2017 East Timorese presidential election
20 March 2017
 
Candidate Francisco Guterres António da Conceição
Party Fretilin Democratic
Popular vote 295,048 167,794
Percentage 57.08% 32.46%
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

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Francisco GuterresFretilin295,04857.08
António da ConceiçãoDemocratic Party167,79432.46
José Luís GuterresFrenti-Mudança13,5132.61
José NevesIndependent11,6632.26
Luís Alves TilmanIndependent11,1252.15
Antonio Maher LopesSocialist Party of Timor9,1021.76
Ángela FreitasTimorese Labor Party4,3530.84
Amorim VieiraIndependent4,2830.83
Total516,881100.00
Valid votes516,88197.74
Invalid/blank votes11,9322.26
Total votes528,813100.00
Registered voters/turnout743,15071.16
Source: CNE

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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