Elections in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 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.

Position	2012	2013 - 2016	2017	2022
Type	Presidential (March & April) National Parliament (July)	None	Presidential (March & April) National Parliament (July)	Presidential (March & April)
President	President	None	President
National Assembly	All seats	None	All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All seats	None	All seats

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Ramos-Horta	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	303,477	46.56	398,028	62.10
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	144,282	22.13	242,939	37.90
	Armanda Berta dos Santos	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	56,690	8.70
	Lere Anan Timur	Independent	49,314	7.57
	Mariano Sabino Lopes	Democratic Party	47,334	7.26
	Anacleto Bento Ferreira	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party	13,205	2.03
	Martinho Germano da Silva Gusmão	United Party for Development and Democracy	8,598	1.32
	Hermes da Rosa Correia Barros	Independent	8,030	1.23
	Milena Pires	Independent	5,430	0.83
	Isabel da Costa Ferreira	Independent	4,219	0.65
	Felizberto Araújo Duarte	Independent	2,709	0.42
	Constâncio da Conceção Pinto	Independent	2,520	0.39
	Rogerio Lobato	Independent	2,058	0.32
	Virgílio da Silva Guterres	Independent	1,720	0.26
	Antero Benedito Silva	Independent	1,562	0.24
	Ángela Freitas	Independent	711	0.11
Total			651,859	100.00	640,967	100.00

Valid votes			651,859	98.16	640,967	99.16
Invalid/blank votes			12,247	1.84	5,422	0.84
Total votes			664,106	100.00	646,389	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			859,613	77.26	859,925	75.17
Source: National Election Commission^[1]^[2]


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

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	133,635	28.76	174,408	38.77
	Taur Matan Ruak	Independent	119,462	25.71	275,471	61.23
	José Ramos-Horta	Independent	81,231	17.48
	Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	80,381	17.30
	Rogério Lobato	Independent	16,219	3.49
	José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	9,235	1.99
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,226	1.56
	Abílio Araújo [de]	Timorese Nationalist Party	6,294	1.35
	Lucas da Costa [de]	Independent	3,862	0.83
	Francisco Gomes [de]	People's Freedom Party of the Aileba [de]	3,531	0.76
	Maria do Céu	Independent	1,843	0.40
	Angelita Pires [de]	Independent	1,742	0.37
Total			464,661	100.00	449,879	100.00

Valid votes			464,661	94.84	449,879	98.08
Invalid/blank votes			25,272	5.16	8,824	1.92
Total votes			489,933	100.00	458,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			627,295	78.10	627,295	73.12
Source: IFES, IFES

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	112,666	27.89	127,342	30.82
	José Ramos-Horta	Independent	88,102	21.81	285,835	69.18
	Fernando de Araújo	Democratic Party	77,459	19.18
	Francisco Xavier do Amaral	Timorese Social Democratic Association	58,125	14.39
	Lúcia Lobato	Social Democratic Party	35,789	8.86
	Manuel Tilman	Association of Timorese Heroes	16,534	4.09
	Avelino Coelho da Silva	Socialist Party of Timor	8,338	2.06
	João Viegas Carrascalão	Timorese Democratic Union	6,928	1.72
Total			403,941	100.00	413,177	100.00

Valid votes			403,941	94.56	413,177	97.34
Invalid/blank votes			23,257	5.44	11,298	2.66
Total votes			427,198	100.00	424,475	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			522,933	81.69	524,073	81.00
Source: ANFREL, IFES

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