List of political parties in East Timor
The list of political parties in East Timor includes the current and former parties in East Timor . The Indonesian parties that were represented in the country during the occupation (1975–1999) are not listed. Official registration and admission as a party takes place at the Tribunal de Recurso de Timor-Leste .
Current parties
Political party | abbreviation | founding year | information | symbol |
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Associação Popular Monarquia Timorense | APMT | Spin-off from Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain (KOTA) | ||
Associação Social-Democrata de Timor | ASDT | 2001 | conservative, 2007 in the electoral alliance with PSD | |
Centro Acção Social Democrata Timorense | CASDT | 2015 | social democratic | |
Congresso Nacional da Reconstrução Timorense | CNRT | 2007 | conservative | |
Frente Revolucionária do Timor-Leste Independente | FRETILIN | 1974 | shortly after it was founded as the ASDT, it was renamed FRETILIN, the dominant party in East Timor and the main force in the freedom struggle against Indonesia, originally broadly positioned from center to Marxist-Leninist, today more center-left | |
Frente de Reconstrução Nacional de Timor-Leste - Mudança | Frenti-Mudança, Frenti-M | 2011 | Split from FRETILIN, originally founded as FRETILIN Mudança ., Social democratic | |
Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan | KHUNTO | 2011 | Support from Korka | |
Movimentu Libertasaun ba Povu Maetze | MLPM | 2013 | ||
Partido Democrata Cristão | PDC | 1999/2000 | Christian-social | |
Partido Democrática Republica de Timor | PDRT | 2007 | 2012 electoral alliance with PLPA, part of the BUP since 2015 | |
Partido Democrático | PD | 2001 | Middle right | |
Partido do Desenvolvimento Nacional | PDN | 2008 | conservative, split from PSD | |
Partido do Desenvolvimento Popular | PDP | 2012 | ||
Partido Esperança da Pátria | PEP | 2017 | ||
Partido Milénio Democrático | PMD | 2004 | Split from PSD, 2012 electoral alliance Coligação Bloco Proclamador with PARENTIL, part of PMD since 2015 | |
Partido Nasionalista Timorense | PNT | 1999 | "Progressive national", for close relations with Indonesia | |
Partido do Povo de Timor | PPT | 2000 | conservative-national, 2007 in the electoral alliance with KOTA | |
Partido Republika Nacional Timor Leste | PARENTILE | 2001 | Conservative, 2012 electoral alliance Coligação Bloco Proclamador with PMD, 2015–2017 part of the BUP | |
Partido Social Democrata | Psd | 2000 | conservative, 2007 electoral alliance with ASDT | |
Partido Socialista de Timor | PST | 2001 | Socialist, Marxist-Leninist, 2015–2016 part of the BUP | |
Partido Timorense Democrático | PTD | 2008 | Split from PNT | |
Partido Trabalhista Timorense | PT, PTT | 1974 | democratic, socialist, 2012 electoral alliance with KOTA | |
Partido Unidade Nacional | PUN | 2007 | emerged from the Partidu Nacional (PN) founded in 2005, Christian conservative | |
Partidu Democrática Liberal | PDL | 2011 | Founded as Partai Liberal in 2001. liberal, right | |
Partidu Liberta Povu Aileba | PLPA | 2009 | Split from ASDT, electoral alliance with PDRT in 2012, part of BUP since 2015 | |
Partidu Libertasaun Popular | PLP | 2015 | middle right | |
Partidu Republikanu | PR | 2007 | social democratic | |
Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku | PUDD | 2016 | ||
União Democrata-Crista de Timor | UDC | 1998-2007 | Split from the UDT, Christian-conservative, merged into the PDC, liberal, right-wing | |
União Democrática Timorense | UDT | 1974 | East Timor's oldest party, right-wing conservative, originally pro-Portuguese and supported by the aristocratic class | |
União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense | UNDERTIM | 2005 | Support from veterans and Sagrada Família |
Former parties
Political party | abbreviation | Consist | information | symbol |
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Associação Popular Democrática Timorense | APODETI | 1974-2007 | pro-Indonesian, after the independence referendum turned away from it, at the end party name with the addition " Pro Referendo " | |
Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain | KOTA | 1974–2016 (?) | conservative, strong support from the traditional Timorese nobility, 2007 electoral alliance with the PPT, 2012 electoral alliance with the PTT | |
Partai Democracy Maetze | PDM | 2000–2001 (?) | Roots possibly in the APODETI |
Party alliances
Only party alliances with their own name are included in the list.
Political party | abbreviation | Consist | Members | symbol |
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Aliança da Maioria Member of Parliament | AMP | 2007–2012 | CNRT , PD , ASDT , PSD , UNDERTIM | |
Aliança para Mudança e Progresso | AMP | since 2017 | CNRT , PLP , KHUNTO (Aliança da Maioria member of parliament until 2018) | |
Aliança Democrática KOTA / PPT | AD | 2007 | KOTA , PPT | |
Aliança Democrática | AD | 2012 | KOTA , PTT | |
Bloku Unidade Popular | BUP | 2015–2018 (?) | PDRT , PMD , PLPA (until 2018), PST (until 2016), PARENTIL (until 2017) | |
Coligação Bloco Proclamador | Bloco proclamador | 2012 | PARENTILE , PMD | |
Forum Demokrátiku Nasionál | FDN | 2017-2018 | APMT , BUP , PST , PSD , PDP , MLPM , PDC | |
Frenti Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku | FDD | 2017-2018 | PUDD , FM , UDT , PDN | |
Liga Democrática Progressiva | LDP | 2007– (?) | PDC , PDRT , PMD , PNT , PST , UDT | |
Movimentu Dezenvolvimentu Nasional | MDN | since 2018 | APMT , MLPM , PLPA , UNDERTIM | |
Movimento Social Democrata | MSD | since 2018 | PSD , PST , PDC , CASDT |
Election results
Final result of the
2001 Constituent Assembly electionFinal result of the 2007 general election
Final result of the 2012 general election
Final result of the 2017 general election
Final result of the 2018 general election
See also
Web links
Commons : Political parties of East Timor - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Pat Walsh : East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes , Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001 (English; MS Word ; 174 kB)
- Gavin Ryan: Political Parties and Groupings of Timor-Leste , 2nd edition, Australian Labor International, 2007 ( Memento of June 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 996 kB)
- Dennis Shoesmith: Political Parties and Groupings of Timor-Leste , 3rd edition, Australian Labor International, October 2011 ( Memento of May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- 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: pp. 299–311 ( Memento of October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ( RTF ; 199 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FORUM DEMOKRATIKU NASIONAL (APMT, BUP, PST, PSD, PDP, MLPM, PDC) KOMUNIKADU DE IMPRENSA , January 12, 2018 , accessed on January 13, 2018.
- ^ Facebook page of the FDD , accessed on March 3, 2018.