East Timorese parliamentary election, 2001

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Elections for the 88-member Constituent Assembly^[1] were held on August 30, 2001, the second anniversary of the autonomy referendum, which resulted in a plurality of seats for the FRETLIN party. The Assembly nominated a transitional Council of Ministers^[2] the following month. The Council of Ministers had 24 members and was led by transitional Chief Minister Mari Alkatiri.

[edit] Results

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Summary of the 30 August 2001 National Parliament of East Timor **election results**
Parties	%	Seats
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente)	57.4	55
Democratic Party (Partido Democrático )	8.7	7
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata)	8.2	6
Timorese Social Democratic Association (Associação Social-Democrata Timorense)	7.8	6
Timorese Democratic Union (União Democrática Timorense)	2.4	2
Timorese Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista Timorense)	2.2	2
Association of Timorese Heroes (Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain)	2.1	2
People's Party of Timor (Partido do Povo de Timor)	2.0	2
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrata Cristão)	2.0	2
Socialist Party of Timor (Partido Socialista de Timor)	1.8	1
Liberal Party (Partai Liberal)	1.1	1
Christian Democratic Party of Timor (Partido Democrata-Cristão de Timor)	0.7	1
Non-partisan		1
Total (turnout 91.3		88
Source: UNTAET/CNN/Adam Carr. The parliament was elected as Constituent Assembly

[edit] Aftermath

The Constituent Assembly completed work on a draft constitution and this was promulgated in March 2002, ^[3] the Assembly would serve as the parliament of East Timor following independence. Presidential elections were held in April in which Xanana Gusmao was elected president of a future independent East Timor. East Timor became an independent state on May 20, 2002.