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Parliamentary elections in SEE

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Category: Election Watch
Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 14:11

Last elections (2013-2016)

Republic of Albania

 

Party

Won Seats

Socialist Party of Albania                                                                       

41.28%

65

Democratic Party of Albania                                                                               

30.52%

50

Socialist Movement for Integration

10.46%

16

Republican Party of Albania

3.06%

3

The Unity for Human Rights Party

2.60%

4

New Democratic Spirit

1.70%

-

The Party for Justice, Integration and Unity

0.85%

-

Red and Black Alliance

0.59%

-

 

At stake in this election:

  • 140 seats in the Parliament of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë)

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 Parliament of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) with 140 seats.

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

Description of electoral system:

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

*** 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%.

Main parties in the electoral race:

* The party is a member of the electoral Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration / Aleanca pёr Punёsim, Mirёqenie dhe Integrim, which consists of 25 parties, led by the center-right PD party. The coalition also includes the Republican Party of Albania / Partia Republikane and the Party for Justice, Integration and Unity / Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut.
** The party has joined the Alliance for a European Albania / Aleanca pёr Shqipёrinё Evropiane which is a broad tent coalition consisting of 37 opposition parties, led by the center-left PS party. Other coalition partners include the Socialist Movement for Integration / Lëvizja Socialiste për Integrim and the Unity for Human Rights Party / Partia për Drejtesi Integrim dhe Unitet
********* 3 independent candidates will contest the election, one each in Vlora, Tirana and Fier.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 3,011,405 (May 2013 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 3,271,885 (June 2013 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,450,810 (2013)

·         Is Albania a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Albania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (11 May 1994)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 25 (17.86%) (2013)

·         Human Development Index Position: 85 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Albania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (22 December 2009)

·         Has Albania ratified CRPD: Yes (11 February 2013)

·         Population with a disability: 451,710 (est.)

 

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina

National House of Representatives (Oct. 12, 2014):   

 

Party

Seats won

Party of Democratic Action

 

18.74%

 

10

Alliance of Independent Social Democrats

 

15.64%

 

6

Serb Democratic Party

 

12.97%

 

5

Democratic Front

 

9.24%

 

5

Union for a Better Future of BiH

 

 8.70%

 

4

HDZ–HSS–HKDU–HSP-AS BiH–HSP HB

 

 7.54%

 

4

Social Democratic Party

 

 

3

 

 

At stake in this election

  • The 42 seats in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s National House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Chairman of the Presidency Bakir IZETBEGOVIC (since 10 March 2014; Bosnian)*
  • Head of Government: Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vjekoslav BEVANDA (since 12 January 2012)
  • Assembly: Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral Parliamentary Assembly (Skupstina) consisting of the House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) with 15 seats and the National House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom) with 42 seats.

* Bosnia has a three-member (one Bosnian, one Croatian, and one Serbian) rotating presidency that changes every 8 months. The other members are: Zeljko KOMSIC (since 6 November 2010; Croatian) and Nebojsa RADMANOVIC (since 6 November 2006; Serbian). Each member is separately elected by plurality vote. This is done via separate lists, with each voter in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina choosing either a Bosnian or Croatian candidate and those in the Republika Srpska electing a Serbian candidate.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Chairman of the Presidency is elected by plurality vote to serve a 4-year term. All members of the presidency serve 4 year terms.
  • Chairman of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the approval of the parliament.
  • In the In the House of Peoples (Dom Naroda) 15 members are indirectly elected by parliament to serve 4-year terms.*
  • In the National House of Representatives (Predstavnicki Dom) 42 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.**

* The seats are made up of 5 Bosnians, 5 Croats, and 5 Serbs. Members are elected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation s House of Representatives and the Republika Srpska s National Assembly.

** 28 seats are allocated from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and 14 seats from the Republika Srpska (RS). In the FBiH, 21 of the 28 deputies are elected in five multi-member constituencies. The remaining seven are elected from political party compensatory lists. In the RS, 9 of the 14 deputies are elected in three multi-member constituencies, with the remaining five elected from political party compensatory lists. There is a 3 percent threshold for entering parliament. Bosnia and Herzegovina utilizes a "zipper" style gender quota, which means that members of the "minority gender" must be equally spaced out in the party list. Parties must allocate approximately one-third of their seats to the "minority gender." Pure Seats are allocated using the pure Sainte-Lague method.

