National Assembly of Albania

Parliament of albania
Parliament of albania
	Kuvendi i Shqipërisë
Type of
Type of	unicameral parliament
Guide
Parliament Speaker	Gramoz Ruchi , Socialist Party of Albania; from September 9, 2017
Structure
Of members	140
Fractions	Government (78) Socialist Party of Albania (74); Social Democratic Party of Albania (1); Justice, Integration, and Unity Party (3); Opposition (62) Democratic Party (43); Socialist Movement for Integration (19);
Elections
Voting system	proportional
Last election	June 25, 2017
Conference hall
	National Assembly Building, Tirana
Website
	www.parlament.al

The Parliament of Albania is the unicameral Assembly of Albania ( Alb. Kuvendi i Shqipërisë ), or the National Assembly ( Alb. Kuvendi Popullor ).

The National Assembly has 140 seats. 100 deputies are elected by the majority system in single-mandate constituencies (in two rounds), 40 - according to party lists with a 2.5 percent barrier for parties and a four percent barrier for party blocs. The term of office of deputies is 4 years.

The National Assembly has the power to determine the state’s internal and foreign policy, approve and amend the Constitution, declare war, ratify and annul international treaties, elect the President of Albania , the Attorney General and members of the Supreme Court, monitor the activities of state radio and television, the state news agency and other official information organs.

A deputy may not hold other government posts except for a member of the Council of Ministers of Albania .

Content

1 History
2 Parliamentary elections
3 Results of previous elections
- 3.1 June 23, 2013
- 3.2 June 28, 2009
- 3.3 July 3, 2005
- 3.4 June 24 and July 8, 2001
- 3.5 June 29 and July 6, 1997
4 References

History

The first parliament of Albania was created in 1920 , during the struggle for the independence of the country and against its division of the Paris world between Greece , Italy and Yugoslavia .

In 1928, parliament was dissolved, and Albania was proclaimed kingdom.

In 1944, universal suffrage was introduced. In 1945 , parliamentary elections were held in which the Democratic Front led by the Communists received 97.7% of the vote (other political forces did not participate in the elections).

From 1945 to 1990, a one-party system existed in the country. The only party was the Communist Party of Albania (later the Albanian Party of Labor ).

In 1990, a multi-party system was adopted. Since its introduction, the dominant parties in the political system of Albania are the conservative Democratic Party of Albania and the post-communist Socialist Party of Albania .

Legislative Election

The current composition of the National Assembly was elected on June 25, 2017 :

Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 74 (48.34%)
Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë , PD) - 43 (28.85%)
Socialist movement for integration ( Lëvizja Socialiste për Intigrim , LSI) - 19 (14.28%)
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity ( Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet , PDIU) - 3 (4.81%)
Social Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë , PSD) - 1 (0.95%)
Others (13 lots) - 0 (2.76%)

Previous election results

June 23, 2013

The Union for European Albania coalition - 85 mandates (57.7%):

Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 65 (41.4%)

Socialist movement for integration ( Lëvizja Socialiste për Intigrim , LSI) - 16 (10.4%)

Unity Party for Human Rights ( Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut , PBDNJ) - 1 (0.9%)

Christian Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokristiane e Shqipërisë ) - 1 (0.5%)

Others (33 lots) - 0 (4.3%)

Coalition “Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration” - 55 seats (39.4%):

Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë , PD) - 50 (30.5%)

Republican Party of Albania ( Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë , PR) - 3 (3%)

Party for Justice, Integration and Unity ( Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet , PDIU) - 4 (2.6%)

Others (22 lots) - 0 (3.2%)

June 28, 2009

Alliance for Change Coalition - 70 seats:

Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë , PD) - 68 (40.2%)

Republican Party of Albania ( Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë , PR) - 1 (2.1%)

Party for Justice, Integration and Unity ( Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet , PDIU) - 1 (1%)

Unity for Change block - 69 mandates:

Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 65 (42%)

Socialist integration movement ( Lëvizja Socialiste për Intigrim , LSI) - 4 (4.8%)

Beyond Coalitions: Pole of Freedom ( Christian Democratic Party of Albania ) - 1 mandate (1.81%)

July 3, 2005

Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë , PD) - 55
Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 40
Republican Party of Albania ( Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë , PR) - 11
Social Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë , PSD) - 7
Socialist Movement for Integration ( Lëvizja Socialiste për Intigrim ) - 5
New Democratic Party ( Partia Demokrate e Re ) - 4
Ecological Agricultural Party ( Partia Agrare Ambientaliste ) - 4
Democratic Alliance ( Partia Aleanca Demokratike , PAD) - 3
Unity Party for Human Rights ( Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut , PBDNJ) - 2
Christian Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokristiane e Shqipërisë ) - 2
Party of Social Democracy of Albania ( Partia Demokracia Sociale e Shqiperise ) - 2
Liberal Democratic Union ( Bashkimi Liberal Demokrat ) - 1

June 24 and July 8, 2001

Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 73 seats (41.51%)
Social Democratic Party of Albania - 4 seats, 3.64% (10 seats in 1997)
Agrarian Party of the Environment - 3 mandates, 2.6% (1 mandate in 1997)
Democratic Alliance - 3 seats, 2.4% (2 seats in 1997)
Union for Human Rights - 3 mandates, 2.6% (2 mandates in 1992 and 1997)

The Unity for Victory coalition ( Bashkimi për Fitoren ) - 46 seats (37.1%):

Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë ) - 30 seats

Democratic Party - 6 seats (5.1%)

Republican Party of Albania - 5 seats (2 seats in 1997)

Legitimacy Movement Party - 5 seats (2 seats in 1997)

National Front - 4 seats (3 seats in 1997, 2%)

Liberal Democratic Union - 2 mandates

June 29 and July 6, 1997

A total of 155 seats, including:

Socialist Party of Albania ( Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë , PS) - 101
Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë ) - 27
Social Democratic Party of Albania ( Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë , PSD) - 8

Links

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