IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Timor-Leste

Name	Official Name	Type
Timorese Presidency	None	Head of State
Timorese National Parliament		Assembly

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.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Timorese National Parliament	2001-08-30	384,248	-	-
Timorese Presidency	2002-04-14	378,548	446,256	84.83%
Timorese Presidency	2007-04-09	-	524,073	-
Timorese Presidency	2007-05-09	424,475	524,073	81.0%
Timorese National Parliament	2007-06-30	426,210	529,198	80.54%
Timorese Presidency	2012-03-17	489,933	627,295	78.1%
Timorese Presidency	2012-04-16	458,703	627,295	73.12%
Timorese National Parliament	2012-07-07	482,792	645,624	74.78%
Timorese Presidency	2017-03-20	528,813	743,150	71.16%
Timorese National Parliament	2017-07-22	583,956	760,907	76.74%
Timorese National Parliament	2018-05-12	624,525	-	-
Timorese Presidency	2022-03-19	664,106	859,613	-
Timorese Presidency	2022-04-19	646,389	859,925	-
Timorese National Parliament	2023-05-21	705,693	890,145	-