2007 Timor-Leste Election Resources

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Issue Brief 3: Electoral violence in Timor-Leste: mapping incidents and responses (June 2009)

Resources on Past Timor Elections

2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

• Election Laws and Regulations
• Parliamentary Election
• Government Agencies
• Organizations Assisting the Elections
• Observer Groups and Reports
• Presidential Election results

Election Laws and Regulations in English and the official Portuguese:

• STAE: Parliamentary Polling and Counting Procedures English, Portuguese
• May 2007 Amendments to Election Law English, Portuguese
• CNE: Polling and Tabulation Procedures English, Portuguese
• CNE Law English, Portuguese
• Parliamentary Election Law English, Portuguese
• Presidential Election Law English, Portuguese
• Code of Conduct for National or International Observers

• Text of Constitution:  Official Portuguese; English translation; Bahasa Indonesian; Tetum

Parliamentary Election (June 30)

On June 30, voters will elect representatives to the National Parliament. They will cast their vote for a party or coalition of parties from among the 14 that are running. Each registered voter can vote for only one. The new parliament will have 65 seats, down from 88 in the current parliament. Parties which receive 3% or more of the vote will gain a seat in proportion to their national vote. Members of parliament will be seated in order from party lists submitted before the election. Each party or coalition has nominated 65 candidates and no less than 25 alternate candidates.  Each list must include at least one woman per every group of four candidates. The parliament sits for five years.

• CNE/STAE: Final National Vote and Results by Party

• CNE: National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections also Tetum

• CNE/STAE: Results by District
   

• STAE: East Timor Parliamentary Election Polling Centres and Polling Stations
• "Your Choice" Election Handout (Brief statements from each party or coalition in Tetum  )
• STAE: Calendar for Parliamentary Elections
• CNE: CNE: Parliamentary Election - order of parties on ballot
• CNE: Party lists of candidates
• Political Party Accord, May 25
• CNE: Campaign Schedules
   
• ALP: Update of Political Parties and Groupings of Timor Leste 2nd edition 2nd edition

	Results by Party of Parliamentary Ballot (in the order on the ballot, with links to known party blogs and websites)
	Party	Votes	Percent	Seats		Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
1	UNDERTIM - Unidade Nacional Democratica da Resistencia Timorense	13.247	3,19%	2	8	PMD - Partidu Milenium Demokratiku	2.878	0,69%	0
2	CNRT - Congresso Nacional de Reconstrucao de Timor-Leste	100.175	24,10%	18	9	PST - Partido Socialista de Timor	3.982	0,96%	0
3	PR - Partidu Republikanu	4.408	1,06%	0	10	Coligacao ASDT/PSD -  Associ-acao Social Democrata Timorense/ Partido Social Democrata	65.358	15,73%	11
4	PDRT - Partido Democratika Republica de Timor	7.718	1,86%	0	11	Alianca Democratica (KOTA/PPT)	13.294	3,20%	2
5	PDC -- Partido Democrata Cristao	4.300	1,03%	0	12	FRETILIN - Frente Rcvolucionaria do Timor-Leste Independente	120.592	29,02%	21
6	UDT - Uniao Democratica Timorense	3.753	0,90%	0	13	PNT - Partido Nacionalista Timorense	10.057	2,42%	0
7	PD - Partido Democratico	46.946	11,30%	8	14	PUN -- Partido Unidade Nacional	18.896	4,55%	3

Presidential Election (April 9, May 9) STAE: List of Presidential Polling Places STAE: Calendar Second Round Presidential Elections CNE: Campaign Schedules for Second Round Presidential Elections Observer and Other Reports Poster showing sample Presidential ballot. CNE: 1st round results by polling station (107 pages) SOMET: 1st round results by district charts CNE: Final National Results CNE: Final Results by Candidate and District CNE: Presidential Campaign Schedule STAE: Calendar of Electoral Operations for the Presidential Elections in RDTL