Election Note:

On Sunday 12 October 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina will hold elections for the House of Representatives.[i]

Main parties in the electoral race:

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 3,871,643 (July 2014 est)[v]
  • Registered Voters: 3,129,599 (2010)[vi

Gender Data:

  • Female Population: 1,984,932 (July 2014 est)[i]
  • Is Bosnia and Herzegovina a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (the former Yugoslavia signed the treaty in July 1980)[ii]
  • Has Bosnia and Herzegovina ratified CEDAW: Yes (1 September 1993)[iii]
  • Gender Quota:  Yes: “Legislated Candidates Quotas” for the House of Representatives[iv]
  • Female Candidates in this election: N/A
  • Number of Female Legislators: 7 (17%) of 42 seats in the House of Representatives[v]
  • Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 86[vi]
  • Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Ranking: 24th out of 86 non-OECD countries (latest rankings are from 2012)[vii]

[i] http://www.izbori.ba/Default.aspx?Lang=6

[ii] http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/479/

[iii] http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/479/

[iv] http://www.izbori.ba/Finalni2010/Finalni/ParlamentFBIH/ZbirniRezultate.aspx

[v] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bk.html

[vi] http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2162/

[i] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bk.html

[ii] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[iii] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[iv] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=18

[v] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=18

[vi] http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hdr/2014-human-development-report/

[vii] http://genderindex.org/ranking

 

 

Republic of Bulgaria

National Assembly, 26 March 2017

 

Party

Leader

%

Seats

±

GERB

Boyko Borisov

 

32.65%

95

+11

BSP

Korneliya Ninova

27.20%

80

+41

United Patriots

 

Valeri Simeonov
Krasimir Karakachanov
Volen Siderov

 

9.07%

27

-3

DPS

Mustafa Karadaya

 

8.99%

26

-12

Volya

Veselin Mareshki

4.15%

12

+12

 

 

Republic of Croatia

 

Party

Won Seats

Croatian Democratic Union

61

Social Democratic Party of Croatia

54

Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST)

13

Istrian Democratic Assembly

3

Human Shield

8

For Prime Minister Coalition

2

Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja

1

Independent

1

 

Republic of Croatia: Parliamentary Election, 11 September 2016

At stake in this election:

  • 151 seats in the Hrvatski Sabor (Assembly)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIĆ (since 19 February 2015)
  • Head of Government: Interim Prime Minister Tihomir OREŠKOVIĆ (since 16 June 2016)[1]
  • Assembly: Croatia has a unicameral Hrvatski Sabor (Assembly) composed of 151 seats with members serving 4-year terms.

Description of electoral system:

  • Members of the Assembly are directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote.

Last Election:

  • Elections for the Assembly were last held on 8 November 2015. However, Prime Minister OREŠKOVIĆ was ousted by members of the Assembly and the government was dissolved, necessitating new elections to be held.

Main parties in the election:

  • Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)/Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica
    • Leader: Andrej PLENKOVIČ
    • Seats won in last election: 56
  • Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP)/Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske
    • Leader: Zoran MILANOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 56
  • Croatian Party of Rights – dr. Ante Starčević (HSP AS)/Hrvatska Stranka Prava dr. Ante Starčević
    • Leader: Ivan TEPEŠ
    • Seats won in last election: 3
  • Bridge of Independent Lists (Most-NL)/Most Nezavisnih Lista
    • Leader: Božo PETROV
    • Seats won in last election: 16
  • Croatian People’s Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS)/Hrvatska narodna stranka - Liberalni Demokrat
    • Leader: Vesna PUSIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 9
  • Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS)/Istarski Demokratski Sabor
    • Leader: Boris MILETIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 3
  • Croatian Laborists – Labor Party/Hrvatski laburisti - Stranka Rada
    • Leader: Nansi TIRELI
    • Seats won in last election: 3
  • Croatian Democratic Congress of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB)/Hrvatski Demokratski Sabor Slavonije i Baranje
    • Leader: Dragan VULIN
    • Seats won in last election: 2
  • Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)/Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka
    • Leader: Darinko KOSOR
    • Seats won in last election: 2
  • Croatian Pensioner Party (HSU)/Hrvatska Stranka Umirovljenika  
    • Leader: Silvano HRELJA
    • Seats won in last election: 2
  • Croatian Peasant Party (HSS)/Hrvatska seljačka stranka
    • Leader: Krešo BELJAK
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • “For Prime Minister” Coalition[2]
    • Leader: Milan Bandić
    • Seats won in last election: 0

*Note: In the 2015 election, several political parties joined to form coalitions.

