At stake in this election:

• 88 seats in the Constituent Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Jose RAMOS-HORTA
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Estanislau da SILVA
• Assembly: Timor-Leste has a unicameral Constituent Assembly with 88 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Constituent Assembly, 13 members are elected in single-member constituencies and 75 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor
• National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor-Leste
• Coalition of Social Democratic Association of Timor and Social Democrats
• Democratic Party
• National Unity Party
• National Democratic Unity of Timorese Resistance
• Democratic Alliance of Association of Timorese Heroes

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,013,194 (2007)
• Registered Voters: 524,073 (2007)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 499,218 (2007)

·         Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Timor-Leste ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (16 April 2003)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 22

·         Human Development Index Position: 133 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Timor-Leste a signatory to CRPD: No

·         Has Timor-Leste ratified CRPD: No

·         Population with a disability: 151,979 (est.)