2016 Macedonian parliamentary election

Early parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 11 December 2016, having originally been planned for 24 April and later 5 June.[1] The Electoral Commission called a re-run for 25 December 2016 in Tearce and Gostivar,[2] though in Gostivar it was called off after the VMRO-DPMNE filed a lawsuit against the decision,[3] and in Tearce the outcome was unchanged.[4]

2016 Macedonian parliamentary election

11 December 2016

All 120 seats to the Sobranie
61 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nikola Gruevski Zoran Zaev
Party VMRO-DPMNE SDSM
Leader since 2003 2013
Last election 61 seats, 43.0% 34 seats, 25.3%
Seats won 51 49
Seat change 10 15
Popular vote 454,577 436,981
Percentage 39.39% 37.87%

  Third party Fourth party
 
LB
Leader Ali Ahmeti Bilal Kasami
Party BDI Lëvizja Besa
Leader since 2002 2014
Last election 19 seats, 13.7% 0 seats, 0%
Seats won 10 5
Seat change 9 5
Popular vote 86,796 57,868
Percentage 7.52% 5.01%

Results by constituencies and mandates allocated in each
  VMRO-DPMNE   SDSM   DUI   BESA   Alliance for Albanians   DPA

Prime Minister before election

Emil Dimitriev
VMRO-DPMNE

Prime Minister after election

Zoran Zaev
SDSM

Although VMRO-DPMNE attempted to form a coalition with BDI, coalition talks broke down in late January 2017.[5] After that, the SDSM pursued informal coalition talks with the BDI, though as of late February 2017, coalition talks were frozen on the usage of the Albanian language.[6]

Background

The elections were called as part of an agreement brokered by the European Union to end the protests against the government of Nikola Gruevski.[7] The demonstrations were sparked by the wiretapping scandal involving high ranking politicians and security personnel.[8] From 20 October 2015, a transitional government was installed including the two main parties, VMRO-DPMNE and the Social Democratic Union (SDSM). A new special prosecutor was appointed to investigate Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and government ministers. According to the Pržino Agreement signed in mid-December 2015, Gruevski was required to resign as Prime Minister 120 days before the elections. Assembly speaker Trajko Veljanovski confirmed the date on 18 October.

Electoral system

Of the 123 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, 120 are elected from six 20-seat constituencies in Macedonia using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The remaining three members are elected by Macedonians living abroad.[9][10] However, the overseas seats would only be validated if the candidates won enough votes. As they did not, the seats were not awarded.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
VMRO-DPMNE coalition454,57739.3951−10
Social Democratic Union coalition436,98137.8749+15
Democratic Union for Integration86,7967.5210−9
Besa Movement57,8685.015New
Alliance for Albanians35,1213.043New
Democratic Party of Albanians30,9642.682−5
"VMRO for Macedonia" coalition24,5242.1300
The Left12,1201.050New
"CCJ–Third Block" coalition10,0280.870New
Liberal Party3,8400.3300
Party for Democratic Prosperity1,1430.1000
Total1,153,962100.00120−3
Valid votes1,153,96296.82
Invalid/blank votes37,8703.18
Total votes1,191,832100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,784,41666.79
Source: SEC

References

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