Since the last parliamentary elections in 2012, only four political parties are represented in Parliament. The distribution of seats is as follows: FRETILIN (Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor): 25 seats PD (Democratic Party of East Timor): 8 Seats CNRT (National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction): 30 seats Frenti-Mudança (a splinter group from FRETILIN): 2 seats
In 2001, twelve political parties gained representation in the Constituent Assembly and hence were represented in the inaugural National Parliament of Timor-Leste. The parties were represented as follows: FRETILIN (Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor): 54 seats PD (Democratic Party of East Timor): 7 Seats PSD (Social Democratic Party of East Timor): 6 Seats ASDT (Social Democratic Association of East Timor): 6 Seats PNT (Timorese Nationalist Party): 2 Seats UDT (Timorese Democratic Union): 2 Seats KOTA (Union of Timorese Hero Sons): 2 Seats PPT (People’s Party of Timor): 2 Seats PDC (Christian Democratic Party of Timor): 2 Seats UDC (Christian Democratic Union of Timor): 1 Seat PST (Socialist Party of Timor): 1 Seat PL (Liberal Party): 1 Seat
Resources :
PDF : 2017 Timor-Leste Parliamentary Election List of Parliamentary slates from all parties
PDF : Poster from the Production of Political Party Information for the 2007 Parliamentary Election in Timor-Leste 2007 (Tetum)
PDF : Timor-Leste: Handout from Production of Political Party Information for the 2007 Parliamentary Election in Timor-Leste (2007).
PDF : Proposal for Production of Political Party Information for the Parliamentary Election 2007
PDF : Law N.o 6/2008 regulating the financing of political parties (Portuguese)