  • The Croatia is Growing coalition was formed by the Social Democratic Party of Croatia, Croatian People’s Party – Liberal Democrats, Croatian Pensioner Party, Authentic Croatian Peasant Party, and Zagorje Party.
  • The Patriotic Coalition was formed by the Croatian Democratic Union, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Croatian Party of Rights, the Party of Rights – Dr. Ante Starcevic, the Croatian Social Liberal Party, the Growth Party, the Christian Democratic Union, and the Democratic Party of Zagorje. However, this coalition has disbanded for the 2016 election.

Population and number of registered voters:

·         Population: 4,464,844 (July 2015 est.)

·         Registered Voters: 3,788,788 (2015)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,311,758 (July 2015)

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Croatia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (9 September 1992)

·         Gender Quota: Yes[3]

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 23 (15.23%)

·         Human Development Index Position: 47

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Croatia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Croatia ratified CRPD: Yes (15 August 2007)

·         Population with a disability: 669,727 (est.)

 

[1] Prime Minister OREŠKOVIĆ was ousted by parliament, but he will continue to serve as interim Prime Minister until this election is held.

[2] The “For Prime Minister Coalition” is composed of the Milan Bandić 365 Party, the Reformist Party, the New Wave Party, the Pensioners Together Block, and HSS Stjepan Radić.

[3] According to the 2008 Act on Gender Equality, political parties should seek to achieve balance in terms of the representation of women and men on electoral lists. 

 

Hellenic Republic

 

Party

Seats won

Syriza Unionist Social Front

 

35.41%

 

145

New Democracy (ND)

 

28.10%

 

75

Golden Dawn

 

6.95%

 

18

Pan Hellenic Socialist Movement

 

6.28%

 

17

Communist Party of Greece

 

5.55%

 

15

The River

 

4.09%

 

11

Independent Greeks

 

3.69%

 

10

Union of Centrists

 

9

 

 

At stake in this election (Sept. 20, 2015):       

  • The 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon).

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Prokopis PAVLOPOULOS (since 13 March 2015)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Alexis TSIPRAS (since 25 January 2015)
  • Assembly: Greece has a unicameral Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) with 300 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is indirectly elected by parliament to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
  • In the Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon), 288 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 12 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.*

* There is a national threshold of 3 percent. The party or apparentement winning a plurality of votes automatically is awarded 40 seats, and the remaining seats are allocated proportionally among all parties clearing the threshold. The 288 regular seats are divided among 56 constituencies: 48 multi-member and 8 single-member. In single-member districts, elections are effectively by plurality. The 12 State Deputy seats are allocated proportionally from closed lists in a nationwide district. Voters cast ballots only for the regular seats.

Main parties in the electoral race:

Last election:

  • The last election for parliament in Greece was held on 25 January 2015. Results can be found here: http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2836/

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 10,775,557 (July 2014 est) [i]
  • Registered Voters: 9,911,495[ii]

Gender Data:

  • Female Population: 5,509,973 (July 2014 est)[iii]
  • Is Greece a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (2 March 1982).[iv]
  • Has Greece ratified CEDAW: Yes (7 June 1983)[v]
  • Gender Quota:  Yes. Legislated Candidate Quota: “one-third of political parties’ candidate lists, both for national and constituency lists, must be filled with candidates of each sex.”[vi]
  • Female Candidates in this election: N/A
  • Number of Female Legislators: 63 (21%) of 300 seats in Greece’s Hellenic Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon).[xi]
  • Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 29.[vii]
  • Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: None (latest categorizations are from 2014)[viii]

 

[i] http://www.indexmundi.com/greece/population.html

[ii] http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2836/#_edn6 

[iii] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?id=89

[iv] http://hdr.undp.org/sites/all/themes/hdr_theme/country-notes/GRC.pdf

[v] http://genderindex.org/country/greece

[vi] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[vii] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

 

Republic of Kosovo

 

Party

Seats won

Democratic Party of Kosovo

30.38%

 

37

Democratic League of Kosovo

 25.24%

 

30

Vetëvendosje!

