TIMOR LESTE: Presidential Elections (First Round), 17 Mar 2012
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Region: Asia & Pacific
Description of government structure:
Chief of State: President Jose RAMOS-HORTA
Head of Government: Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO
Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral National Parliament with 65 seats.
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Parliament 65 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***
*** There is one, nationwide constituency and a 3 percent threshold for entering parliament. Each list must contain the names of 65 candidates and no fewer than 25 alternate candidates. In addition, every fourth candidate on a list must be female. (Law 6/2006 Article 12 (3) Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.
Population:
Population: 1,177,834 (July 2011 )
First round presidential election held on Saturday, March 20, 2012. These are the second presidential elections in the 10 year history of this young country. The runoff is scheduled for April 16, 2012.
Source: IFES Election Guide
First Round Results - Ramos Huerta concedes
Photo credit: Bangkok Post
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta conceded defeat Monday after the country held its second presidential election as a free nation at the weekend.
Saturday's election, which pitted the Nobel-laureate against 11 other hopefuls, is to go to a second round after none of the candidates garnered the 50 percent majority required by the constitution to secure an outright win.
Read the article at the Bangkok Post, published 19 March 2012.
First Round Results - Ramos Huerta concedes
Photo credit: Bangkok Post
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta conceded defeat Monday after the country held its second presidential election as a free nation at the weekend.
Saturday's election, which pitted the Nobel-laureate against 11 other hopefuls, is to go to a second round after none of the candidates garnered the 50 percent majority required by the constitution to secure an outright win.
Read the article at the Bangkok Post, published 19 March 2012.