{"iso":"TL","name":"Timor-Leste","flag":"\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf1","vote":"National Parliament \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2023-05-21","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"No regular polling record exists, so this entry shows the May 2023 parliamentary result, official results as published by the National Elections Commission (CNE). The next election is due in May 2028.","shares":{"CNRT":41.6,"FRETILIN":25.8,"PD":9.3,"KHUNTO":7.5,"PLP":5.9},"polls":[],"parties":{"CNRT":{"name":"Congresso Nacional para a Reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o Timorense","color":"#1E90FF","name_en":"CNRT"},"FRETILIN":{"name":"Fretilin","color":"#E70014"},"PD":{"name":"Partido Democr\u00e1tico","color":"#004080","name_en":"Democratic Party"},"KHUNTO":{"name":"KHUNTO","color":"#008040"},"PLP":{"name":"Partidu Libertasaun Popular","color":"#00A85A","name_en":"People's Liberation Party"}},"seats":{"CNRT":31,"FRETILIN":19,"PD":6,"KHUNTO":5,"PLP":4},"seat_meta":{"total":65,"majority":33,"method":"dhondt","threshold":4.0,"chamber":"National Parliament","note":"Single nationwide closed-list D'Hondt district with a 4% threshold, so the single-national-pool approximation matches it closely with minimal simplification.","largest":"CNRT"},"primer":{"system":"Republic with a president as head of state and a prime minister heading the government","head_of_state":"President Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o","legislature":"National Parliament, unicameral, 65 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"All 65 members are elected at national parliamentary elections held every five years.","government_now":"Gusm\u00e3o's National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) won 31 of 65 seats in May 2023 and governs in a coalition commanding 37 seats with the Democratic Party.","context":"Gusm\u00e3o, the country's first president after independence, returned as prime minister in 2023. The 2023 election gave CNRT its strongest result while Fretilin recorded its worst.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"CNRT":["Congresso Nacional para a Reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o Timorense","National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction","Centre-right, big-tent nationalist party of independence hero Xanana Gusm\u00e3o; won the most seats in 2023 and leads the government."],"FRETILIN":["Fretilin","Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor","Historic independence party, centre-left social democrats led by Mari Alkatiri; now the main opposition after its worst-ever result."],"PD":["Partido Democr\u00e1tico","Democratic Party","Centrist party; junior partner in Gusm\u00e3o's governing coalition."],"KHUNTO":["KHUNTO","Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan","Populist party tied to a martial-arts network; a small swing party (5 seats) that has moved between governing blocs."],"PLP":["Partidu Libertasaun Popular","People's Liberation Party","Centre-left reformist party of former president and PM Taur Matan Ruak; now in opposition with four seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Parliament","as_of":"2023 election","total":65,"seats":{"CNRT":31,"FRETILIN":19,"PD":6,"KHUNTO":5,"PLP":4}},"region_winners":{"Laut\u00e9m":"FRETILIN","Viqueque":"FRETILIN","Baucau":"FRETILIN","Oe-Cusse Ambeno":"CNRT","Bobonaro":"CNRT","Cova Lima":"CNRT","Ainaro":"CNRT","Manufahi":"CNRT","Manatuto":"CNRT","Dili":"CNRT","Liqui\u00e7\u00e1":"CNRT","Ermera":"CNRT","Aileu":"CNRT"},"region_meta":{"election":"2023 parliamentary election (21 May 2023)","source":"Official results as published by the National Elections Commission (CNE)","note":"Each municipality is shaded by the party with the most votes; Fretilin, recording its worst result, led only in its eastern strongholds of Baucau, Laut\u00e9m and Viqueque, while Gusm\u00e3o's CNRT was ahead everywhere else on 41.6 percent nationally."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2028-05","title":"East Timorese parliamentary election (expected)","chamber":"National Parliament","type":"expected"}}