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2016 East Timorese local elections

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where the male and female candidates who obtain the greatest number of valid votes win the election. The members of the Village Council will then indirectly elect the youth and Lian-na'in (traditional authority) representatives.
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The elections are conducted by the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (Secretariado Tecnico da Administracao Eleitoral) and the National Election Commission (Comissao Nacional de Eleicoes).
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In the Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who has obtained more than a half of valid votes is elected. A second round of voting is done if there is no clear majority winner.
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were able to elect Village Chiefs in the first round of voting of which 6 were women while 15 women were elected as Village Chiefs from 300
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For Village Chief and Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who gets more than half of the valid votes cast is elected.
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on 29 October 2016 for the first round and on 13 November 2016 for the second round to elect for Village Chiefs (
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This represented a jump from only 11 women elected as Village Chiefs in the 2009 elections.
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Local elections were originally scheduled for 9 October 2015 but were postponed by the
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At total of 21 women were elected as Village Chiefs. About 30% or 142 out of the 442
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The election for Village Council delegates follow the
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Index

East Timor
sucos
National Parliament
winner-take-all system


"Elections in Timor-Leste: 2016 Local Elections"
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
"Democracy, Representation, and Accountability in Timor-Leste"
The Asia Foundation
"September and October with elections of local and traditional leaders in Timor-Leste"
the original
"Law No. 9/2016"
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
"CONFERÊNCIA DA IMPRENSA RELATIVAMENTE AO RESULTADO PROVISÓRIO DAS ELEIÇÕES DOS ÓRGÃOS DOS SUCOS DE 2016"


"Local Elections Conducted Successfully"
"Number of elected female Suco Chiefs nearly doubles"
"Women win record number of seats in Timor-Leste village elections"
UN Women
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East Timor
Elections and referendums in East Timor
Presidential elections
2002
2007
2012

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