2012 East Timorese presidential election

2012 East Timorese presidential election
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Candidate Taur Matan Ruak Francisco Guterres
Party Independent Fretilin
Popular vote 275,471 174,408
Percentage 61.23% 38.77%
President before election

José Ramos-Horta
Independent

Elected President

Taur Matan Ruak
Independent

Presidential elections were held in East Timor on 17 March 2012, with a second round on 16 April.[1] Incumbent president José Ramos-Horta, who was eligible for a second and final term as president, announced that he would seek nomination to be a candidate in the election.[2] The election was seen as a test for the "young democracy" in seeking to take control of its own security.[3] Former military commander Taur Matan Ruak provisionally beat Francisco Guterres in a second round runoff.

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  1. ^ "L'ONU salue l'élection au Timor-Leste" (in French). Le Figaro. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "East Timor's Ramos-Horta to Seek Second Term". Jakarta Globe. Agence France-Presse. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Polls close in East Timor presidential election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.