Albanian parliamentary election, 2013

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Albanian parliamentary election, 2013
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All 140 seats in the Assembly of the Republic of Albania
71 seats needed for a majority
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 First partySecond party
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Leader Edi Rama Sali Berisha
Party Socialist Democratic
Alliance ASHE APMI
Last election65 seats68 seats
Seats won6550
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 18
Popular vote713,407528,373
Percentage41.4%30.6%
Alliance993,904680,677
Percentage57.6%39.5%
Alliance seats8357
Zgjedhjet e pergjithshme 2013 (harta qarqeve).svg
Alliance results on county level. The Alliance for a European Albania won all counties, with the exception of Kukës and Lezhë.
Prime Minister before election

Sali Berisha
Democratic

Elected Prime Minister

Edi Rama
Socialist

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Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 23 June 2013. [1] The result was a victory for the Alliance for a European Albania led by the Socialist Party and its leader, Edi Rama. [2] Incumbent Prime Minister Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party-led Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration conceded defeat on 26 June, [3] widely viewed as a sign of growing democratic maturity in Albania. [4]

Albania country in Southeast Europe

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and a maritime border with Italy to the west.

Socialist Party of Albania Albanian political party

The Socialist Party of Albania, is a social-democratic political party in Albania; it gained power following the 2013 parliamentary election. The party seated 66 MPs in the 2009 Albanian parliament. It achieved power in 1997 following a political crisis and governmental realignment. At the 2001 parliamentary election the party secured 73 seats, which enabled it to form a government. At the general election of 3 July 2005, the Socialist Party lost its majority and the Democratic Party of Albania (PD) formed the new government, having secured, with its allies, a majority of 81 seats.

Edi Rama Prime Minister of Albania

Edi Rama is an Albanian politician, artist, writer and former basketball player, who has been the 42nd Prime Minister of Albania and the Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2013 and January 2019, respectively. Rama has also been Chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. Before his election as Prime Minister, Rama held a number of other positions. He was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1998, a position that he held until 2000.

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Background

The previous parliamentary elections were held on 28 June 2009 and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party of Albania-led Alliance of Change, which received 46.92 of the vote, winning 70 of the 140 seats. The opposition Union for Change headed by Edi Rama of the Socialist Party received almost 45.34% of the vote and won the other 66 seats. The Democratic Party led by Sali Berisha formed the government with Berisha as Prime Minister.

Democratic Party of Albania political party

The Democratic Party of Albania is a conservative political party in Albania. The party became the leading party in the governing coalition following the 2005 parliamentary elections. It is an associate member of the European People's Party (EPP) and a full member of the International Democrat Union and Centrist Democrat International. Rilindja Demokratike is the party's official newspaper.

Sali Berisha Albanian politician

Sali Berisha (help·info), is an Albanian cardiologist and conservative politician who served as the second President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and Prime Minister from 2005 to 2013. He was also the leader of the Democratic Party of Albania twice, from 1991 to 1992 and then again from 1997 to 2013. To date, Berisha is the longest-serving democratically elected leader and the only Prime Minister to serve two full terms since the end of Communism.

Electoral system

The 140 members of Parliament were elected in twelve multi-member constituencies based on the twelve counties using closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 3% for parties and 5% for alliances. [5] Seats were allocated to alliances using the d'Hondt method, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method. [6]

Parliament of Albania Parliament of Albania

The Parliament of Albania or Kuvendi is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Albania; it is Albania's legislature. The Parliament is composed of not less than 140 members elected to a four-year term on the basis of direct, universal, periodic and equal suffrage by secret ballot. The Parliament is presided over by a Speaker of the Parliament, who is assisted by at least one deputy speaker. The electoral system is based on party-list proportional representation. There are 12 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's administrative divisions.

The Counties of Albania are second-level administrative divisions in the Republic of Albania.

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can (effectively) only vote for political parties as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters have at least some influence then it is called an open list.

Alliances

Prior to the election two major coalitions were formed, whilst four parties and two independent candidates ran alone. [7] In total there were 66 parties.

In politics, a big tent or catch-all party is a type of political party that seeks to attract voters from different points of view and ideologies. This is in contrast to other parties that defend a determined ideology and seek voters who adhere to that ideology and convince people towards it.

Opinion polls

By party

By alliance

Conduct

The Central Election Commission was criticised for not replacing three of the seven member committee who had resigned in April following a dispute between the government and the opposition.

On election day, a shootout occurred in Laç resulting in the death of the LSI activist Gjon Pjeter Gjoni and injuring the PD candidate Mhill Fufi. [19]

Laç Administrative Unit in Lezhë, Albania

Laç is a town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Kurbin. It was the administrative center of the former Kurbin District. The population at the 2011 census was 17,086. Its associated football (soccer) club is KF Laçi.

