List of presidential candidates for the 2012 election

CJITL has published a list of candidates who have formally registered with the Court of Appeal (the highest court in Timor-Leste), and they are as follows:

Candidate	Proponents	Gender	Party	Associated with
Taur Matan Ruak	10,000	Male	Independent	F-FDTL, veterans
Francisco Gomes	5,177	Male	PLTA	ASDT
Anjela Freitas da Silva	7,500	Female	Trabalhista Party
Angelita Maria Francisca Pires	5,100	Female	Independent	Petitioners, the late F-FDTL major Alfredo Reinado
Rogerio Tiago de Fatima  Lobato	7,215	Male	Independent	FRETILIN
Lucas da Costa	6,890	Male	Independent	PD
Francisco Guteres Lu-Olo	22,590	Male	FRETILIN
Abilio da Conceição Abrantes Araujo	5,000	Male	PNT
Jose Ramos-Horta	7,977	Male	Independent, but has backing of PDN
Francisco Xavier do Amaral	7,262	Male	Bloku Proklamadór	ASDT
Fernando de Araujo Lasama	8,314	Male	PD
Manuel Tilman	14,170	Male	KOTA
Maria do Ceu da Silva Lopes	5,541	Female	Independent
Jose Luis Guterres	12,222	Male	FRENTI-Mudansa

There is a third woman in the race, Maria do Ceu da Silva Lopes, or Ceu Lopes as she is more widely known. Ceu Lopes has been involved in Timor-Leste's reconstruction effort, in particular through the agency which she co-founded, Timor Aid.