This article lists the current and former political parties in

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-west ...

. 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 The East Timor Supreme Court of Justice ( tet, Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste), also known as the Court of Appeal of East Timor, is the highest court of East Timor. It was established by the Constitution of East Timor with ultimate jurisdi ...

. This requires the signatures of 20,000 supporters, with 1000 signatures from each municipalities.

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Eight parties currently hold seats in the

National Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

Unrepresented parties

Defunct and unregistered parties

Partido Timor Forte (PARTIFOR) is currently striving for registration, but as of January 2021 has not yet met all the requirements. The Party leader is Gregório Saldanha. The same applies to the Partidu Dezenvolvementu Sosiál (PDS). The application was rejected by FITUN in January 2021.Tatoli
''Partidu os Verdes ho FITUN la prienxe rekizitu'' , 12 January 2021
accessed 12 January 2021.

Party alliances

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

Election results

ET election2001-2.png, Final results of the
2001 East Timorese parliamentary election ET election2007-2.png, Final results of the
2007 East Timorese parliamentary election ET election2012-2.png, Final results of the
2012 East Timorese parliamentary election ET election2017-2.png, Final results of the
2017 East Timorese parliamentary election ET election2018.png, Final results of the
2018 East Timorese parliamentary election

References

External links

* Pat Walsh
''East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes'', Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001
( MS Word; 174 kB) * (PDF; 996 kB) * * Dennis Shoesmith
Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste
2020. * Lurdes Silva-Carneiro de Sousa: ( 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 {{Asia topic, List of political parties in

Political parties