Results

AlliancePartyVotes%Seats+/–
Alliance
for a
European
Albania		 Socialist Party 713,40741.36650
Socialist Movement for Integration 180,47010.4616+12
Unity for Human Rights Party 14,7220.8510
Social Democracy Party of Albania 11,8910.6900
Social Democratic Party of Albania 10,2200.5900
People's Alliance8,9270.520New
Christian Democratic Party 7,9930.461New
Real Socialist Party 916,1350.3600
Democratic Party for Integration and Prosperity4,5500.260New
National Arbëreshë Alliance3,5750.210New
Moderated Socialist Party3,1190.180New
G99 2,9770.1700
Law and Justice Party2,4890.1400
Albanian Future Party2,2840.130New
Party for the Defence of the Rights of the Emigrants 2,2750.1300
Albanian Social Labour Party2,1740.130New
Green Party 2,0840.1200
Albanian Party of Democratic Reforms 1,3710.0800
Albanian Communist Party of 8 November 1,3520.080New
Party of the Liberal Right Thought1,2100.070New
Democratic Movement for Change1,1590.070New
Albanian Labour Party (2002) 9550.060New
Albanian Communist Party 9010.050New
Path of Freedom Party8080.0500
Alliance for European Equality and Justice7280.040New
Reorganised Albanian Labour Party 6220.030New
Albanian Homeland Party 5550.030New
Albanian National Reconciliation Party 5450.030New
National Unity Party5130.030New
Albanian Movement for Justice5080.030New
Albanian Republican Unon4890.030New
Albanian Affairs Party 4760.030New
Party of Disabled People4590.030New
Environmental Party4520.030New
Christian Democratic Alliance4160.020New
Albanian Workers Movement Party 3160.020New
New Tolerance Party2870.0200
Total993,90457.6383–
Alliance for
Employment,
Prosperity
and
Integration		 Democratic Party 528,37330.6350–18
Republican Party 52,1683.023+2
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity 44,9572.614+3
Demochristian Party of Albania 13,2880.7700
Legality and Unity of the Right 6,0890.3500
Movement for National Development5,4290.3100
National Front Party 4,8680.2800
Party for the Future of the Greek Minority3,3050.190New
Liberal Democratic Union 2,6810.1600
Environmentalist Agrarian Party 2,6400.1500
Albanian Emigration Party2,3250.130New
New Albania Movement2,3200.130New
Democratic National Front Party 2,2420.1300
Democratic Alliance Party 1,3840.0800
Macedonian Alliance for European Integration 1,2290.0700
Albanian Christian Democratic Movement 1,1900.070New
Alliance for Democracy and Solidarity1,0650.0600
New European Democracy Party9700.0600
Time of Albania7700.040New
Party of the Real Albanian Path6350.040New
Conservative Party6330.0400
Albanian Democratic Union Party 6060.040New
Party of Denied Rights5540.030New
New Party of Denied Rights5500.0300
Peoples Union of Albanian Retirees Party4060.020New
Total680,67739.4657–
New Democratic Spirit 29,3101.700New
Red and Black Alliance 10,1960.590New
League for Justice and Progress1,0680.060New
Christian Democratic People's Party of Albania4160.020New
Independents9,2080.5300
Invalid/blank votes24,099–––
Total1,748,8981001400
Registered voters/turnout3,271,88553.52––
Source: CEC, IFES

By county

County Socialist Democratic LSI PDIU Republican Other parties
CountySeatsVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%SVotes%S
Berat 842,89746.94%419,02220.81%221,54923.58%27830.86%01,9622.15%05,1835.67%0
Dibër 625,10333.66%230,13740.41%310,01913.43%12480.33%02,2192.98%06,8569.19%0
Durrës 1360,83339.24%652,70334.00%511,6057.49%13,7852.44%010,5196.79%115,58610.05%0
Elbasan 1475,08643.26%646,78829.96%418,48410.65%212,1106.98%16,2663.61%114,8428.55%0
Fier 1689,63744.18%946,37422.86%419,6779.70%29,0584.46%13,8811.91%034,23516.87%0
Gjirokastër 525,14842.36%313,50922.76%111,53419.43%11960.33%02,6424.45%06,33210.67%0
Korçë 1263,58443.50%647,06132.20%514,4169.86%11,4400.99%04,4423.03%015,21610.41%0
Kukës 411,38424.32%122,42847.91%35,64812.06%05411.16%02,3975.12%04,4199.44%0
Lezhë 726,43332.90%231,60539.34%48,82010.98%15940.74%01,3881.73%011,50314.32%0
Shkodër 1137,98431.12%445,79937.53%512,77210.46%12470.20%04,9304.04%020,31216.65%1
Tiranë 32198,83744.05%16151,47233.56%1135,3947.84%39,1732.03%110,5612.34%145,97010.18%0
Vlorë 1256,48146.62%621,47517.72%310,5528.71%16,7825.60%19810.81%024,89020.54%1
Albania 713,40741.36%65528,37330.63%50180,47010.46%1644,9572.61%452,1683.02%3205,40411.91%2

Aftermath

Early on election day both Sali Berisha and Edi Rama claimed victory. [19] On 25 June, Edi Rama gave his victory speech saying, "I will be your prime minister, but also your prime servant. The duty will be mine; the authority will be yours." [20] On 26 June, after vote counting was finally complete, the outgoing Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, publicly accepted the result, took responsibility for the loss, resigned from his functions in the Democratic Party, and wished his opponent well in his new duties. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Only in the municipality of Tirana

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