Party*/Group** |
Date Of Founding |
Prominent Figure(s) |
Share of the Vote August 2001 Constituent Assembly Elections-- Party List Race (percentage) |
Number Of Seats August 2001 Constituent Assembly Elections-- Party List Race |
Share of the Vote--District Races (percentage)
|
Number of Seats--District Races |
Total Seats |
Total Share of Seats (percentage) |
|
Apodeti-Pro Ref |
Apodeti 1974 |
Frederico Almeida Santos da Costa |
0.60 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
ASDT |
April 2001 |
Francisco Xavier do Amaral |
7.84 |
6 |
10.7 |
0 |
6 |
6.82 |
|
CPD-RDTL** |
Fretilin splinter. (Affiliated with Indonesia/ military?) November 1999 |
Deliberative Body: Cristiano da Costa and Francisco Xavier do Amaral Executive Body: Antonio “Ai Tahan” Matak |
Did not contest/boycott |
Did not contest/boycott |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Fretilin |
ASDT (pre-cursor) May 20, 1974. Fretilin Sept. 11, 1974. |
Pres. Francisco Guterres/Lu’Olo. Sec-Genl: Mari Alkatiri |
57.37 |
43 |
66 |
12 |
55 |
62.5 |
|
KOTA |
November 1974 |
Leao Pedro dos Reis |
2.13 |
2 |
NA |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
|
PARENTIL |
NA |
Flaviano Pereira Lopez |
0.54 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
PD |
June 2001 |
Fernando de Araujo |
8.72 |
7 |
5.8 |
0 |
7 |
7.95 |
|
PDC |
August 2000 |
Antonio Ximenes |
1.98 |
2 |
NA |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
|
PDM |
October 2000 |
Paulo Sarmento Pinto |
0.49 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
PL |
2001 |
Armando Jose Sourado da Silva |
1.10 |
1 |
NA |
0 |
1 |
1.14 |
|
PNT |
Fretilin splinter. 1999 |
Abilio de Araujo |
2.21 |
2 |
NA |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
|
PPT |
May 2000 |
Jacob Xavier |
2.01 |
2 |
NA |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
|
PSD |
September 2000 |
Mario Carrascalao |
8.18 |
6 |
4.7 |
0 |
6 |
6.82 |
|
PST |
Fretilin splinter. February 1997 |
Sec-Gen: Avelino Coelho da Silva |
1.78 |
1 |
NA |
0 |
1 |
1.14 |
|
Trabalhista (PTT) |
1974 |
Paulo Freitas da Silva Guterres |
0.56 |
0 |
NA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
UDC-PDC |
March 1998 |
Vicente da Silva Guterres |
0.66 |
1 |
NA |
0 |
1 |
1.14 |
|
UDT |
May 11, 1974 |
Joao Carrascalao |
2.36 |
2 |
NA |
0 |
2 |
2.27 |
|
Independent |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1 |
1 |
1.14 |
Notes: *Party Acronyms: Apodeti-Pro Ref, Apodeti (Associacao Popular Democratica de Timor Pro-Referendo); ASDT, Timorese Social Democratic Association (Associacao Social Democrata Timorense); CPD-RDTL, Popular Council for the Defense of the Democratic Republic of East Timor (Conselho Popular pela Defesa de Republica Democratica Timor Leste); Fretilin, Independent East Timor Revolutionary Front (Frente Revolucionaria do Timor Leste Independente); KOTA, Association of Timorese Heroes, Sons of the Mountain Warriors (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain); PARENTIL, East Timor National Republican Party (Partido Republika Nacional Timor Leste); PD, Democratic Party (Partido Democratico); PDC, Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristao); PDM, Maubere Democratic Party (Partido Democratica Maubere); PL, Liberal Party (Partai Liberal); PNT, Timorese Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Timorense); PPT, Timorese People’s Party (Partido do Povo de Timor); PSD, Timor Lorosae Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata Timor Lorosae); PST, Socialist Party of Timor (Partido Socialista de Timor); Trabalhista, Workers’ Party (Partido Trabalhista Timorense); UDC-PDC, Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata-Cristao de Timor); UDT, Timorese Democratic Union (Uniao Democratica Timorense).
**CPD-RDTL is included here, though it is not formally a political party. It is a major anti-system actor, however, and merits introduction along with the political parties.
Sources: “Elections in Timor,” ElectionWorld, Undated [ONLINE] http://www.electionworld.org/election/timor.htm [accessed September 20, 2001]. Charlie Sheiner, “Constituent Assembly Winners Names and Parties,” ETAN, Undated [ONLINE] http://www.etan.org/et2001c/september 09-15/13constit.htm [accessed October 14, 2002]. Pat Walsh, East Timor’s Political Parties and Groupings: Briefing Notes, No Place of Publication: Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA), March 2001, 13. East Timor Elections (Asia Foundation), “Directory of Political Parties,” Undated [ONLINE] http://www.easttimorelections.org/elections/2001/candidat.html [accessed August 11, 2002]. UN, “Final Election Results Announced Today in East Timor,” September 6, 2001 [ONLINE] http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/DB/db060901/htm [accessed August 11, 2002].