1921 Albanian parliamentary election

none Principality of Albania 1921 parliamentary Indirect 21 April 1921 1923 Albanian parliamentary election 1923 All 78 seats in the Assembly 40 Shefqet_Vërlaci_(portret).jpg 0087DC Shefqet Vërlaci Progressive Party Fan Stilian Noli.jpg 67BB31 Fan Noli Popular Party Prime Minister Ilias Vrioni Independent Prime Minister after election Ilias Vrioni Independent Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 21 April 1921,Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl Der Parlamente Und Anderer Stattsorgane: Band I Europa: Erster Halbband, Walter De Gruyter, p59 the first elections in the country's history.Dolf Sternberger, Berngard Vogel & Dieter Nohlen 1969 Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband 59 Background Following a national congress in January 1920 a 37-member National Council was formed. On 24 November 1920, 18 members of the Council resigned and called for elections to a new parliament. The government subsequently approved the decision to hold elections on 14 December. Electoral system The elections were held on an indirect, two-stage basis. In the first round, voting was restricted to men aged over 20, who elected one elector for each 500 registered voters by first-past-the-post voting. Four weeks later, the electors assembled in the main town of each district to elect the 78 members of parliament. Results The Progressive Party led by Shefqet Vërlaci and Popular Party led by Fan Noli and Luigj Gurakuqi won around the same number of seats.Miranda Vickers (2011) The Albanians: A Modern History, pp69–70 Aftermath Following the elections, a number of unstable factions were formed in the newly elected Parliament, resulting in several government crises.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp125–128 978-3-8329-5609-7 A new government was formed by incumbent Prime Minister Iliaz Vrioni in May, but he remained in office only until October, when he was replaced by Pandeli Evangjeli, who lasted less than two months. Evangjeli's successor Hasan Prishtina was in office for just five days, after which Idhomen Kosturi took over as Acting Prime Minister for 12 days before Xhafer Ypi succeeded him. In December 1922, Ahmet Zogu was able to form a stable government. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Albania Parliamentary Albania