Timorese Nationalist Party

The Timorese Nationalist Party (Indonesian: Partai Nasionalis Timor; Portuguese: Partido Nacionalista Timorense; PNT) is a political party in East Timor.

Timorese Nationalist Party
Partido Nacionalista Timorense
AbbreviationPNT
FounderAbílio Araújo
Founded15 June 1999
IdeologyNationalism
Pre-independence:
Autonomism
Pro-Indonesia
National Parliament
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Party flag

In the parliamentary election held on 30 August 2001, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 88 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2007, the PNT won 2.42% of the vote, and did not win any seats in parliament, as it did not reach the 3% threshold to win seats.[1]

The party supported Timorese autonomy within Indonesia prior to the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum.

References

  1. "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections" Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.


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