Xanana Gusmao ‘s party tops in E.Timor election

July 9, 2012

Parliamentary election in East Timor, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction is the political party of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has won the most votes in the country’s parliamentary election, but failed to get a majority.
The electoral administration committee announced the result of vote counting on Sunday, in which 21 political parties competed for 65 seats in the national parliament.
Gusmao’s party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction received 36-percent of the total. It was followed by the opposition Fretilin– the Re