Kosovan parliamentary election, 2010

Kosovan parliamentary election, 2010

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All 120 seats to the Assembly of Kosovo
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hashim Thaçi Isa Mustafa Albin Kurti Party PDK LDK VV Leader since 2010 2009 Leader's seat Pristina Last election 37 seats 25, 22.6 % 0 Seats Seats before 37 25 0 Seats won 34 seats 27 14 Seat change 3 2 14 Popular vote 224,339 172,552 88,652 Percentage 32.11% 24.69% 12.69% Swing 2.19% 2.09% 12.69%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ramush Haradinaj Behgjet Pacolli Party AAK AKR Last election 10 seats 11 seats Seats before 10 11 seats Seats won 12 seats 8 seats Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 77,130 50,951 Percentage 11.04% 7.29% Swing 1.44% 5.0

The Kosovan parliamentary election was held in Kosovo on 12 December 2010, following a vote of no-confidence in the government that brought forward the election.

Incumbent Hashim Thaçi's Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) won a plurality amidst controversies and a partial re-poll, while he was still in the process of trying to form a government. The election was seriously hampered by a number of irregularities and election fraud; and a second poll was held on 9 January 2011 at 21 voting stations in 5 municipalities. The new vote was still positive for Thaçi in 4 out of 5 municipalities.

The election was marred by reports of drugs-, weapons- and human organs trafficking by an organisation linked to Thaçi, which led to the re-opening of a formal investigation by the EULEX mission.

In the Assembly (Kuvendi/Skupstina), 100 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 20 members are reserved to represent Kosovo's national minorities to serve 4-year terms.

In the proportional tier, there is a 30 percent female quota under which every third candidate must be female. Electors may vote for up to five individual candidates within the list they choose. For the 20 reserved seats, 10 seats are reserved for Serbs, 4 seats for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, 3 seats for the Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Croats, Hungarians, Toskan, 2 seats for the Turks, and seat for the Gorans.

The election was initially called on 15 October 2010, after President Fatmir Sejdiu resigned in September 2010 over accusations of breaching the constitution by continuing to hold his party leadership while president. However, the next day the Democratic League of Kosovo announced it would leave the ruling coalition on 18 October 2010, which would require early elections to be held within 45 days of that date. After the government failed a vote of no confidence on 2 November 2010, the election was set for 12 December 2010. The vote was a result of Hashim Thaçi's governing party supporting a no-confidence vote to trigger a snap election.

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