List of political parties in East Timor

Political parties in East Timor lists political parties in this country. East Timor is a democratic but one party dominant state with the Fretilin in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The parties

The general rule on naming applies. That means: the parties are named in the English translation and the original native name is placed on the first line of the article unless the native form is more commonly used in English than the English form. Rationale and specifics: See: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).

• Democratic Party (Partido Democrático)
• Fretilin (Frente Revolucionária do Timor Leste Independente) (Revolutionary Front of a Independent East Timor)
• Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata)
• Timorese Social-Democratic Association (Associação Social-Democrata Timorense)
• Timorese Democratic Union (União Democrática Timorense)

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals