This article lists the current and former political parties in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is a democratic, multi-party state. The Indonesian parties that were represented in the country during the occupation period (1975-1999) are not listed. Official registration and admission of a party takes place at the Timor-Leste Supreme Court of Justice. This requires the signatures of 20,000 supporters, with 1000 signatures from each municipalities.

Parties Parliamentary parties Five parties currently hold seats in the National Parliament:

Party Abbr. Founded Ideology Political position MPs Flag National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction CNRT 2007 Social democracy Centre-left Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Fretilin 1974 Democratic Party PD 2001 Centre to centre-left Enrich the National Unity of the Sons of Timor KHUNTO 2011 People's Liberation Party PLP 2015 Centre

Unrepresented parties

Party Abbr. Founded Ideology Political position Flag Timorese Democratic Union UDT 1974 Right-wing Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste – Change FM 2011 Centre-left Democratic Unity Development Party PUDD 2016 Christian Democratic Party PDC 2000 Centre-left Timorese Labour Party PT, PTT 1974 Centre-left Green Party of Timor Os Verdes 2022 Democratic Republic of Timor Party PDRT 2007 Veterans' interests National Unity of Timorese Resistance UNDERTIM 2005 Republican Party PR 2005 Centre-left Social Democratic Party PSD 2000 Centre Socialist Party of Timor PST 1997 Left-wing to far-left Timorese Social Democratic Action Center CASDT 2015 Social democracy Centre to centre-left Hope of the Fatherland Party PEP 2012 People's Party of Development PDP 2012 Party of National Development PDN 2008 Conservatism Freedom Movement for the Maubere people MLPM 2013 Timor-Leste National Republic Party PARENTIL 2001 Conservatism Timorese Democratic Party PTD 2008 Democratic Liberal Party PDL 2011 Conservative liberalism Centre-right PLPA 2009 Populism Timorese People's Monarchist Association APMT 2012 Monarchism

Defunct and unregistered parties

Party Abbr. Founded Dissolved Ideology Political position Flag Association of Timorese Heroes AHT 1974 2017 Right-wing Christian Democratic Union of Timor UDC 1998 2007 Christian democracy Centre-right Liberal Party PL 2001 2017 Conservative liberalism Centre-right Millennium Democratic Party PMD 2004 2012 Centre-left National Unity Party PUN 2005 2017 Right-wing People's Party of Timor PPT 2000 2012 Right-wing Timorese Nationalist Party PNT 1999 2012 Timorese Popular Democratic Association APODETI 1974 2007 Right-wing Democratic Party of Maurebe PDM 2000 2001 Timorese Social Democratic Association ASDT 1974 2018 Centre to centre-left

Partido Timor Forte (PARTIFOR) is currently striving for registration, but as of January 2021 has not yet met all the requirements.Timor Post: Partidu Foun Balun Seidauk Rejistu Halo Ona Sensebilizasaun inklui PATIFOR, 17 September 2020, accessed 20 September 2020. The Party leader is Gregório Saldanha.Timor Post: Gregório Saldanha deixará Comité 12 de Novembro após formalização do PATIFOR, 28 July 2020, accessed 2 August 2020. The same applies to the Partidu Dezenvolvementu Sosiál (PDS). The application was rejected by FITUN in January 2021.Tatoli: Partidu os Verdes ho FITUN la prienxe rekizitu, 12 January 2021, accessed 12 January 2021. The Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Nasionál (PUDN), which is active in 2021, has not yet provided any information on its application for registration. In 2023, the registration of the Aliança Nacional Democrata (AND) has not yet been completed.

Party alliances This list compiles the party alliances (coalitions) in Timor Leste with their own respective names, founding, member parties, and flags.

Alliances Abbr. Founded Members FlagAliança da Maioria ParlamentarAMP 2007–2012 CNRT, PD, ASDT, PSD, UNDERTIM Aliança para Mudança e ProgressoAMP 2017 CNRT, PLP, KHUNTO (Until 2018 Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar)Aliança Democrática KOTA/PPTAD 2007 KOTA, PPT Aliança DemocráticaAD 2012 KOTA, PTTAliança DemocrataAD2023 AND, PDP, PLPABloku Unidade PopularBUP 2015–2018 PDRT, PMD, PLPA (until 2018), PST (until 2016), PARENTIL (until 2017) Coligação Bloco ProclamadorBloco Proclamador 2012 PARENTIL, PMD Fórum Demokrátiku NasionálFDN 2017–2018 APMT, BUP, PST, PSD, PDP, MLPM, PDC Frente Ampla DemocraticaFAD 2023 UDT, FM, CASDT, PDNFrenti Dezenvolvimentu DemokratikuFDD 2017–2018 PUDD, FM, UDT, PDNFacebook-Auftritt der FDD, retrieved 3 March 2018.Liga Democrática ProgressivaLDP 2007–(?) PDC, PDRT, PMD, PNT, PST, UDT Movimentu Dezenvolvimentu NasionalMDN 2018 APMT, MLPM, PLPA, UNDERTIM Movimento Social DemocrataMSD 2018 PSD, PST, PDC, CASDT

Election results

References

External links

Pat Walsh: East Timor's Political Parties and Groupings Briefing Notes, Australian Council for Overseas Aid 2001 (MS Word; 174 kB) (PDF; 996 kB)

Dennis Shoesmith: Party Systems and Factionalism in Timor-Leste, 2020. Lurdes Silva-Carneiro de Sousa: (RTF; 199 kB) Political Parties and Groupings of Timor Leste, ALP International Projects Group, 2007. Political Parties in the Pacific Islands, Australian National University, 2008