2011 Macedonian parliamentary election

none June 2023 Republic of Macedonia 2008 2014 All 123 seats in the Assembly 62 5 June 2011 VMRO-DPMNE coalition Nikola Gruevski 63 38.98 56 VMRO-DPMNE SDSM coalition Branko Crvenkovski 27 32.78 42 #033A73 Democratic Union for Integration Ali Ahmeti 18 10.24 15 Democratic Party of Albanians Menduh Thaçi 11 5.90 8 National Democratic Revival Rufi Osmani sq new 2.67 2 Sobranie2011.png Results by constituency Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski VMRO-DPMNE Early parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Macedonia on 5 June 2011, a year earlier than necessary.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=16&nav_id=73262 https://web.archive.org/web/20110608133809/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=16&nav_id=73262 dead 8 June 2011 News – Macedonian PM to dissolve parliament B92 10 June 2011 https://www.reuters.com/article/macedonia-election-idUSLDE72T1RN20110330 Macedonian move for early election in June Reuters 10 June 2011 30 March 2011http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2011/03/31/nb-08 Macedonia's Gruevski proposes early elections date SETimes.com 31 March 2011 10 June 2011 All 123 parliamentary seats of the Sobranie were due for election, including the 3 seats provided for the first time for representatives of the Macedonian citizens living abroad: 1 from Europe, 1 from North America, and 1 from Asia and Australia. The decision of the ruling parties, the Christian Democratic VMRO-DPMNE and the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), to dissolve the Parliament and call for an early election was preceded by protests of the Social Democratic Union (SDSM), the major opposition party, and subsequent boycott of the Parliament by them, and by other smaller opposition parties. Background Parliamentary elections were due in mid-2012, after the ruling coalition of VMRO-DPMNE and DUI won over two-thirds of the seats in the 2008 elections. However, a bitter dispute between the ruling coalition and the opposition was triggered when a police-assisted raid of public revenue officers took place on 25 November 2010, on a group of related companies including a private TV station, three daily newspapers, and other companies, for alleged tax evasion offenses. The opposition claimed that the media were raided due to their anti-government inclination.Radio Free Europe:'Free Speech' Row In Macedonia After Police Raid TV Channel. 26 November 2010EUInside:What is going on with media in Macedonia? 1 December 2010 The opposing SDSM organised a huge rally on 5 December 2010, in which, according to estimates of the organisers, some 50,000 marched on the main streets of the capital Skopje and in front of the Parliament building, demanding that charges against the companies and the managers be dropped, and early election.Balkan Insight:Thousands Join Macedonia Opposition in Protest March. 5 December 2010 However, the investigation continued, and on 24 December 2010 16 people were charged and detained for suspected tax evasion, abuse of office and money laundering, including the owner of the TV station and several executives.SETimes:Macedonian police detain TV station owner. 26 December 2010 On 28 January 2011 the opposition SDSM decided to walk out of the Parliament in protest, citing lack of democratic capacity of the government, and demanding early election.EUInside:The Macedonian parliament was left without opposition. 28 January 2011 The move was followed by the smaller opposition parties in the Parliament – New Social Democratic Party (NSDP), New Democracy (ND) and the Liberal Party (LP). The Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA) supported the decision, but they were already boycotting the Parliament since 2009.SETimes:Macedonia's DPA to boycott parliament. 11 August 2009 The ruling coalition initially rejected this request for early election by the opposition, citing strong public support according to the polls, and solid parliamentary majority as main reasons against the opposition's demands. But after a one-month standoff, during which the opposition SDSM lobbied the EU & US officials, foreign diplomats, and failed to participate in consensus-building on any major political issues, the Prime Minister accepted the request and announced on 23 February 2011 that early elections will eventually take place.EUInside:Ruling parties and opposition in Macedonia get ready for early elections, 23 February 2011 After the failed attempts of the major parties to reach consensus on the changes of the electoral law and other demands of the opposition during March,Balkan Insight:Macedonia PM, Opposition Fail to Reach Election Date Deal. 16 March 2011 the Parliament was dissolved on 14 April 2011, and the election was called the next day, with the election date set for 5 June 2011.SETimes:Macedonian parliament dissolved. 