Democratic Party (Timor-Leste)

Democratic Party Partido Democrático
Leader	Mariano Sabino Lopes
Founder	Fernando de Araújo
Founded	10 June 2001
Preceded by	National Council of Timorese Resistance
Headquarters	Rua de Colmera, Dili
Youth wing	Democratic Youth
Women's wing	Democratic Women's Organisation
Ideology	Social liberalism Decentralisation
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-left[2]
Colours	Blue, White
National Parliament	6 / 65
Party flag
Website
partidodemocratico.org
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The Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático) or the Democratic Party in Timor-Leste is a political party in Timor-Leste, established on 10 June, 2001. Currently, most of the members of the party are of the young generation who are studying abroad, and those who have completed their studies in Indonesia, Norway, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Political history

In the 2001 parliamentary election held on 30 August, the party won 8.7% of the popular vote and seven out of 88 seats, the second-highest representation in parliament, after Fretilin.

In the April 2007 presidential election, the party's leader, Fernando de Araújo, took third place with 19.18% of the vote.^[3]

In provisional results of the June 2007 parliamentary election, the party won 11.30% of the vote, placing fourth.^[4]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First Round		Second Round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2007	Fernando de Araújo	77,459	19.18%	—		Lost N
2012		80,381	17.30%	—		Lost N
2017	António da Conceição	167,794	32.46%	—		Lost N
2022	Mariano Sabino Lopes	47,334	7.26%	—		Lost N

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2001	Fernando de Araújo	31,680	8.72%	7 / 88	New	2nd	Opposition
2007		46,946	11.30%	8 / 65	1	4th	Coalition (CNRT-PSD-ASDT-PD)
2012		48,851	10.31%	8 / 65	0	3rd	Coalition (CNRT-PD)
2017		55,595	9.79%	7 / 65	1	4th	Opposition
2018	Mariano Sabino Lopes	50,370	8.07%	5 / 65	2	3rd	Opposition (2018-2020)
							Coalition (2020-2023) (Fretilin-PLP-KHUNTO-PD)
2023		64,517	9.32%	6 / 65	1	3rd	Coalition (CNRT-PD)

External links

• Official website

References

1. Lansford, Tom (2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018–2019. CQ Press. p. 1585. ISBN 9781544327136. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. Shoesmith, Dennis (October 2011), Political Parties and Groupings of Timor-Leste (3rd ed.), p. 36
3. 2007 presidential election results Archived 16 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Timor-Leste Election Commission website.
4. "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections" Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.