2017 Albanian parliamentary election
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All 140 seats in the Parliament of Albania 71 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 46.75% ( 6.71pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 June.[1] They had initially been scheduled for 18 June, but after a possible boycott was announced by opposition parties during a political crisis that lasted three months, an agreement was reached between all parties on 18 May to change the date.[2] The Socialist Party won 74 of the 140 seats.[3]
Background
[edit]The previous parliamentary elections were held on 23 June 2013 and resulted in a victory for the Socialist Party of Albania-led Alliance for a European Albania, which received 57.6% of the vote, winning 83 of the 140 seats. The opposition Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration headed by Lulzim Basha of the Democratic Party received almost 39.5% of the vote and won the other 57 seats. The Socialist Party led by Edi Rama formed the government with Rama as Prime Minister.
Electoral system
[edit]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.[4] Seats were allocated to alliances using the D'Hondt method, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.[5]
Demographic changes led to some changes in the number of seats for some constituencies; Tirana gained two seats and Durrës one, whilst Korça, Berat and Kukës all lost a seat.[6]
# | County | 2016 population | Seats |
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1 | Berat | 139,815 | 7 |
2 | Dibër | 134,153 | 6 |
3 | Durrës | 278,775 | 14 |
4 | Elbasan | 298,913 | 14 |
5 | Fier | 312,448 | 16 |
6 | Gjirokastër | 70,331 | 5 |
7 | Korçë | 221,706 | 11 |
8 | Kukës | 84,035 | 3 |
9 | Lezhë | 135,613 | 7 |
10 | Shkodër | 215,483 | 11 |
11 | Tirana | 811,649 | 34 |
12 | Vlorë | 183,105 | 12 |
Source: Instat (populations) |
Contesting parties
[edit]Opinion polls
[edit]Nationwide
[edit]Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Lead |
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Exit poll | 25 June 2017 | 30-34% | 45-49% | 11-15% | 3-5% | - | - | 15% | ||
IPR + Ora News | 19 June 2017 | 33% | 48% | 13% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 0.5% | 15% | ||
IPR + Ora News | 7 June 2017 | 800 | 37% | 45% | 13% | 1.5% | 2% | 0.3% | – | 8% |
Piepoli | 6 June 2017 | 800 | 28-32%
41-45 seats |
48-52%
69-73 seats |
9-13%
14-18 seats |
1-2%
2-4 seats |
1-3%
1-3 seats |
1-3%
1-3 seats |
– | 20% |
IPR + Ora News | 29–30 May 2017 | 2,002 | 36% | 43% | 12% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 7% |
By county
[edit]Tirana
[edit]Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Lead |
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IPR + Ora News | 29–30 May 2017 | 1,000 | 33% | 41% | 14% | 1% | 6% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 8% |
Elbasan
[edit]Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Undecided | Lead |
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American Eye | 4 June 2017 | 1,034 | 29.2% | 46.1% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 0.7% | - | 3.4% | 7.1% | 16.9% |
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Socialist Party of Albania | 764,750 | 48.34 | 74 | +9 | |
Democratic Party of Albania | 456,413 | 28.85 | 43 | –7 | |
Socialist Movement for Integration | 225,901 | 14.28 | 19 | +3 | |
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity | 76,069 | 4.81 | 3 | –1 | |
Libra Party | 19,806 | 1.25 | 0 | New | |
Social Democratic Party of Albania | 14,993 | 0.95 | 1 | +1 | |
New Democratic Spirit | 5,146 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | |
Sfida për Shqipërinë | 3,546 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
Republican Party of Albania | 3,225 | 0.20 | 0 | –3 | |
Social Democracy Party of Albania | 2,473 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
Christian Democratic Party of Albania | 2,421 | 0.15 | 0 | –1 | |
Party for the Future of the Greek Minority | 2,287 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Alliance for Justice | 1,505 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of Albania | 1,026 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
Albanian Democratic Christian Union | 924 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
Christian Democratic Alliance | 767 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Alliance Party | 547 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
National Arbnore Alliance | 351 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,582,150 | 100.00 | 140 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,582,150 | 98.02 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 31,898 | 1.98 | |||
Total votes | 1,614,048 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,452,324 | 46.75 | |||
Source: CEC |
By county
[edit]County | PS | PD | LSI | PDIU | PSD | Total seats |
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Berat | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Dibër | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Durrës | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Elbasan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Fier | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Gjirokastër | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Korçë | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Kukës | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lezhë | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Shkodër | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Tirana | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Vlorë | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Total | 74 | 43 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 140 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Presidenti Nishani e dekreton: 25 qershori data e zgjedhjeve parlamentare". gsh.al (in Albanian). 21 May 2017.
- ^ Agreement unveiled, Parliamentary Elections on June 25 Albania Daily News Archived 2 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Albanian Socialists to get parliamentary majority, partial vote count shows Reuters, 26 June 2017
- ^ Election Profile IFES
- ^ Electoral system IPU
- ^ Harta e re elektorale, një mandat më pak Kukësit, Korçës e Beratit Archived 8 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Shqiptarja, 3 December 2016