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The electoral system of Albania is constructed upon the principles defined in the constitution and the electoral code. As a parliamentary constitutional republic, Albania implements a regional proportional representation method that allocates seats in the parliament according to the proportion of votes garnered by political parties in a multi-party system.
The Central Election Commission (Albanian: Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve), commonly abbreviated in Albanian as KQZ, is a permanent, independent, non-partisan statutory agency responsible for conducting parliamentary and local elections in the Republic of Albania. It is regulated by and beholden to the Electoral Code.
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 April 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic to elect the 140 members of the parliament.A total of 1,871 candidates, including 732 women, were registered, with ten political parties, two coalitions and three independent candidates contesting the election.
The Council of Europe stated that the elections were "well-administered, lacked women as candidates and in administration, and lacked focus on local issues" [52] On 5 March 2024, mayor-elect of Himarë Dhionisios Alfred Beleri , who had been arrested on 12 May 2023, two days before the election, was sentenced to two years in prison for alleged ...
The elections were conducted with a clean majority system in 250 constituencies. [8] 98.2% of voters took part in the voting. The participating parties registered a total of 1,074 candidates while 17 of the candidates were independent. The final election results declared the Labor Party the winner with 56.17% of the vote.
Election administration is the management of the logistics of elections, particularly large democratic elections. [1] Common challenges in election administration include long lines at polling places, ensuring equitable access to voting, designing ballots so that voters can understand them as well as possible, ensuring that voters are registered where applicable, counting votes, and correcting ...
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 ...
Prior to the election, the electoral law was changed to a regional and proportional system. [3] [4] Polls from March and April 2009 saw a very close race, with both the governing Democratic Party of Albania and the opposition Socialist Party of Albania around 37%, with minor parties like the Socialist Movement for Integration, the G99 Movement, the Unity for Human Rights Party and the ...