At stake in this election:

• 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Kay Rala Xanana GUSMAO
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Mari Bin Amude ALKATIRI
• Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral Constituent Assembly with 88 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Constituent Assembly, 13 members are elected in single-member constituencies and 75 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (Fretilin)
  • Leader: Lu OLO
  • Seats won in this election: 55
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Democratic Party (PD)
  • Leader: Fernando 'La Sama' de ARAUJO
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Social Democratic Party (PSD)
  • Leader: Mario Viegos CARRASCALAO
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Timorese Social Democrat Association (ASDT)
  • Leader: Francisco XAVIER DO AMARAL
  • Seats won in this election: 6
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Timorese Democratic Union (UDT)
  • Leader: Joao CARRASCALAO
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Socialist Party of Timor (PST)
  • Leader: Pedro da COSTA MARTINS
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Others
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 865,848 (2001)
• Registered Voters: 446,666 (2001)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 426,738 (2001)

·         Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Timor-Leste ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (16 April 2003)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 22

·         Human Development Index Position: 133 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Timor-Leste ratified CRPD: No

·         Population with a disability: 129,877 (est.)