2001 East Timorese parliamentary election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in East Timor on 30 August 2001, the second anniversary of the independence referendum. One member was elected from each of the country's thirteen districts, whilst a further 75 were elected by proportional representation.[1] The result was a victory for Fretilin, which won 55 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 93%.[2] Following the election the Assembly nominated a transitional Council of Ministers with Mari Alkatiri as Chief Minister.[3]

2001 East Timorese Constituent Assembly election
30 August 2001
All 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly
Party Leader % Seats
FRETILIN Francisco Guterres 57.37 55
Democratic Party Fernando de Araújo 8.72 7
PSD Mário Viegas Carrascalão 8.18 6
ASDT Francisco Xavier do Amaral 7.84 6
UDT João Viegas Carrascalão 2.36 2
PNT Aliança de Araújo 2.21 2
KOTA Leão Pedro dos Reis Amaral 2.13 2
PPT Jacob Xavier 2.01 2
PDC António Ximenes 1.98 2
PST Pedro dos Mártires da Costa 1.78 1
Liberal Armando da Silva 1.10 1
UDC Vicente Guterres 0.66 1
Independent de:António da Costa Lelan 1.47 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister-designate
Mari Alkatiri
FRETILIN
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Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Fretilin208,53157.3755
Democratic Party31,6808.727
Social Democratic Party29,7268.186
Timorese Social Democratic Association28,4957.846
Timorese Democratic Union8,5812.362
Timorese Nationalist Party8,0352.212
Association of Timorese Heroes7,7352.132
People's Party of Timor7,3222.012
Christian Democratic Party7,1811.982
Socialist Party of Timor6,4831.781
Liberal Party4,0131.101
Christian Democratic Union of Timor2,4130.661
Timorese Popular Democratic Association2,1810.600
Labour Party2,0260.560
National Republic Party of East Timor1,9700.540
Maubere Democratic Party1,7880.490
Independents5,3411.471
Total363,501100.0088
Valid votes363,50194.60
Invalid/blank votes20,7475.40
Total votes384,248100.00
Registered voters/turnout446,66686.03
Source: Ying, Elections Today, IDEA

Aftermath

The Assembly had the mandate of preparing a constitution. It had to be approved by at least 60 of the 88 members within 90 days of the Assembly's first sitting.[1] The new constitution was promulgated in March 2002,[4] and following independence on 20 May, served as its first Parliament. Presidential elections were held in April 2002 in which Xanana Gusmão was victorious.

See also

References
  1. On the election of a Constituent Assembly to prepare a constitution for an independent and democratic East Timor United Nations
  2. Timor-Leste: Elections held in 2001 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. On the establishment of the Council of Ministers United Nations
  4. Constitution of East Timor Government of East Timor

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