13.59%

 

16

Alliance for the Future of Kosovo

9.54%

 

11

Serbian List

5.22%

 

9

Civic Initiative for Kosovo

5.15%

 

6

New Kosovo Alliance

4.67%

 

9

Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo

 

2

At stake in this election (June 8, 2014):

  • 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Atifete JAHJAGA[1]
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Hashim THACI
  • Assembly: Kosovo has a unicameral Assembly (Kuvendi i Kosovës/Skupština Kosova) with 120 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by parliament to serve a 5-year term.
  • Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
  • In the Assembly (Kuvendi i Kosovës/Skupština Kosova), 120 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms, of which  20 seats are guaranteed to political entities  representing Kosovo's national minorities.[2]

Election Note:

  • Elections had been widely expected to be held in late 2014 as the Assembly’s term of office was due to expire in February 2015. However, on 7 May 2014 the Assembly voted 90-4 to dissolve itself due to an impasse on several issues before the legislature, including the creation of a Kosovo Armed Force. Snap elections are mandated to take place within 45 days of the Assembly’s dissolution and have been scheduled for 8 June.

Political entities in this electoral race:[3]

  • Egyptian Liberal Party / Partia Liberale Egjiptiane (PLE)
    • Leader: Isuf BERISHA
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo / Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës (PDAK)
    • Leader: Danush ADEMI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • Progressive Democratic Party / Progresivna Demokratska Stranka (PDS)
    • Leader: Nenad RAŠIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • United Roma Party of Kosovo / Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës (PREBK)
    • Leader: Zylfi MERXHA
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • Self-Determination / Lëvizja Vetëvendosje!
    • Leader: Albin KURTI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 14
  • Vakat Coalition / Koalicija Vakat (VAKAT)
    • Leader: Dzezair MURATI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 2
  • The Strong Party / Partia e Fortë (PF)
    • Leader: Visar ARIFAJ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • Serbian List / Srpska Lista
    • Leader: Aleksandar JABLANOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Citizens’ Initiative Group
  • Movement for Democratic Prosperity / Pokret za Demokratski Prosperitet (PDP)
    • Leader: Dragiša MIRIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Coalition
  • New Kosovo Alliance / Aleanca Kosova e Re (AKR)
    • Leader: Behgjet PACOLLI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 8
  • Social Democrats / Socialdemokratija (SD)
    • Leader: Saša ÐOKIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: N/A[4]
  • Kosovar New Romani Party / Kosovaki Nevi Romani Partia (KNRP)
    • Leader: Jollxhi SHALA
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • A Single Bosnian List / Bošnjacka Jedinsvena Lista``      
    • Leader: Alma DESTANOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Citizens’ Initiative Group
  • Alliance for the Future of Kosovo / Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës (AAK)
    • Leader: Ramush HARADINAJ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 12
  • Independent Candidate Hasan GASHI
  • New Democratic Party / Nova Demokratska Stranka (NDS)
    • Leader: Emilija REDŽEPI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo / Iniciative e re Demokrarike e Kosovës  (IRDK)
    • Leader: Xhevdet NEZIRAJ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • Coalition for Gora / Koalicija Za Gora (KZG)
    • Leader: Adem HODŽA
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Coalition[5] 
  • Ashkali Party for Integration / Partia e Ashkalinjeve për Integrim (PAI)
    • Leader: Etem ARIFI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • Party of Democratic Action / Stranka Demokratske Akcije (SDA)
    • Leader: Numan BALIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 0
  • Center Democratic Union / Centar Demokratske Unije (CDU)
    • Leader: Hamza BALJE
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • Kosovo Turkish Justice Party / Kosova Türk Adalet Partisi (KTAP)
    • Leader: Arif BÜTÜC
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Party
  • Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo / Bošnjacka Stranka Demokratske Akcije Kosovo (BSDAK)
    • Leader: Hilmo KANDIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 1
  • Democratic League of Kosovo / Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës (LDK)
    • Leader: Isa MUSTAFA
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 27
  • Movement for Gora / Pokret za Gora
    • Leader: Avnija BAHTIJARI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: New Citizens’ Initiative Group
  • Independent Liberal Party / Samostalna Liberalna Stranka (SLS)
    • Leader: Slobodan PETROVIĆ
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 8
  • Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo / Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi (KDTP)
    • Leader: Mahir YAĞCILAR
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 3
  • Coalition: Democratic Party of Kosovo / Partia Demokratike e Kosovës (PDK), Justice Party / Partia e Drejtësisë (PD) [6], Movement for Unification / Lëvizja për Bashkim (LB) [7], Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo / Partia Shqiptare Demkristiane e Kosovës (PSHDK), Conservative Party of Kosovo / Partia Konservatore e Kosovës (PK)
    • Leader: Hashim THACI
    • Seats won in last Assembly elections: 34[8]
  • Initiative for Kosovo / Nisma për Kosovën
    • Leader: Fatmir LIMAJ
    • Seats won in last election: New Citizens Initiative Group
  • Traditional Albanian Movement / Lëvizja Grupimi Tradicional Shqiptar
    • Leader: Salih SALIHU
    • Seats won in last election: New Citizens’ Initiative Group

