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Upcoming Elections

  • Parliamentary
    June 23, 2013

Albania
  • Albania
  • Republic of Albania
  • Region: Europe

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President of the Republic Bujar Faik NISHANI
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Sali BERISHA
  • Assembly: Albania has a unicameral People's Assembly (Kuvendi Popullor) with 140 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President of the Republic is elected by the People's Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is approved by the president with the approval of the parliament.**
  • In the People's Assembly (Kuvendi Popullor) 140 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

** The Prime Minister is chosen by the leading party in parliament and is approved by presidential decree.

*** There are 12 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's 12 administrative regions. Within any constituency, parties must meet a threshold of 3%, and pre-election coalitions must meet a threshold of 5%.

Population:

  • Population: 2,994,667 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Parliamentary - June 23, 2013

Past elections

Last Updated on 07/25/2012

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