Macedonian general election, 1994

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General elections were held in Macedonia on 16 October 1994 to elect a President and Assembly, with a second round of Assembly elections on 30 October.[1] The presidential election was won by Kiro Gligorov of the Alliance for Macedonia (a coalition of the Social Democratic Union, Liberal Party and the Socialist Party), whilst the parties forming Alliance for Macedonia also won the Assembly elections with 95 of the 120 seats. However, the second round of the Assembly elections were boycotted by VMRO-DPMNE and the Democratic Party, as they claimed there had been irregularities in the first round.[2]

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.[3] In the second round a majority was not required, and the candidate who received the most votes won the seat.[3]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Kiro GligorovAlliance for Macedonia715,08778.4
Ljubisha GeorgievskiVMRO-DPMNE197,10921.6
Invalid/blank votes130,810
Total1,053,761100
Registered voters/turnout1,360,72977.4
Source: State Electoral Commission

Assembly

Party First round Second round Seats +/–
Votes % Votes %
Alliance for Macedonia291,69529.5329,70053.587
VMRO-DPMNE141,49414.30–38
Democratic Party108,87211.00New
Party for Democratic Prosperity87,1038.893,40715.210–7
People's Democratic Party29,3613.025,0074.14+3
Democratic Party of Macedonia20,2432.13,9910,41New
Liberal Party[a]15,0861.521,3623.55
Workers Party15,4161.60
Democratic Party of Turks14,4231.56,4340.70
Social Democratic Party12,0551.22,2540.41+1
Movement for All-Macedonian Action11,4791.22.0130,20
VMRO-DP9,7421.04580.00
League of Communists of Macedonia7,6100.80
VMRO-MNDS7,1670.71.1910.10
Party of Democratic Action–Islamic Path6,9120.72.1550.20
Socialist Party[a]6,6120.75,6320.91
PCERM6,5300.74,4470.710
Workers Party of Macedonia5,4350.60
Democratic Party of Serbs5,2900,54,0030.40
Communist Party of Macedonia5,1610.50
VMRO-Fatherland5,1330.50
Democratic Union-Party of Peasants5,0890.56810.10
Social Democratic Union[a]4,1820.44,6350.81
Christian Democratic Party4,0190.40
SDSM-LPM[a]3,9450.45,6740.91
DPTM/SDA-IP3,4670.44,6810.81New
Other parties19,1091.967,4871.00
Independents136,51113.895,41815.57+4
Invalid/blank votes54,33026,5803.8
Total1,043,453100707,2101001200
Registered voters/turnout[b]1,487,36770.21,293,33054.7
Source: Nohlen & Stöver; Blagoja Nineski (2001) "Izborite, mediumite i partiite vo Makedonija 1990-2000", p. 190-191

a Part of Aliance for Macedonia on national level, but contesting some constituencies as separate party or in a coalition with only one party member of Aliance for Macedonia.

b Includes the 126,638 voters in the first round and 70,431 in the second round who were not registered, but voted using their ID cards.[4]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1284
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1274
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1284
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