Population and Voter Registration:

  • Population: 1,859,203 (2014 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 1,782,454 (May 2014)

[1] President Behgjet PACOLLI resigned following a ruling by the constitutional court that the two-thirds quorum required to elect a president had not been attained during the first two rounds of parliamentary voting as required by the constitution. JAHJAGA was nominated as a consensus candidate.

[2] , There is a 30 percent female quota under which one in every three candidates on each candidate list must be female, and elected representatives must comprise at least 30% women. Electors may vote for up to five individual candidates within the list they choose. Of the seats reserved for minority communities, 10 are reserved for the Serbian community, and 10 are reserved for other minority communities.

[3] Political entities include political parties, citizens’ initiative groups, coalitions and independent candidates. They are listed in order of the number they received in the May 23 draw for placement on the ballot.

[4] The Social Democrats ran as part of the Unified Serb List coalition in 2010, which won 4 seats

[5] Civic Initiative of Gora (GIG) which is a member of this coalition, won 1 seat in 2010.

[6] The Justice Party ran as part of the New Kosovo Coalition / Koalicioni Kosova e Re in 2010.

[7] The Movement for Unification ran as part of the Self-Determination movement / Vetëvendosje in 2010.

[8] The Democratic Party of Kosovo ran as a single party in 2010 to win these seats.

 

 

Republic of Macedonia

 

Party

Seats won

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity - Democratic Alternative

42.21%

 

61

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia

24.90%

 

34

Democratic Union for Integration

13.47%

 

19

Democratic Party of Albanians

5.82%

 

7

Citizen Option for Macedonia

2.77%

 

1

National Democratic Party

1.56%

 

1

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – People’s Party

1.47%

 

-

Dignity

0.81%

 

-

Social Democratic Party of Macedonia

0.41%

 

-

Party for European Future

0.28%

 

-

Popular Movement for Macedonia

0.17%

 

-

Coalition for a Positive Macedonia

0.11%

 

-

Party for Economic Change 21

0.11%

 

-

Party for Democratic Prosperity

-

At stake in this election (April 27, 2014):

  • 123 seats in the Assembly of Macedonia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Gjorge IVANOV
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Nikola GRUEVSKI
  • Assembly: Macedonia has a unicameral Assembly (Sobranie) with 123 seats

Description of electoral system:

  • In the Assembly (Sobranie), 120 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 3 members are reserved for the diaspora community to serve 4-year terms.[1]

Election Note:

  • Although parliamentary elections were not due until 2015, the Albanian junior coalition partner Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) refused to support the ruling VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate for President, incumbent Gjorge IVANOV, and the government was dissolved. The last parliamentary election was held on June 5, 2011. The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) received 438,138 votes (38.98%) and won 56 seats, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) received 368,496 votes (32.78%) and won 42 seats, and the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) received 115,092 votes (10.24%) and won 15 seats. Although the VMRO-DPMNE lost 7 seats and the SDSM gained 18, the VMRO-DPMNE still won a plurality of seats and was able to form a new government. Nikola GRUEVSKI remained Prime Minister.

Main candidates in the election:[2]

 

Population and Voter Registration:

  • Population: 2,075,625 (2014)
  • Registered Voters: 1,779,572 (April 2014)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,042,233 (2014)

·         Is Macedonia a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Macedonia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succesion (18 January 1994)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 34 (following the 2011 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 81 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Macedonia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Macedonia ratified CRPD: Yes (29 December 2011)

·         Population with a disability: 311,343 (est.)

[1] The country is divided in 6 electoral districts, with a district magnitude of 20 members. No legal threshold is required for a party to enter the parliament. Votes are tabulated using the D'Hondt formula. At least 30 percent of the candidates on each party list must be of different gender. 3 seats are reserved for the Macedonian diaspora.