Run-off On May 9, José Ramos-Horta was elected Timor-Leste's new president  with 69% of the vote CNE: Certified national total CNE: Final vote by District   Messages of congratulations pour in for Dr Ramos-Horta Fretilin media release: Message from Lu Olo in respect of the 2007 Presidential Elections in Timor-Leste East Timor presidential candidates Francisco 'Lu Olo' Guterres (L) and  Jose Ramos-Horta, shake hands before a debate in Dili April 27, 2007. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca José RAMOS-HORTA Independent José Ramos-Horta site Francisco “Lu-OLO”  Guterres Revolutionary Front of an Independent Timor-Leste (FRETILIN) Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres - Fretilin's Candidate for the President     Round 1 (April 9) Other Candidates Francisco Xavier do AMARAL Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT) Fernando "Lasama" de ARAUJO Democratic Party (PD) PD website in English and Tetum; Blog João CARRASCALÃO Democratic Timorese Party (UDT) João Carrascalão para Presidente Lucia LOBATO Social Democrat Party (PSD) Avelino Coelho da SILVA Timorese Socialist Party (PST)  Presidential Candidate of the PST blog Manuel TILMAN Sons of the Mountain Warriors (KOTA)

Government Agencies*

• CNE (Comissão Nacional de Eleições/National Election Commission)
• STAE (Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral/Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration)

Organizations Assisting in the Elections*

• IFES
• UNDP Electoral Support
• UNMIT
• UN Electoral Certification Team

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Observer Groups & Reports UNDP: Final Status of Observers for Parliamentary Election UNDP: Presidential Round 2 Status of Electoral Observers (as of 5 May 2007) UNDP: Status of Electoral Observers Groups (as of Sunday 8 April 2007)   SOMET trains election observers in Dili prior to 2nd round of presidential election. Photo by Elinde Kersbergen, SOMET-NL.

SOMET SOMET Calls for End to Violence and Instability in Timor-Leste (English and Tetum) SOMET Congratulates the People of Timor-Leste on Parliamentary Election SOMET: Amendments to the Law on the Election of the National Parliament Report of the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) on the Timor-Leste 2007 Presidential Elections Peacewomen: Women's Involvement in Timor-Leste's Presidential Elections (May) SOMET Issues Preliminary Observations of Timor-Leste’s Presidential Run-off Report of the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) on the first round of the Timor-Leste 2007 Presidential Elections SOMET Congratulates the People of Timor-Leste on First National Election Amendments to the Law on the Election of the National Parliament   ANFREL* Preliminary Statement to Timor Leste's parliament on July 2, 2007 Important Points for Electoral Reform and Legal Implementation in T-L   Carter Center* Timor-Leste Parliamentary Election Democratic and Peaceful Carter Center Preliminary Statement (English and Teturn) CPLP Comunicado preliminar dos observadores internacionais às eleições presidenciais na República Democrática de Timor-Leste, realizadas a 9 de Abril de 2007 (in Portuguese) European Union* Final Report on 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections Presidential Elections Second Round - Preliminary Statement Presidential Elections 9 April 2007 - Preliminary Statement Indonesian Government Assessment of the Indonesian Observation Team to the Parliamentary Election of  the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 30 June 2007* Preliminary Assessment of Indonesian Observer Team to Presidential Election, 9 April 2007   Government of Japan The Election Observation Mission’s Activities for the Parliamentary Election of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Preliminary Assessment by the Head of the Election Observation Mission of the Government of Japan) Preliminary assessment by the Election Observation Mission of the Government of Japan (Presidential Election 9 April)* JSMP Electoral Complaints during the General Elections of 2007 in Timor-Leste The Right to Vote* KOMEG* KOMEG: Results of observations by KOMEG observers in 13 districts for the opening of polling stations, voting process and the closing of polling stations, 30 June 2007 KOMEG: Results of Observations of Parliamentary Election Campaign Important Points for Electoral Reform and Legal Implementation in T-L   NZ Media Observer Mission Stage One Report 2007 Presidential Election   South Africa Statement Issued by the South African Observer Mission on the Presidential Elections in Timor-Leste   UNMIT (selected) A Gender Perspective Audit of 2007 Parliamentary Elections Media Monitoring of the Gender Perspective Audit of 2007 Parliamentary Elections A Gender Perspective Audit of the Second Round of the 2007 Presidential Elections of Timor-Leste A Gender Perspective Audit of Timor Leste’s Presidential Elections of 2007 Statement in response to the Sixth Report of the Electoral Certification Team*   U.S. Government Suggested Areas for Focus  for May 9 Runoff also Tetum   Victoria Local Governance Association*

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