2016 East Timorese local elections

none Local elections were held in East Timor on 29 October 2016 for the first round and on 13 November 2016 for the second round to elect Village Chiefs (Chefe do Suco) and delegates for Village Councils (Conselho do Suco) in 442 sucos (villages). It included the election of Hamlet Chiefs (Chefe do Aldeia) in 2,225 aldeias (communities). Elected officials will serve a seven-year term.Elections in Timor-Leste: 2016 Local Elections https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/2016_ifes_timor_leste_suco_elections_faqs.pdf ifes.org International Foundation for Electoral Systems 30 April 2020 PDF 28 October 2016 25 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201125005616/https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/2016_ifes_timor_leste_suco_elections_faqs.pdf dead Background Local elections were originally scheduled for 9 October 2015 but were postponed by the National Parliament.Democracy, Representation, and Accountability in Timor-Leste https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Democracy-Representation-and-Accountability-in-Timor-Leste-final.pdf asiafoundation.org The Asia Foundation 30 April 2020 6 PDF November 2015September and October with elections of local and traditional leaders in Timor-Leste http://noticias.sapo.tl/portugues/info/artigo/1484046.html noticias.sapo.tl SAPO Notícias 30 April 2020 2 September 2016 6 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160906053642/http://noticias.sapo.tl/portugues/info/artigo/1484046.html dead On 5 July 2016, Law No. 09/2016, also known as the "Law of Sucos," was enacted. It includes a provision on the manner of election for the village chiefs, village councils and hamlet chiefs. However, it does not provide overseas voting.Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Law No. 9/2016 https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/suco_law.2016.english.final_.pdf ifes.org International Foundation for Electoral Systems 30 April 2020 PDF Electoral system The election for Village Council delegates follows the winner-take-all system, 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. For Village Chief and Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who gets more than half of the valid votes is elected. In the Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who obtains more than half of the valid votes is elected. If there is no clear majority winner, a second round of voting is conducted. The Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (Secretariado Tecnico da Administracao Eleitoral) and the National Election Commission (Comissao Nacional de Eleicoes) conduct the elections. Results A total of 21 women were elected as Village Chiefs. About 30% or 142 out of the 442 sucos 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 sucos that held a second round of voting.CONFERÊNCIA DA IMPRENSA RELATIVAMENTE AO RESULTADO PROVISÓRIO DAS ELEIÇÕES DOS ÓRGÃOS DOS SUCOS DE 2016 http://timor-leste.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CONFER%C3%8ANCIA-DA-IMPRENSA-RELATIVAMENTE-AO-RESULTADO-PROVIS%C3%93RIO-DAS-ELEI%C3%87%C3%95ES-DOS-%C3%93RG%C3%83OS-DOS-SUCOS-DE-20161.pdf timor-leste.gov.tl 30 April 2020 Portuguese PDF 16 November 2016Local Elections Conducted Successfully http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=16632&lang=en timor-leste.gov.tl 30 April 2020 31 October 2016 This represented a jump from only 11 women elected as Village Chiefs in the 2009 elections.Number of elected female Suco Chiefs nearly doubles http://timor-leste.gov.tl/?p=16779&lang=en timor-leste.gov.tl 30 April 2020 18 November 2016Women win record number of seats in Timor-Leste village elections https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/12/women-win-record-number-of-seats-in-timor-leste-village-elections unwomen.org UN Women 30 April 2020 12 December 2016 +CategoryTotalVillage Chief candidates2,071Village Chiefs elected442Hamlet Chiefs elected2,225Registered voters for local elections728,363 References East Timor Local East Timor East Timor Category:Local elections in Timor-Leste