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Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Parliament (Portuguese: Parlamenta Nacional) has 65 members.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Alliance for Change and Progress (CNRT–PLP–KHUNTO)	309,663	49.58	34	–1
	Fretilin	213,324	34.16	23	0
	Democratic Party	50,370	8.07	5	–2
	Democratic Development Forum [de] (PUDD [de]–UDT–FM–PDN [de])	34,301	5.49	3	+3
	Hope of the Fatherland Party [de]	5,060	0.81	0	0
	National Development Movement [de] (APMT [de]–PLPA [de]–MLPM [de]–UNDERTIM)	4,494	0.72	0	0
	Republican Party	4,125	0.66	0	0
	Social Democratic Movement [de] (CASDT–PSD–PST–PDC)	3,188	0.51	0	0
Total		624,525	100.00	65	0
Valid votes		624,525	98.33
Invalid/blank votes		10,591	1.67
Total votes		635,116	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		784,286	80.98
Source: CNE

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	168,480	29.66	23	–2
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	167,345	29.46	22	–8
	People's Liberation Party	60,098	10.58	8	New
	Democratic Party	55,608	9.79	7	–1
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	36,547	6.43	5	+5
	United Party for Development and Democracy [de]	15,887	2.80	0	New
	Timorese Democratic Union	11,255	1.98	0	0
	Frenti-Mudança	8,849	1.56	0	–2
	Hope of the Fatherland Party [de]	6,775	1.19	0	New
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association [de]	5,461	0.96	0	0
	Bloku Unidade Popular (PMD–PLPA [de]–PDRT)	4,999	0.88	0	0
	Socialist Party of Timor	4,891	0.86	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	4,688	0.83	0	0
	Republican Party	3,951	0.70	0	0
	National Development Party [de]	3,846	0.68	0	0
	Timorese Social Democratic Action Center	2,330	0.41	0	New
	People's Development Party [de]	2,079	0.37	0	0
	Christian Democratic Party	1,764	0.31	0	0
	Maubere People's Liberation Movement [de]	1,332	0.23	0	New
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	1,216	0.21	0	0
	Timorese Democratic Party [de]	669	0.12	0	0
Total		568,070	100.00	65	0
Valid votes		568,070	97.28
Invalid/blank votes		15,886	2.72
Total votes		583,956	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		760,907	76.74
Source: CNE

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	172,831	36.66	30	+12
	Fretilin	140,786	29.87	25	+4
	Democratic Party	48,581	10.31	8	0
	Frenti-Mudança	14,648	3.11	2	New
	Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	13,998	2.97	0	New
	Socialist Party of Timor	11,379	2.41	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	10,158	2.15	0	–
	National Development Party [de]	9,386	1.99	0	New
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	8,487	1.80	0	–
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	7,041	1.49	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Union	5,332	1.13	0	0
	Republican Party	4,270	0.91	0	0
	PLPA [de]–PDRT coalition	4,012	0.85	0	0
	Timorese Monarchist People's Association [de]	3,968	0.84	0	New
	National Unity Party	3,191	0.68	0	–3
	Coligação Bloco Proclamador (PMD–PARENTIL [de])	3,125	0.66	0	0
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–PTT)	2,622	0.56	0	–2
	Timorese Democratic Party [de]	2,561	0.54	0	0
	Liberal Party	2,222	0.47	0	New
	People's Development Party [de]	1,904	0.40	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	887	0.19	0	0
Total		471,389	100.00	65	0
Valid votes		471,389	97.64
Invalid/blank votes		11,403	2.36
Total votes		482,792	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		645,624	74.78
Source: STAE, SAPO

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fretilin	120,592	29.02	21	–34
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction	100,175	24.10	18	New
	PSD–ASDT	65,358	15.73	11	–1
	Democratic Party	46,946	11.30	8	+1
	National Unity Party	18,896	4.55	3	New
	Democratic Alliance (KOTA–PPT)	13,294	3.20	2	–2
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance	13,247	3.19	2	New
	Timorese Nationalist Party	10,057	2.42	0	–2
	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party	7,718	1.86	0	New
	Republican Party	4,408	1.06	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	4,300	1.03	0	–2
	Socialist Party of Timor	3,982	0.96	0	–1
	Timorese Democratic Union	3,753	0.90	0	–2
	Millennium Democratic Party	2,878	0.69	0	New
Total		415,604	100.00	65	–23
Valid votes		415,604	97.51
Invalid/blank votes		10,606	2.49
Total votes		426,210	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		529,198	80.54
Source: CNE

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Fretilin	208,531	57.37	55
	Democratic Party	31,680	8.72	7
	Social Democratic Party	29,726	8.18	6
	Timorese Social Democratic Association	28,495	7.84	6
	Timorese Democratic Union	8,581	2.36	2
	Timorese Nationalist Party	8,035	2.21	2
	Association of Timorese Heroes	7,735	2.13	2
	People's Party of Timor	7,322	2.01	2
	Christian Democratic Party	7,181	1.98	2
	Socialist Party of Timor	6,483	1.78	1
	Liberal Party	4,013	1.10	1
	Christian Democratic Union of Timor	2,413	0.66	1
	Timorese Popular Democratic Association	2,181	0.60	0
	Timorese Labor Party	2,026	0.56	0
	National Republic Party of East Timor [de]	1,970	0.54	0
	Maubere Democratic Party [de]	1,788	0.49	0
	Independents	5,341	1.47	1
Total		363,501	100.00	88
Valid votes		363,501	94.60
Invalid/blank votes		20,747	5.40
Total votes		384,248	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		446,666	86.03
Source: Ying, Elections Today, IDEA

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