Elections in Albania
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Albania |
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Albania holds elections on a national level for a legislature. The Assembly of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) has 140 members elected for four-year terms. The electoral system is closed list proportional representation. There are 12 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's 12 administrative regions. Within any constituency, parties must meet a threshold of 3 percent of votes, and pre-election coalitions must meet a threshold of 5 percent of votes.[1][2]
This electoral system replaced a mixed-member system in November 2008.[3] Under the old system, 100 members were elected directly in single member constituencies with approximately equal numbers of voters. 40 were elected from multi-name lists of parties or party coalitions according to their ranking. The total number of deputies of a party or a party coalition was to be, to the closest possible extent, proportional to the valid votes won by that party or coalition on the national scale in the first round of elections. Parties that received less than 2.5% and coalitions that received less than 4% of the valid votes on the national scale in the first round of elections did not benefit from the respective multi-name list.
The change was criticised by the smaller parties, but supported by the two main parties. It was considered an important step towards Albania's European integration. Other changes included limiting the prosecutor general's term to five years, forcing an early election in case of a no-confidence vote and reducing the majority required to elect the president from three-fifths to half the MPs.[4]
The president is elected by parliament.
Albania has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and several other parties that are electorally successful.
Latest election
Alliance | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Alliance for a European Albania | Socialist Party | 713,407 | 41.36 | 65 | 0 |
Socialist Movement for Integration | 180,470 | 10.46 | 16 | +12 | |
Unity for Human Rights Party | 14,722 | 0,85 | 1 | 0 | |
Social Democracy Party of Albania | 11,891 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party of Albania | 10,220 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Alliance | 8,927 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Party | 7,993 | 0,46 | 1 | New | |
Real Socialist Party 91 | 6,135 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Party for Integration and Prosperity | 4,550 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
National Arbëreshë Alliance | 3,575 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
Moderated Socialist Party | 3,119 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
G99 | 2,977 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
Law and Justice Party | 2,489 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Future Party | 2,284 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
Party for the Defence of the Rights of the Emigrants | 2,275 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Social Labour Party | 2,174 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
Green Party | 2,084 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Party of Democratic Reforms | 1,371 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Communist Party of 8 November | 1,352 | 0,08 | 0 | New | |
Party of the Liberal Right Thought | 1,210 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Democratic Movement for Change | 1,159 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Labour Party | 955 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Communist Party | 901 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Path of Freedom Party | 808 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Alliance for European Equality and Justice | 728 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Reorganised Albanian Labour Party | 622 | 0,03 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Homeland Party | 555 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Albanian National Reconciliation Party | 545 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
National Unity Party | 513 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Movement for Justice | 508 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Republican Unon | 489 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Affairs Party | 476 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Party of Disabled People | 459 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Environmental Party | 452 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Alliance | 416 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Albanian Workers Movement Party | 316 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
New Tolerance Party | 287 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 993,904 | 57.63 | 83 | – | |
Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration | Democratic Party | 528,373 | 30.63 | 50 | –18 |
Republican Party | 52,168 | 3.02 | 3 | +2 | |
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity | 44,957 | 2.61 | 4 | +3 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 13,288 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | |
Legality and Unity of the Right | 6,089 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
Movement for National Development | 5,429 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | |
National Front Party | 4,868 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
