Albanian parliamentary election, 2001

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24 June 2001 (first round); 8 July 2001 (second round)

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100 Constituencies and 40 Compensatory seats with National Proportional Representation
71 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ilir Meta	Sali Berisha	Genc Pollo
Party	Socialist	Democratic	PDR
Leader since	1999	1991	2001
Leader's seat	Skrapar	Kavajë
Seats before	101	24 seats	New
Seats won	73	46	6
Seat change	28	22	6
Popular vote	555,272	494,272	68,181
Percentage	41,4%	36,9%	5,1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Skënder Gjinushi	Vangjel Dule	Neritan Ceka
Party	PSD	PBDNJ	Democratic Alliance
Seats before	9 seats	4	0
Seats won	4	3	3
Seat change	5	1	3
Popular vote	48,911	34,897	34,262
Percentage	3,7%	2,6%	2,6%

Prime Minister before election

Ilir Meta
Socialist

Elected Prime Minister

Ilir Meta
Democratic

Ilir Meta
Socialist

Ilir Meta
Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 24 June 2001. The result was a victory for the ruling Socialist Party of Albania, which won 73 of the 140 seats, resulting in Ilir Meta remaining Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 53.6%.

The Assembly of Albania has 140 members of whom 100 are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies and 40 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.

President Rexhep Meidani announced on 18 April 2001 that the first round of the elections would be held on 24 June, with the second round on 8 July. The governing Socialist Party had the aim of gaining 60% of the vote, in order to have a sufficient majority to elect a new President in 2002. They campaigned on infrastructure improvements such as communication and transport and on their record in restoring order and economic growth. They were also boosted by achieving the opening of negotiations with the European Union on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement just before the election.

The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Albania led by ex-President Sali Berisha, had moderated their message after losing the 2000 local elections. They formed a coalition of right wing parties, the Union for Victory Coalition, and said that they were open to dealing with other parties if they won the election. They hoped to make gains due to public concern over corruption and the continuing poverty in Albania.

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