2001 East Timorese parliamentary election

2001 East Timorese parliamentary election
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All 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly
Turnout86.03%
Party Leader Vote % Seats
Fretilin Mari Alkatiri 57.37 55
Democratic 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
Independents António da Costa Lelan 1.47 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by district and results by constituency
Prime Minister-designate
Mari Alkatiri
Fretilin

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 Constituent Assembly nominated a transitional Council of Ministers with Mari Alkatiri as Chief Minister.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference UN12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Timor-Leste: Elections held in 2001 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ On the establishment of the Council of Ministers United Nations