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At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Timor-Leste

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Jose RAMOS-HORTA
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO
  • Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral National Parliament with 65 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
  • In the National Parliament 65 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** There is one, nationwide constituency and a 3 percent threshold for entering parliament. Each list must contain the names of 65 candidates and no fewer than 25 alternate candidates. In addition, every fourth candidate on a list must be female. (Law 6/2006 Article 12 (3) Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

  • Francisco GUTERRES
    Party: Revolutionary Front of an Independent Timor-Leste / rente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente (FRETILIN)
  • Taur MATAN RUAK
    Party: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction / Conselho Nacional de Reconstrução do Timor (CNRT)

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

  • Francisco GUTERRES
    Party: Revolutionary Front of an Independent Timor-Leste / Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente (FRETILIN)
  • Taur MATAN RUAK
    Party: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction / Conselho Nacional de Reconstrução do Timor (CNRT)
  • Fernando LA SAMA
    Party: Democratic Party / Partido Democrático (PD)
  • Lucas DA COSTA
    Party: N/A
  • José LUIS GUTERRES
    Party: N/A
  • Manuel TILMAN
    Party: N/A
  • Francisco XAVIER
    Party: The Timorese Social Democratic Association
  • Angela FREITAS
    Party: Labor Party
  • Abilio ARAUJO
    Party: The Timorese Nationalist Party
  • José RAMOS HORTA
    Independent(s): N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 1,177,834 (July 2011 )
  • Registered Voters: 627,295 (March 2012 )

Last Updated on 05/09/2012

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