National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction

National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction

Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor
National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor
Leader	Xanana Gusmão
Founded	March 2007
Headquarters	Bairo Gurilhus, Dili
Youth wing	Youth Party Organisation
Women's wing	Women's Party Organisation
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Blue, White, Green, Gold, Brown
National Parliament	31 / 65
Party flag
Website
	partidocnrt.com
	Politics of East Timor; Political parties; Elections;

The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Portuguese: Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, CNRT) is a political party in East Timor founded by former President Xanana Gusmão in March 2007 in preparation for the 2007 parliamentary election.^[2]

According to provisional results, the party won 24.10% of the vote in the 2007 election, placing second behind FRETILIN, which won 29%. Based on the results, the CNRT would have 18 seats in parliament.^[3] In early July, the CNRT agreed to form a coalition with the Timorese Social Democratic Association–Social Democratic Party alliance and the Democratic Party to gain a parliamentary majority.^[4] The party, with its coalition partners, participated in talks with FRETILIN later in the month, with President José Ramos-Horta calling for the formation of a national unity government,^[5] but these talks were not successful. After weeks of dispute between the CNRT-led coalition and FRETILIN over who should form the government, Ramos-Horta announced on 6 August that the coalition would form the government and that Gusmão would become prime minister.^[6]^[7]

The main party of three-party coalition, Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP), National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, led by independence hero Xanana Gusmao, was in power from 2007–17, but leader of Fretilin Mari Alkatiri formed a coalition government after July 2017 parliamentary election. However, the new minority government soon fell, meaning second general election in May 2018.^[8] In June 2018, former president and independence fighter Jose Maria de Vasconcelos known as Taur Matan Ruak of three-party coalition, Alliance of Change for Progress (AMP), became the new prime minister.^[9]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%	Result
2022	José Ramos-Horta	303,477	46.56%	398,028	62.10%	Won Y

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2007	Xanana Gusmão	100,175	24.10%	18 / 65	New	2nd	Coalition (CNRT-PSD-ASDT-PD)
2012		172,831	36.66%	30 / 65	12	1st	Coalition (CNRT-PD)
2017		167,330	29.46%	22 / 65	8	2nd	Opposition
2018^[a]		309,663	49.58%	21 / 65	1	1st	Coalition (2018–2020) (CNRT-PLP-KHUNTO)
2018^[a]		309,663	49.58%	21 / 65	1	1st	Opposition (2020–2023)
2023		288,289	41.63%	31 / 65	10	1st	Coalition (CNRT-PD)