Macedonian general election, 1994

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General elections were held in Macedonia on 16 October 1994 to elect a President and Assembly, with a second round of Assembly elections on 30 October. [1] The presidential election was won by Kiro Gligorov of the Alliance for Macedonia (a coalition of the Social Democratic Union, Liberal Party and the Socialist Party), whilst the parties forming Alliance for Macedonia also won the Assembly elections with 95 of the 120 seats. However, the second round of the Assembly elections were boycotted by VMRO-DPMNE and the Democratic Party, as they claimed there had been irregularities in the first round. [2]

Kiro Gligorov President of the Republic of Macedonia

Kiro Gligorov ; May 3, 1917 – January 1, 2012) was the first President of the Republic of Macedonia, serving from 1991 to 1999. He held various high positions in the political establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including as Secretary of State for Finance in the Federal Executive Council, a member of the Yugoslav Presidency, as well as President of the Assembly of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from May 15, 1974 to May 15, 1978.

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Electoral system

The 120 members of the Assembly were elected in 120 single-member constituencies. If no candidate received over 50% in the first round, a second round was held and contested by every candidate who received over 7% of the vote in the first round. [3] In the second round a majority was not required, and the candidate who received the most votes won the seat. [3]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kiro Gligorov Alliance for Macedonia715,08778.4
Ljubčo Georgievski VMRO-DPMNE 197,10921.6
Invalid/blank votes130,810
Total1,053,761100
Registered voters/turnout1,360,72977.4
Source: State Electoral Commission

Assembly

PartyFirst roundSecond roundSeats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Alliance for Macedonia291,69529.5329,70053.587
VMRO-DPMNE 141,49414.30–38
Democratic Party 108,87211.00New
Party for Democratic Prosperity 87,1038.893,40715.210–7
People's Democratic Party 29,3613.025,0074.14+3
Democratic Party of Macedonia 20,2432.13,9910,41New
Liberal Party [a] 15,0861.521,3623.55
Workers Party 15,4161.60
Democratic Party of Turks 14,4231.56,4340.70
Social Democratic Party 12,0551.22,2540.41+1
Movement for All-Macedonian Action 11,4791.22.0130,20
VMRO-DP9,7421.04580.00
League of Communists of Macedonia 7,6100.80
VMRO-MNDS7,1670.71.1910.10
Party of Democratic Action–Islamic Path 6,9120.72.1550.20
Socialist Party [a] 6,6120.75,6320.91
PCERM 6,5300.74,4470.710
Workers Party of Macedonia5,4350.60
Democratic Party of Serbs 5,2900,54,0030.40
Communist Party of Macedonia5,1610.50
VMRO-Fatherland5,1330.50
Democratic Union-Party of Peasants5,0890.56810.10
Social Democratic Union [a] 4,1820.44,6350.81
Christian Democratic Party4,0190.40
SDSM-LPM [a] 3,9450.45,6740.91
DPTM/SDA-IP 3,4670.44,6810.81New
Other parties19,1091.967,4871.00
Independents136,51113.895,41815.57+4
Invalid/blank votes54,33026,5803.8
Total1,043,453100707,2101001200
Registered voters/turnout [b] 1,487,36770.21,293,33054.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver; Blagoja Nineski (2001) "Izborite, mediumite i partiite vo Makedonija 1990-2000", p. 190-191

a Part of Alliance for Macedonia on national level, but contesting some constituencies as separate party or in a coalition with only one party member of Alliance for Macedonia.

b Includes the 126,638 voters in the first round and 70,431 in the second round who were not registered, but voted using their ID cards. [4]

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1278 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1284
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1274
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1284