Macedonian parliamentary election, 1990

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 11 November 1990, with a second round on 25 November.^[1] They were the first competitive elections in the country's history.^[2] VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 38 of the 120 seats.^[3]

Electoral system

The 120 members of the Assembly were elected in 120 single-member constituencies. If no candidate received over 50% in the first round, a second round was held and contested by every candidate who received over 7% of the vote in the first round.^[2] In the second round a majority was not required, and the candidate who received the most votes won the seat.^[2]

Results

Party	First round		Second round		Seats
Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Seats
League of Communists of Macedonia–Party for Democratic Transformation	234,369	21.8	220,748	27.7	31
Party for Democratic Prosperity	165,388	15.4	58,046	7.3	17
VMRO-DPMNE	154,101	14.3	238,367	29.9	38
Union of Reform Forces	142,564	13.3	128,449	16.1	11
Socialist Party of Macedonia	77,123	7.2	38,893	4.9	4
PDP-NDP	62,628	5.8	13,326	1.7	5
Movement for All-Macedonian Action	42,926	4.0	8,803	1.1	0
SRS-MDPS	32,799	3.0	31,236	3.9	6
Workers Party	31,591	2.9	2,923	0.4	0
Macedonian People's Party	26,151	2.4	4,806	0.6	0
Social Democratic Party	16,972	1.6	1,656	0.2	0
Party of Yugoslavs in Macedonia	16,898	1.6	13,331	1.7	2
Democratic Union-Party of Peasants	13,230	1.2	4,829	0.6	0
League for Democracy	13,097	1.2	2,707	0.3	0
SPM-MDPS	5,960	0.6	7,061	0.9	1
People's Democratic Party	4,597	0.4	4,105	0.5	1
PCERM-SPM	3,757	0.3	3,961	0.4	1
Democratic Alliance of Turks	3,384	0.3	–	–	0
Christian Democratic Party	2,779	0.3	–	–	0
PCERM	2,359	0.2	–	–	0
Workers-Peasant Party	1,896	0.2	726	0.1	0
MAAK/VMRO-DPMNE	1,698	0.2	–	–	0
SRS-SDPM	732	0.1	–	–	0
Union of Pensioners of Bitola	428	0.0	–	–	0
Independents	18,157	1.7	12,769	1.6	3
Invalid/blank votes	60,144	5.3	34,476	4.1	–
Total	1,135,728	100	831,218	100	120
Registered voters/turnout^[a]	1,452,072	77.2			–
Source: State Election Commission; Nohlen & Stöver

^a Includes the 113,051 voters in the first round who were not registered, but voted using their ID cards.^[4]

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
1 2 3 Nohlen & Stöver, p1274
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1288
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1284

Elections and referendums in Macedonia

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Local elections	1990 1996 2000 2005 2009 2013

Referendums	1991 2004

For the period 1918-1989, see Elections in Yugoslavia.

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