Timor Leste
A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024
Questionnaire
(1)Member
EMB Information
1. Country where your organization is located: Timor-Leste
2. Name of your organization: National Commission for
Elections
3. Date of your organization’s establishment: 2007
4. Type of organization: Legally independent
organization
5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two
Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): 1 Chairperson , 1 Vise Chairperson , 1 Secretary , 4 Members
6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□
Elected □ Appointed
7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):
□ Until
retirement age
□ Permanent
with no limit
□ Fixed
term (years) 5 Years Mandate according to the Law
- Reappointment
possible: □ Yes □ No
8. Total number of staff (based on full-time
employees at all levels of organization): 225 Staffs
at national and Municipalities
9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):
□ Election
management
□ Voter
registration
□ Delimitation
of electoral districts
□ Management
of political party affairs
□ Management
of political funds affairs
□ Enactment
and amendment of the Election Law
□ Voter
education
□ Mediation
of electoral disputes
□ Investigation
and enforcement against election law violations
(2)World
Election Database
Ⅰ.
National System
1. Form of Government:
□ Presidential
system
□ Parliamentary
system
□ Semi-presidential
system
□ Other
(please specify): 4 State Bodies composed by President of the Republic,
National Parliament, Government and Judicative Bodies s
2. Term of the President (if applicable): ( 5 ) years,
2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No
3. National Assembly:
□ Unicameral
□ Bicameral
4. If Unicameral:
4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: (
5 ) years
4-2. Limit on the number of
reappointments: □ Yes □ No
4-3. Number of seats in the
Parliament: ( 65 )
5. If Bicameral:
5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: (
) years
5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House:
( )
5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: (
) years
5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House:
( )
Ⅱ. General Electoral System
6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect
6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential
Election: □ Yes □ No
7. Parliamentary Election:
7-1. Upper House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%)
7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian _______%, Proportional _______%)
Ⅲ. Recent Election Status
8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)
8-1. Type of election:
□ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum □Others
(please specify): ________________________
8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 21
May 2023
*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on
the most recent election you mentioned above:
9. Number of polling stations:
□ Domestic ___1,800_______ □ Overseas
______0________
10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _7am to 3pm
11. Number of registered voters: __890,145_________
12. Voter turnout (%): 705,
693 voters participation (79,28%)
13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?
□ Yes □No □Other:
________________________
Ⅳ.Electoral
System: Voting and Counting Procedures
14. Voting age: _______17________
15. Age of candidacy:
15-1. President: _______30_________
15-2. Member of Parliament: _______17_______
16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No
17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:
□ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □
Other (please specify): Establishment of polling Centers at Embassy and or
General Consulate Office in Australia, United Kingdom, North Ireland, Portugal
and South Korea
18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No
19. Please check all special voting methods available:
□ Advance voting (early in-person voting)
□ Postal voting
□ Mobile booth voting
□ Proxy voting
□ Voting assistance for individuals with
neurodevelopmental or physical disabilities or senior citizens
□ Other (please specify): The voting Law and Regulations
stipulated to special attending to the peoples with neuro-developmental or
physical disabilities or senior citizens
20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot
counting:
□ Civil Servants □ Civilians
21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to
verify voters on election day?
□Yes □ No □ Other:
________________________
22. How is voting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it
in the ballot box)
□ Electronic- optical scanner
□ Electronic- touch screen voting
□ Electronic- internet voting
□ Other: ________________________
23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual □ Electronic □ Other
24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):
□ At each polling station □ At a
central counting center
25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all
that apply):
□ Immediately after voting ends □The
following day □ Other:
26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results? immediately counting at polling
stations, 48 hours in district tabulation centers, 72 hours in National
Tabulation Centers and 72 hours to announce the definitive results by Supreme
of Court
27. Is there a unified voter registry?
□ Centralized national registry □Multiple
regional registries
28. How often is the voter registry updated?
□Monthly □Annually □Only before
elections □ Other (please specify): Normally annually routine
activities of Voters Registration and 6 month specific voter registrations and
identifications, 30 days before election day the voter registration stop
automatically
29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?
□Yes □ No
Ⅴ. Political
Funds
30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially
covers the election campaign costs
for candidates?
□ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No
31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate
from campaign costs) for the
operation of political parties or elections?
□ Yes □ No
32. Is there a limit on election expenses?
□ Yes □ No
33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?
□ Yes □ No
________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 65
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 1,800
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 7 am and 3 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 890,145 (2023 election)
· Voter turnout: 79.28% (2023 parliamentary election)
· Voting age: 17
- Presidential: Absolute majority vote through a two-round system
- Parliamentary: A closed-list proportional representation system. There is one, nationwide constituency and a 3 percent threshold for entering parliament. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.
· Voting process: Verify voting card -> Cast ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The tabulation records from all polling centers within each of Timor-Leste’s 13 municipalities are then amalgamated at municipal tabulation centers.
3. Within two days of Election Day, each municipal tabulation committee must send the results of its tabulation to the National Elections Commission (CNE), and then an additional 72 hours to complete and publicize a provisional national tabulation of the election results.