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Flag of Timor-Leste Source for election date

At stake in this election:

  • 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Mari Bin Amude ALKATIRI
  • Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral Constituent Assembly with 88 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Constituent Assembly, 13 members are elected in single-member constituencies and 75 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.

Main parties in the electoral race:

  • Party: Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin)
    Leader: Lu OLO
    Seats won in this election: 55
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Democratic Party (PD)
    Leader: Fernando 'La Sama' de ARAUJO
    Seats won in this election: 7
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Social Democratic Party (PSD)
    Leader: Mario Viegos CARRASCALAO
    Seats won in this election: 6
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Timorese Social Democrat Association (ASDT)
    Leader: Francisco XAVIER DO AMARAL
    Seats won in this election: 6
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Timorese Democratic Union (UDT)
    Leader: Joao CARRASCALAO
    Seats won in this election: 2
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Socialist Party of Timor (PST)
    Leader: Pedro da COSTA MARTINS
    Seats won in this election: 1
    Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Party: Others
    Leader: N/A
    Seats won in this election: 11
    Seats won in last election: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 790,000 (July 2000 )
  • Registered Voters: N/A

Last Updated on 01/17/2006

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