[2] Parties are listed in the order they appear on the ballot.

[3] The SDSM leads an electoral list that also includes members of the New Social Democratic Party   / Нова социјалдемократска Партија (NSDP), the Liberal Democratic Party / Либерално-демократска Партија (LDP), and five smaller parties

[4] Electoral coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE.

[5] New party, formed in September 2013.

[6] Electoral coalition led by the Alliance for Positive Macedonia / Алијанса за позитивна Македонија

 

Montenegro

 

Party

Seats won

Democratic Party of Socialists

41.42%

 

35

Democratic Front

20.27%

 

18

Key Coalition

11.06%

 

9

Democratic Montenegro

9.99%

 

9

Social Democratic Party

5.23%

 

4

Social Democrats of Montenegro

3.26%

 

2

Bosniak Party

3.20%

 

2

Albanians Decisively

0.89%

 

1

Croatian Civic Initiative

1

Montenegro: Parliamentary Election, 16 October 2016

At stake in this election:

  • 81 seats in the Skupstina (Assembly)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Filip VUJANOVIĆ (since 6 April 2008)
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Milo ĐJUKANOVIĆ (since 4 December 2012)
  • Assembly: Montenegro has a unicameral Skupština (Assembly) composed of 81 seats with members serving 4-year terms.

Description of electoral system:

  • Members of the Assembly are directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote.

Last Election:

  • Elections were last held on 14 October 2012. The coalition For a European Montenegro[1] won 39 seats, the Democratic Front won 20, the Socialist People’s Party of Montenegro won 9, Positive Montenegro won 7, and the Bosniak Party won 3.

Main parties in the election:

  • Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS)/Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore
    • Leader: Milo ĐJUKANOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 30
  • Democratic Front (DF)/Demokratski Front
    • Leader: Collective Leadership
    • Seats won in last election: 20
  • Social Democrat Party (SDP)/Socijaldemokratska Partija Crne Gore
    • Leader: Ranko KRIVOKAPIC
    • Seats won in last election: 5
  • Positive Montenegro/Pozitivna Crna Gora
    • Leader: Darko PAJOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 7
  • Bosniak Party (BS)/Bošnjačka Stranka
    • Leader: Rafet HUSOVIĆ
    • Seats won in last election: 3
  • Party of Serbian Radicals/Stranka Srpskih Radikala
    • Leader: Vojislav ŠEŠELJ
    • Seats won in last election: 0
  • Democratic Coalition[2]
    • Leader: Miodrag LEKIC
    • Seats won in last election: N/A
  • Coalition of Albanian Parties[3]
    • Leader:
    • Seats won in last electin: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

·         Population: 647,073 (July 2015 est.)

·         Registered Voters: 514,055 (2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 324,756 (July 2015 est.)

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Montenegro ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (23 October 2006)

·         Gender Quota: Yes[4]

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 12 (14.81%)

·         Human Development Index Position: 49

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Montenegro a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007)

·         Has Montenegro ratified CRPD: Yes (2 November 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 97,060 (est.)

[1] For a European Montenegro in the last election was composed of the DPS, the SDP, and the Liberal Party. The SDP however, has left the coalition and is contesting the 2016 elections as a separate party.

[2] The Democratic Coalition was formed as a merger of the Civic Movement URA, DEMOS, and the Socialist People’s Party SNP. 

[3] The three main Albanian parties in Montenegro, Forca, the Union of Albanians, and the Albanian Alternative Party, are contesting the election as a coalition. The leader of Forca is Nazif CUNGU, the leader of the Democratic Union of Albanians is Mehmed ZENKA, and the leader of the Albanian Alternative Party is Nik GJELOSHAJ.

[4] Montenegro has a gender quota that requires at least 30% of candidates of the less represented gender be included in the candidate lists. 

