MOST RECENT ELECTIONS

Parliamentary elections, June 28, 2009

Description of Electoral System:

The President of the Republic is elected by the People's Assembly to serve a 5-year term. In the People's Assembly (Kuvendi Popullor), 100 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve 4-year terms and 40 members are elected by proportional vote to serve 4-year terms.

Electoral laws of Albania are available here.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Upcoming elections

Parliamentary elections will be held on June 28, 2009, the 2 million voters will elect the new Parliament for four years in a mixed system, 100 MPs will be elected directly by the voters and 40 MPs in a proportional system. This election will be the first time when the new Election Code is used. According to the new Code, also new electoral zones have been designated and new procedures for the counting were established. Furthermore, in order to increase the transparency during the counting, every counting team should be observed by a camera and every vote can be seen by the observers at the opposite monitors. For further information please click on the following links: IFES Election Guide on Albania, here you can find some information about the new Albanian electoral system, an analysis from IFIMES about the elections.

Recent elections

(Courtesy of Wikipedia)

2007 presidential elections

Indirect presidential elections were held in Albania on 20 July 2007. According to the Albanian Constitution the President is elected by the Assembly. A candidate requires two-thirds of the vote in parliament and if no candidate reaches this after five votes there must be new elections to the Assembly.

DID YOU KNOW?
Current Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha was once a heart specialist.

In 2002, Alfred Moisiu was elected as a consensual president and was accepted by both the majority and the opposition parties. It is very likely that Moisiu will not be reelected, while Bamir Topi is the candidate of the right-wing parties that have the majority in the parliament.

Current prime minister and former president Sali Berisha has advocated for a president elected by direct popular suffrage. Due to time, such changes can not take place before the 2007 elections.

Results of 2007 presidential elections are here.

Past elections

2007 Local elections

2007 Local elections were held in Albania, on 18 February, 2007. Here you can find the results of the local elections. This link leads to the OSCE-ODIHR reports.

2005 Parliamentary elections

The Albanian Parliament consists of 140 deputies, 100 of who are elected directly in the 100 one-name zones, and 40 come from the multi-name list of the parties, in proportion with the percentage of the votes of the parties.
Albania held its parliamentary elections on July 3, 2005. Results of 2005 parliamentary elections are found here, at the website of the CEC of Albania. OSCE-ODIHR final report can be read here, and ENEMO report on parliamentary elections is here.