2017 East Timorese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in East Timor on 20 March 2017. Incumbent President Taur Matan Ruak, who was eligible for a second term, chose not to run for re-election. The result was a victory for Francisco Guterres of FRETILIN.

Electoral system
The President of East Timor is elected using the two-round system. If it had been required, a second round would have been held on 20 April.

Candidates

 * José Neves (Independent), a former guerilla leader and was deputy commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (Comissão Anti-Corrupção (CAC)) until July 2016.
 * António da Conceição (Democratic Party)
 * José Luís Guterres (Frenti-Mudança)
 * Amorim Vieira (Independent)
 * Luís Alves Tilman (Independent)
 * Francisco Guterres (FRETILIN)
 * Antonio Maher Lopes (Socialist Party of Timor)
 * Ángela Freitas (Timorese Labor Party)