List of political parties in Timor-Leste

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:

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	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position	MPs
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor	CNRT	2007	Social democracy	Centre-left	31 / 65
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente	Fretilin	1974	Social democracy Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalism 1981–1984: Communism Marxism-Leninism	Centre-left 1981–1984: Far-left	19 / 65
Democratic Party Partido Democrático	PD	2001	Social liberalism Decentralisation	Centre to centre-left	6 / 65
Enrich the National Unity of the Sons of Timor Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan	KHUNTO	2011	Unemployed youth interests Anti-corruption^[1]		5 / 65
People's Liberation Party Partidu Libertasaun Popular	PLP	2015	Developmentalism Fiscal conservatism	Centre	4 / 65

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Unrepresented parties

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	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Political position
Timorese Democratic Union União Democrática Timorense	UDT	1974	Conservatism Nationalism Factions: Regionalism (until 1975) Lusotropicalism (until 1975)	Right-wing
Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste – Change Frente de Reconstrução Nacional de Timor-Leste – Mudança	FM	2011	Social democracy Reformism	Centre-left
Democratic Unity Development Party Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku	PUDD	c. 2016	Poverty reduction Humanism^[2]
Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrata Cristão	PDC	2000	Christian democracy Social democracy Christian humanism^[3]	Centre-left
Timorese Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Timorense	PT, PTT	1974	Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Feminism^[4]	Centre-left
Green Party of Timor Partido os Verdes de Timor	Os Verdes	2022	Unemployed youth interests Green politics
Democratic Republic of Timor Party Partido Democratika Republica de Timor	PDRT	c. 2007	Veterans' interests
National Unity of Timorese Resistance União Nacional Democrática de Resistência Timorense	UNDERTIM	2005	Veterans' interests Populism
Republican Party Partidu Republikanu	PR	2005	Social democracy Decentralisation Progressivism Pacifism	Centre-left
Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata	PSD	2000	Liberalism Social conservatism	Centre
Socialist Party of Timor Partido Socialista de Timor	PST	1997	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Left-wing to far-left
Timorese Social Democratic Action Center Centro Acção Social-Democrata Timorense	CASDT	2015	Social democracy	Centre to centre-left
Hope of the Fatherland Party Partido Esperança da Pátria	PEP	2012	Youth politics Pacifism Humanism
People's Party of Development Partido do Desenvolvimento Popular	PDP	2012	[data missing]
Party of National Development Partido do Desenvolvimento Nacional	PDN	2008	Conservatism
Freedom Movement for the Maubere people Movimentu Libertasaun ba Povu Maubere	MLPM	2013	Christian humanism Patriotism^[5]
Timor-Leste National Republic Party Partido Republika Nacional Timor Leste	PARENTIL	2001	Conservatism
Timorese Democratic Party Partido Timorense Democrático	PTD	2008	[data missing]
Democratic Liberal Party Partido Democrática Liberal	PDL	c. 2011	Conservative liberalism	Centre-right
People's Freedom Party of the Aileba [de] Partidu Liberta Povu Aileba	PLPA	2009	Populism
Timorese People's Monarchist Association Associação Popular Monarquia Timorense	APMT	c. 2012	Monarchism

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Defunct and unregistered parties

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	Abbr.	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Political position
Association of Timorese Heroes Associação dos Heróis Timorenses	AHT	1974	2017	National conservatism Cultural conservatism Monarchism	Right-wing
Christian Democratic Union of Timor União Democrata-Crista de Timor	UDC	c. 1998	c. 2007	Christian democracy	Centre-right
Liberal Party Partai Liberal	PL	c. 2001	c. 2017	Conservative liberalism	Centre-right
Millennium Democratic Party Partido Milénio Democrático	PMD	2004	c. 2012	Feminism Social democracy^[6]	Centre-left
National Unity Party Partido Unidade Nacional	PUN	2005	c. 2017	Christian democracy Economic liberalism Social conservatism Agrarianism Anti-communism	Right-wing
People's Party of Timor Partido do Povo de Timor	PPT	2000	c. 2012	Conservatism Traditionalism Monarchism^[7]	Right-wing
Timorese Nationalist Party Partido Nacionalista Timorense	PNT	1999	2012	Nationalism Pre-independence: Autonomism Pro-Indonesia
Timorese Popular Democratic Association Associação Popular Democratica Timorense	APODETI	1974	c. 2007	Conservatism Autonomism Indonesian integration (until 2000)	Right-wing
Democratic Party of Maurebe Partai Demokratik Maubere	PDM	2000	2001	APODETI Remnants Conservatism
Timorese Social Democratic Association Associação Social-Democrata Timorense	ASDT	1974	2018	Social democracy^[8] Third Way	Centre^[9]^[10] to centre-left

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Partido Timor Forte (PARTIFOR) is currently striving for registration, but as of January 2021 has not yet met all the requirements.^[11] The Party leader is Gregório Saldanha.^[12] The same applies to the Partidu Dezenvolvementu Sosiál (PDS). The application was rejected by FITUN in January 2021.^[13] The Partidu Unidade Dezenvolvimentu Nasionál (PUDN), which is active in 2021, has not yet provided any information on its application for registration.^[14] In 2023, the registration of the Aliança Nacional Democrata (AND) has not yet been completed.^[15]

Party alliances

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

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	Abbr.	Founded	Members
Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar	AMP	2007–2012	CNRT, PD, ASDT, PSD, UNDERTIM
Aliança para Mudança e Progresso	AMP	c. 2017	CNRT, PLP, KHUNTO (Until 2018 Aliança da Maioria Parlamentar)
Aliança Democrática KOTA/PPT	AD	2007	KOTA, PPT
Aliança Democrática	AD	2012	KOTA, PTT
Aliança Democrata	AD	2023	AND, PDP, PLPA^[15]
Bloku Unidade Popular	BUP	2015–2018	PDRT, PMD, PLPA (until 2018), PST (until 2016), PARENTIL (until 2017)
Coligação Bloco Proclamador	Bloco Proclamador	2012	PARENTIL, PMD
Fórum Demokrátiku Nasionál	FDN	2017–2018	APMT, BUP, PST, PSD, PDP, MLPM, PDC
Frente Ampla Democratica	FAD	c. 2023	UDT, FM, CASDT, PDN^[15]
Frenti Dezenvolvimentu Demokratiku	FDD	2017–2018	PUDD, FM, UDT, PDN^[16]
Liga Democrática Progressiva	LDP	2007–(?)	PDC, PDRT, PMD, PNT, PST, UDT
Movimentu Dezenvolvimentu Nasional	MDN	c. 2018	APMT, MLPM, PLPA, UNDERTIM
Movimento Social Democrata	MSD	c. 2018	PSD, PST, PDC, CASDT