Chamber:
	Constituent Assembly
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	30 August 2001
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held to choose the 88 members of the Constituent Assembly
Background and outcome of elections:
	An estimated 93 per cent of the 425,000 registered electors cast votes on 30 August 2001 to choose an 88-member Constituent Assembly with the task of framing a Constitution in preparation for full independence in 2002. Since the withdrawal of Indonesia in the bloody aftermath of the August 1999 referendum on the status of East Timor, the territory had been governed under the auspices of the UN Transitional Administration for East Timor. On 31 January 2002, the Constituent Assembly voted to turn itself into the country's first legislature. During its first term of office, the Parliament would comprise 88 members on an exceptional basis. Section 151 (Transformation of the Constituent Assembly) was passed with 65 in favour, 16 against and 2 abstentions after a nominal vote in which each member had to declare his position. East Timor acceded to statehood on 20 May 2002. The same day, the new Parliament started to function.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (30 August 2001): Elections results
Number of registered electors	425'000
Voters	93%

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
Revolutionary Front for an independent East Timor (FRETILIN)	55
Democratic Party	7
Social-democratic association of Timor (ASDT)	6
Social Democrat Party (PSD)	6
Democratic Union of Timor (UDT)	2
Klibur Oan Timor Asuwain (KOTA)	2
Christian Democratic Party (PDC)	2
Nationalist Party of Timor (PNT)	2
Popular Party of Timor (PPT)	2
Socialist Party of Timor (PST)	1
Liberal Party (PL)	1
Christian-democratic Party of Timor (UDC/PDC)	1
Independents	1

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	66
Women:	22
Percent of women:	25.29