2017 East Timorese parliamentary election

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2017 East Timorese parliamentary election

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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 Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Mari Alkatiri Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor

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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]

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