Democratic Republic Of Timor-Leste Party
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Party ( pt, Partido Democratika Republica de Timor) is a political party in East Timor. In the parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... held on 30 June 2007, the party won 1.86% of the total votes and did not win any seats in parliament, as it did not reach the 3% threshold to win seats. , Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007. References [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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East Timor
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. Australia is the country's southern neighbour, separated by the Timor Sea. The country's size is . Dili is its capital and largest city. East Timor came under Portuguese influence in the sixteenth century, remaining a Portuguese colony until 1975. Internal conflict preceded a unilateral declaration of independence and an Indonesian invasion and annexation. Resistance continued throughout Indonesian rule, and in 1999 a United Nations–sponsored act of self-determination led to Indonesia relinquishing control of the territory. On 20 May 2002, as ''Timor-Leste'', it became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century. The national government runs on a semi-presidential system, w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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East Timorese Parliamentary Election, 2007
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 30 June 2007."National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections" , Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007. The new composition of East Timor's ''(Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste)'' was determined by the country's population. 529,198 voters were entitled to vote, 708 polling stations were ready. As a result, 65 MPs sat in the new parliament for the next five years. Although a narrow [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |