List of political parties in East Timor

This article lists the current and former political parties in East Timor. East Timor is a democratic, multi-party state. The Indonesian parties that were represented in the country during the occupation period (1975-1999) are not listed. Official registration and admission of a party takes place at the East Timor Supreme Court of Justice. This requires the signatures of 20,000 supporters, with 1000 signatures from each municipalities.

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Five parties currently hold seats in the National Parliament:

Party		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	MPs	Flag
	National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor	CNRT	2007	Social democracy	31 / 65
	Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente	Fretilin	1974	Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism	19 / 65
	Democratic Party Partido Democrático	PD	2001	Social liberalism Decentralisation	6 / 65
	Enrich the National Unity of the Sons of Timor Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	KHUNTO	2011	Unemployed youth interests Anti-corruption[1]	5 / 65
	People's Liberation Party Partidu Libertasaun Popular	PLP	2015	Fiscal conservatism Developmentalism	4 / 65

Unrepresented parties

Party		Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Flag
	Timorese Democratic Union União Democrática Timorense	UDT	1974	Conservatism
	Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste – Change Frente de Reconstrução Nacional de Timor-Leste – Mudança	FM	2011	Social democracy Reformism
	Democratic Unity Development Party Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku	PUDD	c. 2016	Poverty reduction Humanism[2]
	Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrata Cristão	PDC	2000	Christian democracy Social democracy Christian humanism[3]
	Timorese Labor Party Partido Trabalhista Timorense	PT, PTT	1974	Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism[4]
	Green Party of Timor Partido os Verdes de Timor	Os Verdes	2022	Unemployed youth interests Green politics
	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party Partido Democratika Republica de Timor	PDRT	c. 2007	Veterans' interests
	National Unity of Timorese Resistance União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense	UNDERTIM	2005	Veterans' interests Populism
	Republican Party Partidu Republikanu	PR	2005	Progressivism
	Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	PSD	2000	Liberalism Social conservatism
	Socialist Party of Timor Partido Socialista de Timor	PST	1997	Marxism–Leninism
	Timorese Social Democratic Action Center Centro Acção Social-Democrata Timorense	CASDT	2015	Social democracy
	Hope of the Fatherland Party Partido Esperança da Pátria	PEP	2012	Youth politics Pacifism Humanism
	People's Party of Development Partido do Desenvolvimento Popular	PDP	2012	[data missing]
	Party of National Development Partido do Desenvolvimento Nacional	PDN	2008	Conservatism
	Freedom Movement for the Maubere people Movimentu Libertasaun ba Povu Maubere	MLPM	2013	Christian humanism Patriotism[5]
	East Timor National Republic Party Partido Republika Nacional Timor Leste	PARENTIL	2001	Conservatism
	Timorese Democratic Party Partido Timorense Democrático	PTD	2008	[data missing]
	Democratic Liberal Party Partido Democrática Liberal	PDL	c. 2011	Conservative liberalism
	People's Freedom Party of the Aileba [de] Partidu Liberta Povu Aileba	PLPA	2009	Populism
	Timorese People's Monarchist Association Associação Popular Monarquia Timorense	APMT	c. 2012	Monarchism

Defunct and unregistered parties

Party		Abbr.	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Flag
	Association of Timorese Heroes Associação dos Heróis Timorenses	AHT	1974	c. 2007	National conservatism
	Christian Democratic Union of Timor União Democrata-Crista de Timor	UDC	c. 2001	c. 2007	Christian democracy
	Liberal Party Partai Liberal	PL	c. 2001	c. 2007	Conservative liberalism
	Millennium Democratic Party Partido Milénio Democrático	PMD	2004	c. 2012	Feminism Social democracy[6]
	National Unity Party Partido Unidade Nacional	PUN	2005	c. 2017	Christian democracy
	People's Party of Timor Partido do Povo de Timor	PPT	2000	c. 2012	Conservatism Traditionalism Monarchism[7]
	Timorese Nationalist Party Partido Nacionalista Timorense	PNT	1999	c. 2012	Nationalism Pro-Indonesia
	Timorese Popular Democratic Association Associação Popular Democratica Timorense	APODETI	1974	c. 2007	Indonesian integration Autonomism
	Democratic Party of Maurebe Partai Demokratik Maubere	PDM	2000	2001	APODETI Remnants Conservatism
	Timorese Social Democratic Association Associação Social-Democrata Timorense	ASDT	1974	2018	Centrism[8][9] Social democracy[10] Third Way

Partido Timor Forte (PARTIFOR) is currently striving for registration, but as of January 2021 has not yet met all the requirements.^[11] The Party leader is Gregório Saldanha.^[12] The same applies to the Partidu Dezenvolvementu Sosiál (PDS). The application was rejected by FITUN in January 2021.^[13] The Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Nasionál (PUDN), which is active in 2021, has not yet provided any information on its application for registration.^[14] In 2023, the registration of the Aliança Nacional Democrata (AND) has not yet been completed.^[15]

Party alliances

This list compiles the party alliances (coalitions) in Timor Leste with their own respective names, founding, member parties, and flags.

Alliances		Abbr.	Founded	Members	Flag
	Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar	AMP	2007–2012	CNRT, PD, ASDT, PSD, UNDERTIM
	Aliança para Mudança e Progresso	AMP	c. 2017	CNRT, PLP, KHUNTO (Until 2018 Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar)
	Aliança Democrática KOTA/PPT	AD	2007	KOTA, PPT
	Aliança Democrática	AD	2012	KOTA, PTT
	Aliança Democrata	AD	2023	AND, PDP, PLPA[16]
	Bloku Unidade Popular	BUP	2015–2018	PDRT, PMD, PLPA (until 2018), PST (until 2016), PARENTIL (until 2017)
	Coligação Bloco Proclamador	Bloco Proclamador	2012	PARENTIL, PMD
	Fórum Demokrátiku Nasionál	FDN	2017–2018	APMT, BUP, PST, PSD, PDP, MLPM, PDC
	Frente Ampla Democratica	FAD	c. 2023	UDT, FM, CASDT, PDN[16]
	Frenti Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku	FDD	2017–2018	PUDD, FM, UDT, PDN[17]
	Liga Democrática Progressiva	LDP	2007–(?)	PDC, PDRT, PMD, PNT, PST, UDT
	Movimentu Dezenvolvimentu Nasional	MDN	c. 2018	APMT, MLPM, PLPA, UNDERTIM
	Movimento Social Democrata	MSD	c. 2018	PSD, PST, PDC, CASDT

Election results

• 
  Final results of the
  2001 East Timorese parliamentary election
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  Final results of the
  2007 East Timorese parliamentary election
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  Final results of the
  2012 East Timorese parliamentary election
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  Final results of the
  2017 East Timorese parliamentary election
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  Final results of the
  2018 East Timorese parliamentary election
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  Final results of the
  2023 East Timorese parliamentary election

References

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15. SAPO. "Quatro partidos timorenses anunciam coligação pré-eleitoral para legislativas de maio". SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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External links

• Pat Walsh: East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes, Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001 (MS Word; 174 kB)
• Gavin Ryan: Political Parties and Groupings of Timor-Leste, 2. Ausgabe, Australian Labor International, 2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-06-07) (PDF; 996 kB)
• Dennis Shoesmith: Political Parties and Groupings of Timor-Leste, 3. Ausgabe, Australian Labor International, October 2011 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-05-07)
• Dennis Shoesmith: Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste, 2020.
• Lurdes Silva-Carneiro de Sousa: Some Facts and Comments on the East Timor 2001 Constituent Assembly Election, Lusotopie 2001: S. 299–311 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-10-16) (RTF; 199 kB)
• Political Parties and Groupings of Timor Leste, ALP International Projects Group, 2007.
• Political Parties in the Pacific Islands, Australian National University, 2008