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2001 East Timorese parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	United Nations
previous_election	1999
next_election	2007
first_election	yes
seats_for_election	All 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly
election_date	30 August 2001
party1	Fretilin	leader1=Mari Alkatiri	seats1=55	percentage1=57.37
party2	Democratic Party (East Timor)	leader2=Fernando de Araújo	seats2=7	percentage2=8.72
party3	PSD	percentage3=8.18	seats3=6	leader3=Mário Viegas Carrascalão
party4	Timorese Social Democratic Association	percentage4=7.84	seats4=6	leader4=Francisco Xavier do Amaral
party5	UDT	percentage5=2.36	seats5=2	leader5=João Viegas Carrascalão
party6	PNT	percentage6=2.21	seats6=2	leader6=Aliança de Araújo
party7	KOTA	percentage7=2.13	seats7=2	leader7=
party8	PPT	percentage8=2.01	seats8=2	leader8=
party9	PDC	percentage9=1.98	seats9=2	leader9=
party10	PST	percentage10=1.78	leader10=	seats10=1
party11	Liberal Party (East Timor)	percentage11=1.10	seats11=1	leader11=
party12	Christian Democratic Union of Timor	percentage12=0.66	seats12=1	leader12=Vicente Guterres
party13	Independents	percentage13= 1.47	seats13=1	leader13=
map	2001 East Timorese parliamentary election - Results by municipality.svg
map_caption	Most voted-for party by district and results by constituency
posttitle	Prime Minister-designate
after_election	Mari Alkatiri
after_party	Fretilin
turnout	86.03%

Constituent Assembly elections were held in East Timor on 30 August 2001, the second anniversary of the independence referendum. One member was elected from each of the country's thirteen districts, whilst a further 75 were elected by proportional representation. The result was a victory for Fretilin, which won 55 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 93%. Following the election the Constituent Assembly nominated a transitional Council of Ministers with Mari Alkatiri as Chief Minister.

Background

The elections were held to elect 88 members of a constituent assembly (the precursor of the National Parliament), which would be in charge of drafting the first constitution of the Asian country. These were the first free and fair elections to take place on Timorese territory in its entire history after the end of the Portuguese colonial period and the occupation by Indonesia (1975-1999). The elections were managed by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to begin the second phase of the transition to full independence, after most of the Timorese infrastructure was destroyed by pro-Indonesian militias following the August 1999 independence referendum.

Of the 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly, 13 would be elected by uninominal majority vote in representation of the thirteen districts that make up the country, while the remaining 75 would be elected by proportional representation by lists. Seventeen parties presented lists for the election.

Results

Aftermath

The Constituent Assembly was installed and invested a local autonomous government on 20 September led by a Council of Ministers, the first elected government in the country's history. Fretilin's Secretary General, Mari Alkatiri, took over as President of the Council of Ministers in coalition with the PD, with a two-thirds majority. On 20 May 2002 the United Nations protectorate came to an end and the territory became independent as the Democratic Republic of East Timor. The Constituent Assembly was reconstituted as the National Parliament, and the government of Alkatiri (who changed his position to Prime Minister) became the first constitutional government.

The Assembly had the mandate of preparing a constitution. It had to be approved by at least 60 of the 88 members within 90 days of the Assembly's first sitting. The new constitution was promulgated in March 2002, and following independence on 20 May, served as its first Parliament. Presidential elections were held in April 2002 in which Xanana Gusmão was victorious.

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2369_01.htm Timor-Leste: Elections held in 2001] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[https://www.un.org/peace/etimor/untaetR/2001-28.pdf On the establishment of the Council of Ministers] United Nations
Azul 2, Malai. (17 August 2006). "Timor Online - Em directo de Timor-Leste: Resultados das eleições de 2001".
[https://www.un.org/peace/etimor/untaetR/reg20012.pdf On the election of a Constituent Assembly to prepare a constitution for an independent and democratic East Timor] United Nations
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050111111852/http://www.gov.east-timor.org/constitution/constitution-Timor-Leste.pdf Constitution of East Timor] Government of East Timor

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