The Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Democrático) or the Democratic Party in Timor-Leste is a

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, established on 10 June, 2001. Currently, most of the members of the party are of the young generation who are studying abroad, and those who have completed their studies in

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Political history

In the 2001 parliamentary election held on 30 August, the party won 8.7% of the popular vote and seven out of 88 seats, the second-highest representation in parliament, after

Fretilin The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor ( pt, Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente, abbreviated as Fretilin) is a centre-left political party in East Timor. They presently hold 23 of 65 seats in the National Parliame ...

. In the April 2007 presidential election, the party's leader, Fernando de Araújo, took third place with 19.18% of the vote. In provisional results of the June 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 11.30% of the vote, placing fourth."National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections"
, Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.

Political history

Election results

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

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