North Macedonia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties which must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Name | Main ideology | Leader | Seats | |
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Macedonian nationalism National conservatism Right-wing populism | Hristijan Mickoski | 43 / 120 | ||
Social democracy Social liberalism | Dimitar Kovačevski | 40 / 120 | ||
Democratic Union for Integration | Green politics Albanian minority interests | Ali Ahmeti | 15 / 120 | |
Alliance for Albanians | Conservatism Albanian minority interests | Arben Taravari | 8 / 120 | |
Liberal Democratic Party | Social liberalism | Goran Milevski | 2 / 120 | |
Democratic Renewal | Green liberalism | Maja Morachanin | 1 / 120 | |
Democratic Union | Left-wing | Pavle Trajanov | 1 / 120 | |
Citizen Option for Macedonia | Left-wing Liberalism | Stevčo Jakimovski | 1 / 120 | |
Alternative | Conservatism Albanian minority interests | Afrim Gashi | 3 / 120 | |
BESA | Social conservatism Albanian minority interests | Bilall Kasami | 1 / 120 | |
The Left | Left-wing populism Socialism Left-wing nationalism | Dimitar Apasiev | 2 / 120 | |
Democratic Party of Albanians | Albanian minority interests Populism Conservatism | Menduh Thaçi | 1 / 120 |
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