2017 East Timorese parliamentary election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
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 | +/– | |
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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[]
- ^ Last elections Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Electoral system Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Fourth amendment to the Law on Election of the National Parliament: Article 13.2 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine CNE
Further reading[]
- Leach, Michael (14 July 2017). "In Timor-Leste, the election campaign enters its final week". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ——————— (24 July 2017). "Timor-Leste elections suggest reframed cross-party government". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ——————— (8 August 2017). "Post-election, Timor-Leste faces unexpected political uncertainty". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
External links[]
Media related to 2017 East Timorese parliamentary election at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 2017 elections in Asia
- 2017 in East Timor
- Elections in East Timor
- July 2017 events in Asia