Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
This article is about the legislature of Macedonia. For other uses, see Assembly of the Republic (disambiguation).
| Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia Македонско Собрание (Macedonian) | |
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| Seats | 123 |
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Political groups |
VMRO-DPMNE (57) Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (37) Democratic Union for Integration (17) Democratic Party of Albanians (7) Democratic Union (2) Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (1) National Democratic Revival (1) Citizen Option for Macedonia (1) |
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Last election | April 27, 2014 |
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| Palace of the Macedonian Parliament | |
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| Election Results 2014 | |
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The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is the parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. The Assembly (Собрание, Sobranie) consists of 123 members, elected for four-year terms by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs, and 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora.
Latest elections
Main article: Macedonian general election, 2014
2011 Election Result
Voter turnout was 63,48%. 7,851 accredited observers monitored the election, including representatives from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, ODIHR, and others.[1] The election went smoothly and without incidents.
Only five parties and coalitions, of the 18 listed on the ballots, won 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 LIBERAL PARTY, PEOPLES MOVEMENT FOR MACEDONIA, VMRO-DP, VMRO–UNITED, HOMELAND MACEDONIAN ORGANIZATION FOR RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION – VARDAR–EGEJ–PIRIN, MACEDONIAN ALIANCE, and VMRO-MACEDONIAN | VMRO-DPMNE | 438,824 | 39.22 | 53 + 3 |  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, ALLIANCE 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 |
- Source: State Election Commission of Macedonia[3]
Speakers of the Assembly (after 1991)
Parliament Building in Skopje
- Stojan Andov January 8, 1991 - March 6, 1996
- Tito Petkovski March 6, 1996 - November 19, 1998
- Savo Klimovski November 19, 1998 - November 30, 2000
- Stojan Andov November 30, 2000 - October 3, 2002
- Nikola Popovski October 3, 2002 - November 8, 2003
- Liljana Popovska (acting) November 8, 2003 - November 18, 2003
- Ljupčo Jordanovski November 18, 2003 - August 1, 2006
- Ljubiša Georgievski August 1, 2006 - June 21, 2008
- Trajko Veljanovski June 21, 2008 – Present
See also
References
- ↑ "Македонија гласа". Dnevnik (in Macedonian). 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ↑ State Election Commission of the Republic of Macedonia
- ↑ http://217.16.84.11/Default.aspx
External links
- Official website of the Macedonian Assembly
- Official website of the Macedonian Assembly (in Macedonian)
- Website about the Macedonian Assembly (in Macedonia)
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Coordinates: 41°59′34″N 21°25′58″E / 41.99278°N 21.43278°E
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