General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- The Office of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Francisco GUTERRES (since 20 May 2017)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Taur Matan RUAK (since 22 June 2018)
- Assembly: The National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional) is a unicameral legislature consisting of 65 seats.
Electoral System: [1]
- The President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is elected to a five-year term using a two-round system, in which candidates must receive an absolute majority of the popular vote to win office.
- The National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional) is a unicameral legislature consisting of 65 seats, in which members are directly elected to five-year terms using list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency.
Last Election:
- The last presidential elections in Timor-Leste were held on 20 March 2017, while the most recent elections were held for the National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál / Parlamento Nacional) on 12 May 2018.
Main Candidates in this Election: [2]
- Candidate: Isabel da Costa FERREIRA
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Hermes da Rosa Correia BARROS
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Maria Ângela Freitas DA SILVA
- Party: East Timor Labour Party / Partido Trabalhista Timor-Leste
- Candidate: Rogério Tiago Fátima LOBATO
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Anacleto Bento FERREIRA
- Party: Timor Democratic Republic Party (PDRT) / Partido Democrática Republica de Timor
- Candidate: Francisco “Lú-Olo” GUTERRES
- Party: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) / Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente
- Candidate: Maria Helena Lopez de Jesus PIRES
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Tito da Costa CRISTÓVÃO
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Armanda Berta DOS SANTOS
- Party: National Unity of the Sons of Timor Party (KHUNTO) / Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan
- Candidate: Antero Benedito SILVA
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Constâncio da Conceção PINTO
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Virgílio da Silva GUTERRES
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Martinho Germano da Silva GUSMÃO
- Party: United Party for Development and Democracy (PUDD) / Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku
- Candidate: José Ramos HORTA
- Party: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) / Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor
- Candidate: Felizberto Araújo DUARTE
- Party: Independent
- Candidate: Mariano Assanami Sabino LOPES
- Party: Democratic Party (PD) / Partido Democrático
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 692,237 (July 2021 est.) [5]
- Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CEDAW: No [6]
- Has Timor-Leste ratified CEDAW: Acceded on 16 April 2003 [7]
- Gender Quota: Yes, there are legislated gender quotas. One out of every group of three candidates on electoral lists must be a woman. [8]
- Female candidates in this election: Four out of sixteen candidates are women.
- Number of Female Legislators: 26 out of 65 seats are held by women. [9]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 141 at 0.606 (2020) [10]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A [11]
Disability Data:
- Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CRPD: No [12]
- Has Timor-Leste ratified CRPD: No [13]
- Population with a disability: 184,667 [14]
[1] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/#government
[2] https://www.ifes.org/faqs/elections-timor-leste-2022-presidential-elections
[3] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/#people-and-society
[4] https://reliefweb.int/report/timor-leste/it-peoples-participation-guarantees-peace-democracy-and-human-rights
[5] https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/timor-leste/#people-and-society
[6] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en
[7] Ibid.
[8] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/286/35
[9] Ibid.
[10] https://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/TLS
[11] https://www.genderindex.org/country-profiles/
[12] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=176&Lang=EN
[13] Ibid.
[14] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/tl/all/