 

 

Romania

Elections for Chamber of Deputies

Party

Seats won

Social-Liberal Union

60.16%

 

122

Right Romanian Alliance

16.73%

 

24

People's Party - Dan Diaconescu

14.67%

 

21

Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania

5.24%

 

9

Greater Romania Party

1.47%

 

-

Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania

0.79%

 

-

Ecologist Party of Romania

0.79%

 

-

People's Party

-

 

Elections for Senate

 

Party

Seats won

Social-Liberal Union

60.16%

 

122

Right Romanian Alliance

16.73%

 

24

People's Party - Dan Diaconescu

14.67%

 

21

Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania

9

 

At stake in this election (Dec. 9, 2012):

  • 137 seats in the Senate (Senat)
  • 315 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Traian BĂSESCU
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Victor-Viorel PONTA
  • Assembly: Romania has a bicameral Parliament (Parlament) consisting of the Senate (Senat) with 137 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor) with 334 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
  • In the Senate (Senat) 137 members are elected through a modified mixed-member proportional system to serve 4-year terms*. In the Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaţilor), 19 members are reserved to serve 4-year terms and 315 members are elected through a modified mixed-member proportional system to serve 4-year terms.**

* Seats are distributed nationwide to parties in proportion to their vote shares, provided they have met a 5 percent threshold. This occurs after seats have been allocated to winners in single-member constituencies. A candidate must obtain an absolute majority of votes to win in any single-member constituency.

** As in the Senate, seats are allocated nationwide in proportion to parties' vote shares. This occurs after seats have been allocated to candidates winning majorities in single-seat constituencies. Various national thresholds apply: 5 percent for single parties (or at least 6 Chamber seats, or at least 3 Senate seats); 8 percent for alliances of two parties; 9 percent for alliances of three, and 10 percent for alliances of four or more parties.

There is no fixed number of reserve seats. These go to members of recognized minority groups (one per group) who do not win representation otherwise in either chamber. Such a candidate must have received 10 percent of the average number of valid votes cast for Deputies in the single-seat constituencies.

Main parties in the electoral race:

* Political alliance between the Social Democratic Party, National Liberal Party, and the Conservative Party.
** Political alliance between the Democratic Liberal Party, National Peasant Christian-Demoncratic Party, Civic Force, and the Centre-Right Civic Initiative.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 20,058,035 (2012)
  • Registered Voters: 18,423,066 (2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 10,327,257 (2012)

·         Is Romania a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (4 September 1980)

·         Has Romania ratified CEDAW: Yes (7 January 1982)

·         Gender Quota: No (there are some political parties that have adopted voluntary quotas)

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 55 (House of Deputies); 13 (Senate) following the 2012 elections

·         Human Development Index Position: 52 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Romania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (26 September 2007)

·         Has Romania ratified CRPD: Yes (31 January 2011)

·         Population with a disability: 3,008,705 (est.)

 

 

Republic of Serbia

Party

Seats won

Serbian Progressive Party

48.25%

 

131

Socialist Party of Serbia

10.95%

 

29

Serbian Radical Party

8.10%

 

22

Enough is Enough

6.02%

 

16

Democratic Party

6.02%

 

16

DSS-Dveri

5.04%

 

13

Coalition for a Better Serbia

5.02%

 

13

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians

1.50%

 

4

Bosniak Democratic Community of Sandzak

0.86%

 

2

Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak

0.80%

 

2

Green Party

1

Party for Democratic Action

1

 

Republic of Serbia: Parliamentary Elections, 24 April 2016

At stake in this election:

  • 250 seats in the Narodna Skupstina (National Assembly)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Tomislav NIKOLIC
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Aleksandar VUCIC
  • Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral Narodna Skupstina (National Assembly) composed of 250 seats.

Description of electoral system:

  • Members of the National Assembly are directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by party list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms. 10 seats are allocated to representatives of ethnic minorities. 

Last Election:

  • Parliamentary elections were last held on 16 March 2014. The coalition “Future We Believe In - Aleksandar Vucic”[1] won 158 of the 250 seats at stake, becoming the first coalition to secure an absolute majority in the Serbian Parliament.

Note: Elections would have been normally scheduled for 2018, but President NIKOLIC dissolved Parliament and called for early elections to be held. 

Main candidates in the election:

  • Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)/Srpska napredna stranka
    • Leader: Aleksandar VUCIC
    • Seats won in last election: 131
  • Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)/Socijalistička partija Srbije
    • Leader: Ivica DACIC
    • Seats won in last election: 25
  • Democratic Party (DS)/Demokratska stranka
    • Leader: Bojan PAJTIC
    • Seats won in last election: 19
  • New Democratic Party - Greens
    • Leader: Boris TADIC
    • Seats won in last election: 18
  • Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS)/ Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
    • Leader: Rasim LJAJIC
    • Seats won in last election: 10
  • New Serbia (NS)/Nova Srbija
    • Leader: Velimir ILIC
    • Seats won in last election: 6
  • Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)/Srpski pokret obnove
    • Leader: Vuk DRASKOVIC
    • Seats won in last election: 5
  • Movement of Socialists (PS)/Pokret socijalista
    • Leader: Aleksandar VULIN
    • Seats won in last election: 3
  • Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)/Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije
    • Leader: Jovan KRKOBABIC
    • Seats won in last election: 12
  • United Serbia (JS)/Jedinstvena Srbija
    • Leader: Dragan MARKOVIC
    • Seats won in last election: 7
  • League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV)/Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodin
    • Leader: Nenad CANAK
    • Seats won in last election: 6

