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At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Macedonia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Ljubco JORDANOVSKI *
  • Head of Government: Head of Government Branko CRVENKOVSKI
  • Assembly: Macedonia has a unicameral Assembly (Sobranie) with 120 seats.

* Since the death of President TRAJKOVSKI, parliament speaker Ljubco JORDANOVSKI has been acting as the interim president.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the Assembly (Sobranie) 120 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** The country is divided into six election districts determined by law. Each district elects 20 members of parliament.

* 49 elected by the universities and from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated by the prime minister

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

  • Sashko KEDEV
    Party: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
  • Branko CRVENKOVSKI
    Party: Social Democratic Union of Macedonia

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

  • Branko CRVENKOVSKI
    Party: Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM)
  • Sashko KEDEV**
    Party: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE)
  • Gzim OSTRENI
    Party: Democratic Union for Integration (DUI)
  • Zidi XHELILI
    Party: Democratic Party of the Albanians (DPA)

** Candidates Branko CRVENKOVSKI and Sashko KEDEV will advance to the second round of elections on April 28, 2004.

Last Presidential election:

  • The last presidential election was held on November 14, 1999. In this election, Boris TRAJKOVSKI of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) won the presidency with 52.4% of the votes.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 2,022,547 ( 2002 )
  • Registered Voters: 1,695,103 ( 2004 )

Last Updated on 12/22/2005

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