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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)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PS Edi Rama 48.34 74 +9 PD Lulzim Basha 28.85 43 −7 LSI Petrit Vasili 14.28 19 +3 PDIU Shpëtim Idrizi 4.81 3 −1 PSD Skënder Gjinushi 0.95 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Largest political party by county Seat distribution by county Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Edi Rama PS Edi Rama PS

Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 June. 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. The Socialist Party won 74 of the 140 seats.

Background

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

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. Seats were allocated to alliances using the D'Hondt method, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.

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.

Contesting parties

Opinion polls

Nationwide

By county

Tirana

Elbasan

Results

By county

References

1. "Presidenti Nishani e dekreton: 25 qershori data e zgjedhjeve parlamentare". gsh.al (in Albanian). 21 May 2017.
2. Agreement unveiled, Parliamentary Elections on June 25 Albania Daily News Archived 2 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
3. Albanian Socialists to get parliamentary majority, partial vote count shows Reuters, 26 June 2017
4. Election Profile IFES
5. Electoral system IPU
6. Harta e re elektorale, një mandat më pak Kukësit, Korçës e Beratit Archived 8 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Shqiptarja, 3 December 2016

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