Population and number of registered voters:

·         Population: 7,176,794 (July 2015 est.)

·         Registered Voters: 6,766,575 (2014)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 3,677,927 (July 2015 est.)

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Serbia ratified CEDAW: Yes, Succession (12 March 2001)

·         Gender Quota: Yes[2]

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 85 (34%)

·         Human Development Index Position: 66 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (17 December 2007)

·         Has Serbia ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,076,519

 

[1] This coalition was comprised of Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Serbian Renewal Movement, Movement of Socialists, and Social Democratic Party of Serbia.

[2] The gender quota requires that candidate lists for political parties must include at least 30% of candidates of each sex. 

 

Republic of Turkey

Party

Seats won

Justice and Development Party (AKP)

49.50%

 

258

Republican People's Party (CHP)

25.30%

 

134

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)

11.90%

 

40

People's Democratic Party (HDP)

10.80%

 

59

Others

 

-

At stake in this election (Nov. 1, 2015):      

  • The 550 seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN*
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Ahmet DAVUTOGLU
  • Assembly: Turkey has a unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi) with 550 seats.

*Candidates must be members of the Grand National Assembly supported by 20 of its members, or nominees by political parties that have attained more than 10 percent of votes in the last legislative election. Candidates must be 40 years of age and have completed higher education.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
  • The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
  • In the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi) 550 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.**

**There are 79 MMD corresponding to the provinces. Each party must clear a national threshold of 10 percent and at least one D'Hondt quotient in the district from which it is elected. Additionally, a candidate may be seated only if his party is organized in one-third of districts within each of half of the provinces, and has nominated two candidates for each seat in at least half of provinces.

Main parties in the electoral race:

  • Party: Justice and Development Party / Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP)
    • Leader: Ahmet DAVUTOGLU
    • Seats won in last election: 258
  • Party: Republican People's Party / Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP)
    • Leader: Kemal KILICDAROGLU
    • Seats won in last election: 132
  • Party: Nationalist Movement Party / Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP)
    • Leader: Devlet BAHCELI
    • Seats won in last election: 80
  • Party: Peoples' Democratic Party / Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP)
    • Leader: Selahattin DEMIRTAS
    • Seats won in last election: 80

Last Election:

  • The last election for the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was held on 7 June 2015.  There were 56,608,817 registered voters for the election, of whom 47,507,389 cast votes, an 82% voter turnout. The Justice and Development Party won 258 seats (of 550) or 46.9% of the vote, the Republican People’s Party won 132 seats (24% of the vote), the Nationalist Movement Party won 80 seats (14.5% of the vote), and People’s Democratic Party won 80 seats (14.5% of the vote).

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 81,619,392 (2014 est.)[1]
  • Registered Voters: 56,608,817 (2015) [2]

Gender Data:

  • Female Population: 40,512,569 (2014 est.)[3]
  • Is Turkey a signatory to CEDAW: No
  • Has Turkey ratified CEDAW: Yes (20 December 1985)[4]
  • Gender Quota: No legislated quotas[5]
  • Female Candidates in this election: Yes
  • Number of Female Legislators: 78 (14%) of 550 seats in the Grand National Assembly[6]
  • Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 69[7]
  • Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low[8]

Disability Data:

  • Is Turkey a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
  • Has Turkey ratified CRPD: Yes (28 September 2009)[9]
  • Population with a disability: 11,912,140 (2015 est.)[10]

  

[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html

[2] http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ysk/Haberler/2015MV-GeciciSecimSonuclari.pdf

[3] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html

[4] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-8&chapter=4&lang=en

[5] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=223

[6] http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=223

[7] http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-1-human-development-index-and-its-components

[8] http://genderindex.org/country/turkey

[9] https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=iv-15&chapter=4&lang=en

[10] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/tr/all/ 

 

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