Presidential elections in Balkan countries
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- Category: Election Watch
- Published on Saturday, 29 October 2016 18:25
Last elections (2012-2017)
Republic of Albania
Presidential Election, 28 April 2017
Description of electoral system:
The president of Albania is elected to a 5-year term by the Assembly of the Republic of Albania by secret ballot. The candidate must get a three-fifth majority of the votes of all deputies in parliament. When this majority is not reached in the first round of voting, a second round takes place within seven days. This process continues for up to five rounds of voting, following which an inability to choose a candidate for president the Assembly is dissolved and a general election must occur within 60 days. After the first three rounds, however, the requirement to elect a president is a simple majority of votes.
After 4 rounds Ilir Meta, former Speaker of Parliament and leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration, has been elected on 28.04.2017 as the new President of Albania.
The opposition, led by the Democratic Party, has boycotted the vote.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12 October 2014
Description of electoral system:
Bosnia has a three-member (one Bosnian, one Croatian, and one Serbian) rotating presidency that changes every 8 months. 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.
Mladen Ivanić received 48.71%, Bakir Izetbegović – 32.87%, and Dragan Čović – 52.20% respectively.
Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgarian presidential election, 2016
6 November 2016 (first round)
13 November 2016 (second round)
Nominee Rumen Radev (President-elect), Running mate Iliana Yotova (Vice-President-elect). Party affiliation: Independent. Popular vote: 2,049,260. Percentage: 59.35% (second round).
Nominee Tsetska Tsacheva, Running mate Plamen Manushev. Party affiliation: GERB. Popular vote: 1,249,043. Percentage: 36.17% (second round).
Republic of Croatia
Presidential election, 11 January 2015
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
At the second round of elections Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was elected with 50.7% of the votes.
Hellenic Republic
Presidential election, 18 February 2015
Description of electoral system:
The President is indirectly elected by parliament to serve a 5-year term.
Prokopis Pavlopoulos was elected with absolute majority: 233 out of 300 (295 voted) of the MPs.
Macedonia, FYR
Presidential election, 27 April 2014
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Gjorgje Ivanov was elected with 55.27% of the votes (Second round).
Montenegro
Presidential election, 7 April 2013
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by direct vote to serve a 5-year term.
Filip Vujanovic was elected with 51.21% of the votes.
Romania
Presidential election, 16 November 2014
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Iohannis Klaus was elected during the second round with 54.43% of the votes.
Republic of Serbia
Presidential election, 17 March 2017
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Serbia's Electoral Commission confirmed eleven candidates. Candidate numbers were decided using a random draw. As Alexandar Vučić received more than 50% of votes, no second round was held and he was elected.
Republic of Turkey
Presidential election, 10 August 2014
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5 year term.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is elected during the first round with 51.79% of the votes.
Referendum results, 16.04.2017
Turkey’s supreme election board announces official charter referendum results
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) published the official results of the April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments in the Official Gazette on April 27 2017.
Voters went to the polls on April 16 to decide whether to approve changes to the country’s constitution, which also includes a shift from the current parliamentary system to an executive presidency.
The “yes” campaign won with 51.41 percent, while the “no” vote stood at 48.59 percent, the official results showed.
A total of 48,936,604 votes were regarded valid, and the turnout was 85.43 percent, the Official Gazette said.
The number of “yes” voters were 25,157,463 while the number of “no” voters were 23,779,141.
