Albanian presidential election, 2012
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An indirect presidential election was held in Albania on 30 May, 4, 8 and 11 June 2012. The first through third rounds of voting were inconclusive. The fourth round resulted in the incumbent party's member Bujar Nishani being elected as president.
The president of Albania is elected to a 5-year term by the Assembly of the Republic of Albania by secret ballot. The candidate must get a three-fifth majority of the votes of all deputies in parliament. When this majority is not reached in the first round of voting, a second round takes place within seven days. This process continues for up to five rounds of voting, following which an inability to choose a candidate for president the Assembly is dissolved and a general election must occur within 60 days. After the first three rounds, however, the requirement to elect a president is a simple majority of votes.
While the two major parties (the ruling Democratic Party and the oppositional Socialist Party) are bickering about the name of the new Head of State, some smaller parties have already proposed their candidates. The Albanian Christian Democratic Movement has formally announced the current Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli as their presidential nominee, this was a surprising choice as Topalli has widely been seen and speculated upon by the media as the potential Democratic Party candidate for the post.
Other smaller parties have also presented their candidates. The Democratic Alliance Party has officially proposed the name of its current leader Neritan Ceka as the party's nominee for the presidential race. For the representative of this party Ceka has all the chances to be chosen as a compromise candidate and win the support of all the parties.
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