Macedonian Parliament Македонско Собрание Makedonsko Sobranie |
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Type | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Trajko Veljanovski, VMRO-DPMNE since June 5, 2011 |
Members | 123 |
Political groups | VMRO-DPMNE (53+3) Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (42) Democratic Union for Integration (15) Democratic Party of Albanians (8) National Democratic Revival (2) |
Elections | |
Voting system | Reinforced proportional representation |
Last election | June 21, 2008 |
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Palace of the Macedonian Parliament | |
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sobranie.mk |
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The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, the Assembly (Собрание, Sobranie), has 123 members, elected for a four year term, by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs.
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Voter turnout was 63,48%. 7,851 accredited observers monitored the election, including representatives from OSCE, ODIHR, and others.[1] The election went smoothly and without incidents.
Only 5 parties and coalitions, out of the 18 listed on the ballots, managed to win parliamentary seats. Several parties that were represented in the previous parliaments didn't win any seats, including VMRO-NP, LDP, and others.[2]
Party/Coalition | Abbreviation | Number of votes | % of votes | Number of seats won | Seats change from 2008 |
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VMRO-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity, Socialist Party of Macedonia, Democratic Union, Democratic Renewal of Macedonia, Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia, Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia, Union of Roma in Macedonia, UNITED PARTY FOR EMANCIPATION, PARTY OF JUSTICE, PARTY OF DEMOCRATIC ACTION OF MACEDONIA, PARTY OF THE VLACHS FROM MACEDONIA, PARTY FOR INTEGRATION OF THE ROMA, BOSHNJAK DEMOCRATIC PARTY, DEMOCRATIC FORCES OF THE ROMA, PERMANENT MACEDONIAN RADICAL REUNION-TMRO, NEW LIBRAL PARTY, PEOPLES MOVEMENT FOR MACEDONIA, VMRO-DP, VMRO–UNITED, HOMELAND MACEDONINAN ORGANIZATION FOR RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION – VARDAR–EGEJ–PIRIN, MACEDONIAN ALIANCE, and VMRO-MACEDONIAN | VMRO-DPMNE | 440,824 | 39.22 | 56 | 7 |
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, New Social Democratic Party, Party for European Future, Liberal Party of Macedonia, MOVEMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY OF TURKS IN MACEDONIA, SERBIAN ADVANCED PARTY IN MACEDONIA, PARTY FOR TOTAL EMANCIPATION OF ROMA, NEW ALTERNATIVE, ALIANCE OF TITO'S LEFT FORCES, PARTY FOR MOVEMENT OF THE TURKS IN MACEDONIA, DEMOCRATIC UNION OF THE SERBS FROM MACEDONIA, DEMOCRATIC UNION OF THE VLACHS FROM MACEDONIA, PARTY OF FREE DEMOCRATS, PARTY OF PENSIONERS OF RM, AND SANDZAK'S LEAGUE | SDSM | 368,804 | 32.81 | 42 | 15 |
Democratic Union for Integration | DUI | 115,524 | 10.28 | 15 | 3 |
Democratic Party of Albanians | DPA | 66,374 | 5.89 | 8 | 3 |
National Democratic Revival | NDR | 29,996 | 2.67 | 2 | 2 |
VMRO – People's Party | VMRO-NP | 28,267 | 2.51 | 0 | 0 |
New Democracy | ND | 19,992 | 1.78 | 0 | 4 |
United for Macedonia | OM | 17,117 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democratic Party | LDP | 16,551 | 1.47 | 0 | 4 |
Political Party Dignity | PPD | 8,911 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Union of Albanians | DUA | 4,517 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 |
Party of United Democrats of Macedonia | PODEM | 4,409 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 |
Social Democratic Union | SDU | 2,512 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
Social Democratic Party of Macedonia | SDPM | 1,807 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Right | / | 1,517 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
National Democratic Union | NDU | 470 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
Party for Democratic Prosperity | PDP | 278 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
European Party of Macedonia | / | 157 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Total (turnout 63,48%) | 100 | 123 | 3 |
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