UN mission announces early election results for two more East Timor districts

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today announced final results for another two of the territory's 13 districts, leaving only the outcome of the balloting in the capital, Dili, to be determined.

UNTAET's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said that in the 30 August voting for the districts of Manufahi and Baucau, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) party won a majority in both places.

The final voter turnout in the Constituent Assembly elections amounted to 384,227 voters, or 91.3 per cent of those eligible to vote. UNTAET's Chief Electoral Officer Carlos Valenzuela took the opportunity to congratulate the people of East Timor for having come out massively to cast their vote.