East Timorese parliamentary election, 2007

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All 65 seats to the National Parliament of East Timor

	First party	Second party

Leader	Xanana Gusmão	Mari Alkatiri
Party	CNRT	FRETILIN
Last election	new party	55 seats, 57.4%
Seats won	18	21
Seat change	±18	–34
Popular vote	100,175	120,592
Percentage	24.10%	29.02%

Prime Minister before election

Estanislau da Silva
FRETILIN

Prime Minister-designate

Xanana Gusmão
CNRT

Estanislau da Silva
FRETILIN

Xanana Gusmão
CNRT

A parliamentary election was held in East Timor on 30 June 2007. Although a narrow plurality was achieved by the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), a coalition involving the next three largest groups formed a government. New Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão (who was the nation's President until May 2007) of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT) was sworn in on 8 August 2007; Fernando de Araújo of the Democratic Party became President of the National Parliament.

Vote counting in this election was conducted differently due to a new law, according to which votes were to be counted at district counting centres, rather than at polling stations as they were formerly. It was required of parties that one out of every four candidates on their candidate lists be women.

Former President Xanana Gusmão contested the elections with his newly founded National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction. Fourteen parties participated in the election for the 65 seats in parliament, conducted on the basis of proportional representation with party lists.

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