15 April 2011 Electoral system 120 Members of Parliament are elected in six electoral districts, yielding 20 MPs each by party-list proportional representation, using the D'Hondt method, with no election threshold. 3 Members of Parliament are elected in three electoral districts, one in each of: Europe-Africa, North & South America and Asia-Australia by party-list proportional representation. Macedonian citizens living in emigration in the respective geographic areas can vote in the Macedonian diplomatic offices. These three seats for representatives of the emigration were added to the electoral law in 2011, just before the dissolution of the Parliament. Important dates: The registered voters list must be checked and closed by the State Election Commission until 4 May. Independent candidates are allowed to participate, and have to collect 1,000 supporters' signatures between 25 April and 4 May. Participating parties, coalitions and independents must submit their candidate lists to the State Election Commission until 5 May. Election campaigns commence on 16 May and end on 3 June. Voting will take place on 5 June, while expatriates, disabled, military and prisoners vote one day earlier. The parliament must be constituted between 10 and 25 June. After the official results are published, the President delegates the task of forming a government to the leader of the party or coalition which won most seats in the Parliament. That member has up to 35 days to negotiate with the different parties, and then present his or her government to the Parliament for a vote of confidence. The leader becomes Prime Minister once the government is approved (by a vote of simple majority). Campaign The parties, coalitions and independent candidates were required to submit candidate lists by 5 May 2011. Separate lists were submitted for each or any electoral districts.http://alsat.mk/vesti/zemja/2419420.html ДИК – Одредени роковите за изборите Alsat Macedonian 16 April 2011 18 April 2011 18 parties and coalitions submitted their candidate lists with 1,679 candidates in total. The two major parties both formed large coalitions. VMRO-DPMNE The VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition included 22 parties; VMRO-DPMNE, the Socialist Party of Macedonia, the Democratic Union, Democratic Renewal of Macedonia, the Democratic Party of Turks, the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia, the Union of Roma in Macedonia, the United Party for Emancipation, the Party of Justice, the Party of the Democratic Action of Macedonia, the Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia, the Party for Integration of the Roma, the Bosniak Democratic Party, Democratic Forces of the Roma, Permanent Macedonian Radical Unification, the New Liberal Party, the People's Movement for Macedonia, VMRO–Democratic Party, VMRO-United, Fatherland's Macedonian Organisation for Radical Renewal–Vardar–Aegean–Pirin TMORO–VEP, Macedonian Alliance and VMRO– Macedonian SDSM The SDSM-led coalition consisted of 15 parties; the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, the New Social Democratic Party, the Party for a European Future, the Liberal Party of Macedonia, the Party for the Movement of the Turks in Macedonia, the Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia, the Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia, the New Alternative, the Union of Tito's Left Forces, the Movement for National Unity of Turks in Macedonia, the Democratic Union of Serbs in Macedonia, the Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia, the Party of Free Democrats, the Party of Pensioners of Macedonia and the Sandžak League. New parties National Democratic Revival (sq Rilindja Demokratike Kombëtare) is an ethnic Albanian party formed in March 2011 and led by Rufi Osmani sq, mayor of Gostivar and a political activist since the 1990s.Balkan Insight:New Macedonian Party Faces Daunting Odds. 29 March 2011 Dignity (North Macedonia) mk Достоинство (политичка партија) Dignity (mk Достоинство) is a new political party led by the former police general Stojance Angelov mk Стојанче Ангелов, formed in March 2011 by the members of the former homonymic NGO, uniting ethnic Macedonian veterans from the conflict of 2001. Opinion polls Source Date PartyVMRO-DPMNESDSMDUIDPANDOMNDALDPVMRO-NPOthers Dnevnik/Rating‡http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=794095EAB0BD2741B8BB20D09E60C4AA ВМРО-ДПМНЕ и ДУИ убедливо ќе победат на