East Timor PM's party leads election

Published: 4:39PM Sunday July 08, 2012 Source: Newstalk ZB

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East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's party looks set to win this weekend's parliamentary elections.

His centre-left National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction won 36.11% of the votes in yesterday's poll, according to the official tally of more than 95% of the votes released by the electoral commission.

The main opposition left-wing Fretilin party was in second place with 30.09%.

The Democratic Party, a member of the current ruling coalition, won 10.56% of the vote.

The preliminary results indicate that the outgoing prime minister's term of five years may be extended.

Final results are not expected for several days.

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