2007 Kosovan parliamentary election

2007 Kosovan parliamentary election

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All 120 seats in the Assembly 61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.09% ( 9.43pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PDK Hashim Thaçi 34.32 37 +7 LDK Fatmir Sejdiu 22.63 25 −22 AKR Behgjet Pacolli 12.27 13 New LDD–PSHDK Nexhat Daci 9.97 11 +9 AAK Ramush Haradinaj 9.55 10 +1 Minority seats [a] Vakat Džezair Murati 0.95 3 0 KDTP Mahir Yagcilar 0.87 3 0 SDA Numan Balić 0.64 2 +1 PDAK Gezim Gashi 0.60 3 +2 IRDK Xhevdet Neziraj  [ sq ] 0.37 1 −1 GIG Murselj Haljilji 0.21 1 0 SDSKM Slaviša Petković 0.16 3 New SLS Slobodan Petrović 0.15 3 New PREBK Zylfi Merxha  [ sq ] 0.10 1 0 SNSKM Ljubiša Živić 0.08 1 New SKMS Dragiša Mirić 0.06 1 New ND Branislav Grbić 0.04 1 New SNS Mihailo Šćepanović 0.04 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Agim Çeku AAK Hashim Thaçi PDK

Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 17 November 2007 alongside Municipal elections. Voters elected the 120 members of the unicameral Assembly, the legislative branch of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government that the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo created. The elections were scheduled by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim Rücker (head of the UNMIK) on 1 September 2007. ^[1]

This was the first parliamentary election in Kosovo to be held under open list proportional representation. The 2001 and 2004 elections had been held under a closed list system. ^[2]

Results

Of the ten seats reserved for Serbs, six were won by four parties which decided to form a coalition on 5 December: ^[3] Slaviša Petković's Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija, Dragiša Mirić's Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party, Mihajl Šćepanović's Serb People's Party and Nebojša Živić's Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party of Kosovo	196,207	34.32	37	+7
	Democratic League of Kosovo	129,410	22.63	25	–22
	New Kosovo Alliance	70,165	12.27	13	New
	LDD–PSHDK	57,002	9.97	11	+9
	Alliance for the Future of Kosovo	54,611	9.55	10	+1
	Reformist Party ORA	23,722	4.15	0	–7
	Justice Party	9,890	1.73	0	–1
	Vakat Coalition	5,428	0.95	3	0
	Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo	4,999	0.87	3	0
	Party of Democratic Action	3,661	0.64	2	+1
	Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo	3,443	0.60	3	+2
	National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo	2,702	0.47	0	New
	New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo	2,121	0.37	1	–1
	Cemil Luma	1,261	0.22	0	New
	Civic Initiative of Gora	1,227	0.21	1	0
	Albanian National Front Party	1,199	0.21	0	0
	Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija	939	0.16	3	New
	Independent Liberal Party	855	0.15	3	New
	United Roma Party of Kosovo	600	0.10	1	0
	Naser Kuka	822	0.14	0	New
	Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija	447	0.08	1	New
	Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party	317	0.06	1	New
	New Democracy	256	0.04	1	New
	Serb People's Party	224	0.04	1	New
	PSS for Kosovo and Metohija	136	0.02	0	New
	Opstanak Kosovskog Pomoravlja	123	0.02	0	New
Total		571,767	100.00	120	0
Valid votes		571,767	90.95
Invalid/blank votes		56,863	9.05
Total votes		628,630	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,567,690	40.10
Source: KQZ

Notes

1. Twenty seats were reserved for minorities but minority parties could win more than 20 depending on vote distribution

References

1. "Al Jazeera English – News – Un Announces Kosovo Elections". 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
2. Final Report – Council of Europe Election Observation Mission V in Kosovo, Council of Europe, 28 March 2008, p. 7.
3. "B92 – News – Politics – Four Serb parties to enter Kosovo parliament". 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.