| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
27 April 2014 |
| Purpose of elections |
The VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski took 61 seats in the 123-member Assembly of the Republic, five more than the previous elections in 2011. Its coalition partner in the outgoing government, the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), increased its share from 15 to 19. The coalition led by the SDSM under Mr. Zoran Zaev saw its share reduced from 42 to 34. Parliamentary elections were held in parallel with the run-off presidential elections, in which Mr. Gjorge Ivanov (VMRO-DPMNE) was re-elected, defeating SDSMs Mr. Stevo Pendarovski.
The early parliamentary elections were triggered by a disagreement within the governing coalition over the presidential candidate.
During the election campaign, VMRO-DPMNE, in power since 2006, promised to grant aid totalling one million euros to businesses to stimulate job creation. The SDSM accused the VMRO-DPMNE of having increased the gap between the rich and the poor and promised the "restoration" of the middle class. The DUI urged ethnic Albanians (who make up a quarter of the population) to boycott the presidential elections while encouraging them to participate in the parliamentary polls. The SDSM stated that it would not recognize the entire electoral process, both parliamentary and presidential. The observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stated that both elections were "efficiently administered" but "the majority of monitored media was largely biased in favour of the ruling party".
Prior to the first parliamentary session of 10 May, the VMRO-DPMNE and the DUI agreed to form a new coalition government. On 12 May, Mr. Ivanov was sworn in for a new five-year term in a session boycotted by most opposition parties. He subsequently tasked Mr. Gruevski with forming a new government. |
Date of previous elections: 5 June 2011
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 5 March 2014
Timing of election: Early elections
Expected date of next elections: April 2018
Number of seats at stake: 123 (full renewal)
Number of candidates: 1,393 (1,380 candidates in the six multi-member constituencies in the country and 13 in the three single-member constituencies abroad)
Percentage of women candidates: Not available.
Number of parties contesting the election: 14 (including two coalitions)
Number of parties winning seats: 5
Alternation of power: No
Number of parties in government: 2 (one coalition and one party)
Names of parties in government: VMRO-DPMNE and DUI
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 10 May 2014
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Trajko Veljanoski (VMRO) |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 27 April 2014 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
1'780'128
1'120'744 (62.96%)
37'654
1'083'090 |
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Notes
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| Distribution of seats |
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Round no 1
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| Political Group |
Total
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| VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition |
61
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| SDSM-led coalition |
34
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| Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) |
19
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| Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) |
7
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| National Democratic Revival (NDP) |
1
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| Citizen Option for Macedonia (GROM) |
1
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| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
83
40
32.52%
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| Distribution of seats according to age |
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| Distribution of seats according to profession |
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| Comments |
Soruces:
Assembly of the Republic (12.05.2014, 23.06.2014, 24.06.2014, 17.07.2014)
http://rezultati.sec.mk |
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