Party for the Future of the Greek Minority | 3,305 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Liberal Democratic Union | 2,681 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
Environmentalist Agrarian Party | 2,640 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Emigration Party | 2,325 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
New Albania Movement | 2,320 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
Democratic National Front Party | 2,242 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Alliance Party | 1,384 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Macedonian Alliance for European Integration | 1,229 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Christian Democratic Movement | 1,190 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Alliance for Democracy and Solidarity | 1,065 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
New European Democracy Party | 970 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
Time of Albania | 770 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Party of the Real Albanian Path | 635 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Conservative Party | 633 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Democratic Union Party | 606 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Party of Denied Rights | 554 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
New Party of Denied Rights | 550 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Peoples Union of Albanian Retirees Party | 406 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Total | 680,677 | 39.46 | 57 | – | |
New Democratic Spirit | 29,310 | 1.70 | 0 | New | |
Red and Black Alliance | 10,196 | 0.59 | 0 | New | |
League for Justice and Progress | 1,068 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic People's Party of Albania | 416 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 9,208 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 24,099 | – | – | – | |
Total | 1,748,898 | 100 | 140 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,271,885 | 53.52 | – | – | |
Source: CEC, IFES |
Past elections
Coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
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Total "Alliance for Changes" (Center - Right) | 712745 | 46.92 | 70 | ||||
Total "Unification for Changes" (Center - Left) | 688748 | 45.34 | 66 | ||||
Total "Socialist Alliance" (Progressive Left) | 84407 | 5.56 | 4 | ||||
Total "Pole of Freedom" (Conservatism) | 27655 | 1.82 | 0 | ||||
Law and Justice Party of Albania (Partia Ligj dhe Drejtësi) | PLiDr | 4865 | 0.32 | 0 | |||
Independent (Abdullah Adil Omurri) | PAVARUR | 756 | 0.05 | 0 | |||
Total (turnout: %) | 1519176 | 100.00 | 140 | ||||
Source: CEC |
Parties | Votes PR | % | Seats | ||
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Constituencies | PR | Total | |||
Democratic Party of Albania (Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë) | 104,796 | 7.67 | 56 | 0 | 56 |
Socialist Party of Albania (Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë) | 121,412 | 8.89 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
ALDM-National Front (Partia Balli Kombëtar Shqiptar) | 457,143 | 33,46 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
ALDM-Republican Party of Albania (Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë) | - | 11 | 11 | ||
ALDM-New Democratic Party (Partia Demokrate e Re) | - | 4 | 4 | ||
ALDM-Christian Democratic Party of Albania (Partia Demokristiane e Shqipërisë) | - | 2 | 2 | ||
ALDM-Liberal Democratic Union (Bashkimi Liberal Demokrat) | - | 1 | 1 | ||
ALDM-Democratic National Front Party (Partia Ballik Kombëtar Demokrat) | - | - | - | ||
ALDM-Albanian Democratic Union Party (Partia e Bashkimit Demokrat Shqiptar) | - | - | - | ||
ALDM-Human Rights Liberation Movement (Lëvizja për të Drejtat dhe Liritë e Njeriut) | - | - | - | ||
Social Democratic Party of Albania (Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë) | 174,103 | 12.74 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Socialist Movement for Integration (Lëvizja Socialiste për Intigrim) | 114,798 | 8.40 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Environmentalist Agrarian Party (Partia Agrare Ambientaliste) | 89,635 | 6.56 | - | 4 | 4 |
Democratic Alliance Party (Partia Aleanca Demokratike) | 65,093 | 4.76 | - | 3 | 3 |
Social Democracy Party of Albania (Partia Demokracia Sociale e Shqipërisë) | 57,998 | 4.25 | - | 2 | 2 |
Unity for Human Rights Party (Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut) | 56,403 | 4.13 | - | 2 | 2 |
Non-partisans | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 1,366,226 | 100.0 | 100 | 40 | 140 |
Source: OSCE The candidates of the Alliance for Freedom, Justice and Welfare (Aliansa për Liri, Drejtësi dhe Mirëqenie;;, Republican Party of Albania and allies) supported the candidates of the PDS in the constituencies, as did some of the informal PS allie with the PS candidates. Given the number of irregularities in the first ballot, re-elections were held in two constituencies in Shkodra and Lushnja on 21 August. These results have been included. |
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=3
- ↑ "PART XII ALLOCATION OF SEATS". THE ELECTORAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA (English translation by OSCE) (pdf). p. 140. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1227096121.33/
- ↑ Ex-communist Albania changes voting system in constitutional shake up - International Herald Tribune
External links
- [Political Parties in Albania: 1912-2006/, Afrim Krasniqi, Tirana, 2007]
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Parties and elections
- Real Time Elections Result June 2009