Parliamentary election in Macedonia 2011
On 5. June 2011 in place of Macedonia an early election to Parliament ( Macedonian Собрание , Albanian Kuvendi ) instead. The opposition had been calling for a new election since the end of 2010 and had boycotted the country's legislative body since the beginning of 2011 . The previous parliamentary election took place in 2008.
Starting position
28 January 2011 boycotted the Social Democrats (short SDSM ), together with the Albanian party New Democracy (short- DR and three other smaller parties), the Macedonian Parliament indefinitely. The reason they cited was that Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski ( VMRO-DPMNE ) had been severely restricting the freedom of the press in the country for some time and that he and his family were engrossed in corruption. For two years now, the Albanian Democratic Party ( PDSH for short ) has also boycotted parliament. With the non-participation of these parties in future parliamentary sessions, the number of MPs from the opposition parties fell to just two who were independents. On March 16, the Democratic Union for Integration ( BDI for short ) boycotted the parliamentary session, so the boycott also extended to the governing parties .
Before that, the PDSH returned to parliament and ended its boycott. On April 16 the parliament was dissolved; by then, all the electoral law reforms long called for by the opposition had been implemented. The Social Democrats continued their boycott.
Election results
| Party name | acronym | Chairman | Result 2011 MPs / percent |
Change from 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity | VMRO-DPMNE | Nikola Gruevski | 56 / 38.98% | 7 / 9.56% |
| Social Democratic League of Macedonia | SDSM | Branko Crvenkovski | 42 / 32.81% | 15 / 9.17% |
| Bashkimi Democracy për Integrim | BDI | Ali Ahmeti | 15 / 10.28% | 3 / 2.54% |
| Partia Demokratike Shqiptare | PDSH | Menduh Thaçi | 8 / 5.89% | 3 / 2.37% |
| Rilindja Demokratike Kombëtare | RDK | Rufi Osmani | 2 / 2.67% | did not participate, as it was only founded in 2011 |
| New democracy | DR | Imer Selmani | 0 / 1.78% | 4 / split off from the PDSH |
| Party for a European Future | PEI | Fijat Canoski | entered into a coalition with the SDSM | 1 / 1.47% |
Course of the elections
The polls were very calm; there were almost no incidents. However, the non-governmental organization MOST reported some irregularities. It was mainly about voters who photographed their ballot papers and in the west of the country also about the voting of individual voters for several family members. MOST was present on election day with around 3,700 observers, who were present at around 70% of the polling stations. International organizations such as the ODIHR and the OSCE were also present with around 300 observers.
The turnout was a lot higher than in the last parliamentary elections. According to the State Election Commission, around 53.86% had participated in the polls by 5 p.m. (2008: approx. 45%, 2006: approx. 42%). There were regional differences between the north-east (over 61%) and the north-west (around 42%) of the country, where it was also lowest for the latter. The polling stations closed at 7 p.m.
Government formation
As in the last elections, politicians from the two victorious parties will also sit in the next government, i.e. from the VMRO-DPMNE and the Albanian BDI. After two weeks of talks on forming a government, the two parties reached an agreement on June 25th. It stipulates that the BDI provides the minister in the Ministry of Justice, Defense, Environment and Economics. The Albanian party also provides two deputy prime ministers. The promises of party chairman Ahmeti were therefore not fulfilled, either to provide the speaker of parliament or to head the foreign or interior ministries.
In the opposition, the SDSM (in a coalition with the PAE of Fijat Canoski), the PDSH and the RDK will sit first.
Current composition
The new cabinet ruled Macedonia on July 29, 2011. It consists of 22 ministers, 13 from the VMRO-DPMNE, seven from the DUI and four ministers without portfolio, including one representative of the Roma and one of the Turkish minority.
The current composition of the staff and the division of the Macedonian government are as follows:
Nikola Gruevski's cabinet - since July 29, 2011
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As goals of his new term of office, Gruevski announced the rapprochement of his country to the EU and NATO , but emphasized vehemently that he did not want to change the Macedonian constitution with regard to the name dispute, and that a compromise must be approved by the Macedonian people.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results according to the election commission ( memento of the original from January 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SELMANI: DR KA ZGJEDHUR TË JETË MES POPULLIT DHE ME POPULLIN! (No longer available online.) January 30, 2011; Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 ; accessed on January 31, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thellohet kriza ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Parliamentary elections in Macedonia concluded. Wirtschaftsblatt , June 5, 2011, archived from the original on June 10, 2011 ; Retrieved June 20, 2011 .
- ↑ VMRO dhe BDI, arrijnë marrëveshje për qeverinë e ardhshme. (No longer available online.) Albanian Screen Radio Television , June 25, 2011, archived from the original on June 27, 2011 ; Retrieved June 25, 2011 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Government of Macedonia: Government members
- ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation: Macedonia has a new government
