Independence leader and Nobel laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, and incumbent leader Francisco Guterres have emerged as the early frontrunners in East Timor's presidential election, official data showed.
With more than 33% of the vote counted on Sunday afternoon, a day after the nation went to the polls, data from East Timor's Technical Secretariat for Election Administration showed Ramos-Horta in the lead with 44.5%.
