Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in East Timor. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in East Timor.| Candidates – Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| José Ramos-Horta | Independent | 88,102 | 21.81 | 285,835 | 69.18 |
| Francisco Guterres | Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) | 112,666 | 27.89 | 127,342 | 30.82 |
| Fernando de Araújo | Democratic Party (PD) | 77,459 | 19.18 | ||
| Francisco Xavier do Amaral | Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT) | 58,125 | 14.39 | ||
| Lúcia Lobato | Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 35,789 | 8.86 | ||
| Manuel Tilman | Association of Timorese Heroes (KOTA) | 16,539 | 4.09 | ||
| Avelino Coelho da Silva | Socialist Party of Timor (PST) | 8,338 | 2.06 | ||
| João Viegas Carrascalão | Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) | 6,928 | 1.72 | ||
| Total votes | 403,941 | 100.00 | 413,177 | 100.00 | |
| Source: East Timor Election Commission website | |||||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente) | 120,592 | 29.02 | 21 |
| National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense) | 100,175 | 24.10 | 18 |
PSD–ASDT
|
65,358 | 15.73 | 11 |
| Democratic Party (Partido Democrático) | 46,946 | 11.30 | 8 |
| National Unity Party (Partido Unidade Nacional) | 18,896 | 4.55 | 3 |
Democratic Alliance (Aliança Democratica)
|
13,294 | 3.20 | 2 |
| National Unity of Timorese Resistance (União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense) | 13,247 | 3.19 | 2 |
| Timorese Nationalist Party (Partido Nasionalista Timorense) | 10,057 | 2.42 | 0 |
| Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party (Partido Democratika Republica de Timor) | 7,718 | 1.86 | 0 |
| Republican Party (Partidu Republikanu) | 4,408 | 1.06 | 0 |
| Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristão) | 4,300 | 1.03 | 0 |
| Socialist Party of Timor (Partido Socialista de Timor) | 3,982 | 0.96 | 0 |
| Timorese Democratic Union (União Democrática Timorense) | 3,753 | 0.90 | 0 |
| Millennium Democratic Party (Partido Milénio Democrático) | 2,878 | 0.69 | 0 |
| Total (turnout 80.5%) | 415,604 | 100.00 | 65 |
| Source: CNE | |||
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