2017 East Timorese presidential election

2017 East Timorese presidential election

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Candidate Francisco Guterres António da Conceição Party Fretilin Democratic Popular vote 295,048 167,794 Percentage 57.08% 32.46%

Results by municipality

President before election Taur Matan Ruak Independent Elected President Francisco Guterres Fretilin

Presidential elections were held in East Timor on 20 March 2017. Incumbent President Taur Matan Ruak, who was eligible for a second term, chose not to run for re-election. ^[1] The result was a victory for Francisco Guterres of FRETILIN. ^[2]

Electoral system

The President of East Timor is elected using the two-round system. ^[3] If it had been required, a second round would have been held on 20 April. ^[1]

Candidates

• José Neves  [ de ] (Independent), ^[4] a former guerilla leader and was deputy commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (Comissão Anti-Corrupção (CAC)) until July 2016.
• António da Conceição (Democratic Party)
• José Luís Guterres (Frenti-Mudança)
• Amorim Vieira  [ de ] (Independent)
• Luís Tilman  [ de ] (Independent)
• Francisco Guterres (FRETILIN)
• Antonio Maher Lopes  [ de ] (Socialist Party of Timor)
• Ángela Freitas (Timorese Labor Party)

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Francisco Guterres	Fretilin	295,048	57.08
	António da Conceição	Democratic Party	167,794	32.46
	José Luís Guterres	Frenti-Mudança	13,513	2.61
	José Neves  [ de ]	Independent	11,663	2.26
	Luís Tilman  [ de ]	Independent	11,125	2.15
	Antonio Maher Lopes  [ de ]	Socialist Party of Timor	9,102	1.76
	Ángela Freitas	Timorese Labor Party	4,353	0.84
	Amorim Vieira  [ de ]	Independent	4,283	0.83
Total			516,881	100.00
Valid votes			516,881	97.74
Invalid/blank votes			11,932	2.26
Total votes			528,813	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			743,150	71.16
Source: CNE

References

1. East Timor to hold presidential poll in March Straits Times, 18 January 2017
2. Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo eleito Presidente de Timor-Leste Archived 2018-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Expresso, 21 March 2017
3. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste IFES
4. ""Samala-Rua" Deklara Kandidatura Ba Pezidenti Republika 2017-2022". SuaraTimorLorosae (in Tetum). Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

Further reading

• Leach, Michael (3 March 2017). "Timor-Leste's 2017 elections: the presidential race commences". Inside Story. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
• Leach, Michael (21 March 2017). "Timor-Leste election: Likely victory for Lu Olo suggests business as usual". The Interpreter. Lowy Institute . Retrieved 30 December 2021.

External links

Media related to East Timor presidential election, 2017 at Wikimedia Commons