidates with the highest votes in the first-round.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Parliament 65 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** In the National Parliament, 65 members are elected through proportional representation from a single national constituency through closed party lists to serve 5-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 1,084,971 (July 2007 )

Future elections

  • Presidential - May 2012

Past elections

Last Updated on 08/17/2005