Albanian parliamentary election, 2009

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All 140 seats to the Assembly of the Republic of Albania
71 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sali Berisha	Edi Rama	Ilir Meta
Party	Democratic	Socialist	LSI
Last election	56 seats	42 seats	5 seats
Seats won	68	65	4
Seat change	12	23	1
Popular vote	610,463	620,586	73678
Percentage	40.18%	40.85%	4.85%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Fatmir Mediu	Skënder Gjinushi	Vangjel Dule
Party	PR	PSD	PBDNJ
Last election	11 seats	7 seats	2 seats
Seats won	1	0	1
Seat change	10	7	1
Popular vote	31,990	26,700	18,078
Percentage	2.11%	1.76%	1.19%

Prime Minister before election

Sali Berisha
Democratic

Elected Prime Minister

Sali Berisha
Democratic

A parliamentary election was held in Albania on 28 June 2009. No alliance achieved 71 deputies on its own needed to form a parliamentary majority, hence to form the new government the Democratic party and Socialist Movement for Integration joined forces.

The 140 members of Parliament were elected in twelve multi-member constituencies analogous to the country's twelve counties. Within the constituencies, seats are elected by closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 3% for parties and 5% for alliances.

Seats are allocated to alliances using the d'Hondt system, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.

Prior to the election, the electoral law was changed to a regional and proportional system. Polls from March and April 2009 saw a very close race, with both the governing Democratic Party of Albania and the opposition Socialist Party of Albania around 37%, with minor parties like the Socialist Movement for Integration, the G99 Movement, the Unity for Human Rights Party and the Republican Party of Albania in the low single digits.

Shortly before the election, the ethnic Greek Unity for Human Rights Party switched their allegiance, abandoning their alliance with the Democratic Party of Albania to join the Socialist Party of Albania. The Party for Justice and Integration, a party representing the interest of ethnic Albanians whose properties in Greece were seized after WW2, joined the coalition Alliance of Change.

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