Election
- The Constitution and Laws of the Democratic Republic of East Timor
Election
Section 76
(Election)
1. The President of the Republic shall be elected by universal, free,
direct, secret, and personal suffrage.
2. The election of the President of the Republic shall be conducted through
the system based on the majority of validly expressed votes, excluding blank
votes.
3. Where no candidate gets more than half of the votes, a second round shall
take place on the 30th day following the first voting.
4. Only the two candidates obtaining the highest number of votes shall be
eligible to stand in a run-off election, provided they have not withdrawn their
candidacies.
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