2016 Macedonian parliamentary election

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

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

Elected Prime Minister

Zoran Zaev
SDSM

Although VMRO-DPMNE attempted to form a coalition with BDI, coalition talks broke down in late January 2017.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] The demonstrations were sparked by the wiretapping scandal involving high ranking politicians and security personnel.[9] 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 Przino 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.[1]

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.[10][11] However, the overseas seats would only be validated if the candidates won enough votes. As they did not, the seats were not awarded.

Results

Party Votes % 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
Invalid/blank votes37,870
Total1,191,832100120−3
Registered voters/turnout1,784,41666.79
Source: SEC

References

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