изборите Dnevnik Macedonian 15 April 2011 16 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110418000952/http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=794095EAB0BD2741B8BB20D09E60C4AA 18 April 2011 dead 15 Apr 51 32 14 7 4 3 3 2 − 4 AlfaTV/Pavel Šatev‡http://www.vesti.alfa.mk/default.aspx?mId=36&eventId=36482 Павел Шатев: ВМРО-ДПМНЕ би освоила 55, СДСМ 31 пратеничко место AlfaTV Macedonian 30 April 2011 30 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722214727/http://www.vesti.alfa.mk/default.aspx?mId=36&eventId=36482 22 July 2011 dead 15 Apr 55 31 15 7 4 3 3 2 − 4 Kanal5/Pavel Šatev‡http://kanal5.com.mk/default.aspx?mId=37&eventId=73985 Анкета Павел Шатев: ВМРО ДПМНЕ 55 пратеника, СДСМ 31 Kanal5 Macedonian 17 April 2011 18 April 2011 17 Apr 55 31 15 7 4 1 3 2 1 1 ISPPI♦‡http://dnevnik.com.mk/?ItemID=DAE26208E9BDAC40B6E1B080DCB46F51 Анкета на ИСППИ: Разликата меѓу ВМРО-ДПМНЕ и СДСМ 2 процента Dnevnik Macedonian 18 April 2011 18 April 2011 18 Apr21.8%19.8% 8.8% 5.9% 1.9% 1.1% 4.5% − 1.2% − NetPress/Progress♦‡http://www.netpress.com.mk/vest.asp?id=85683&kategorija=3 Анкета: Груевски не заслужува реизбор за премиер, СДСМ со повисок рејтинг од ВМРО-ДПМНЕ Dnevnik Macedonian 26 April 2011 26 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110429013013/http://www.netpress.com.mk/vest.asp?id=85683&kategorija=3 29 April 2011 dead 26 Apr19.1%20.3% 8.2% 5.4% 2.2% 1.4% 3.1% 0.2% 1.8%37.5% Dnevnik/Rating‡http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=AB19D5922E88F64097D82332A364CB98 ВМРО-ДПМНЕ со 100.000 гласа предност пред СДСМ Dnevnik Macedonian 26 May 2011 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110530163249/http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=AB19D5922E88F64097D82332A364CB98 30 May 2011 dead 26 May 48 35 13 8 4 3 3 2 4 – ‡ The poll does not include the 3 seats from the diaspora. ♦ The poll does not represent number of parliamentary seats, only percentages of voters. Result Voter turnout was 63,48%. 7,851 accredited observers monitored the election, including representatives from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, ODIHR, and others.http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=F09FCD7D2810A543A914D6B068C4D876 Македонија гласа Dnevnik Macedonian 5 June 2011 6 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928050255/http://www.dnevnik.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=F09FCD7D2810A543A914D6B068C4D876 28 September 2011 dead The election went smoothly and without incidents. Only 5 parties and coalitions, out of the 18 listed on the ballots, managed to win parliamentary seats. Several parties that were represented in the previous parliaments didn't win any seats, including VMRO-NP, LDP, and others.http://217.16.84.11/Default.aspx State Election Commission of the Republic of Macedonia 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118040046/http://217.16.84.11/Default.aspx 18 January 2017 dead The official final results are presented below. The main opposition coalition led by SDSM conceded the defeat and congratulated the winning coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE.https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136984879 Conservative Leader Claims 3rd Term in Macedonia NPR 6 June 2011 6 June 2011 August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes VMRO-DPMNE coalition 438138 56 –7 VMRO-DPMNE SDSM coalition 368496 42 +18 #033A73 Democratic Union for Integration 115092 15 –3 Democratic Party of Albanians 66315 8 –3 National Democratic Revival 29996 2 New VMRO – People's Party 28217 0 New New Democracy 19958 0 –4 United for Macedonia 17081 0 New Liberal Democratic Party 16551 0 –4 Dignity (North Macedonia) mk Достоинство (политичка партија) Dignity 8837 0 New Democratic Union of Albanians 4517 0 0 Party of United Democrats of Macedonia 4395 0 New Social Democratic Union (North Macedonia) mk Социјалдемократска унија Social Democratic Union 2270 0 New Social Democratic Party of Macedonia 1807 0 0 Democratic Right mk Демократска Десница 1517 0 New National Democratic Union 470 0 0 Party for Democratic Prosperity 277 0 0 European Party of Macedonia 130 0 New 31985 +3 1821122 State Election Commission Reactions and aftermath In his election victory speech Gruevski said that in the next term the government "will work on attracting investments and creating jobs, on EU and NATO membership with our dignity intact, the fight against corruption, maintaining good multi-ethnic relations and supporting education, which is key to the future".http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/06/06/feature-01 VMRO-DPMNE wins, opposition gains in Macedonian vote SE Times 6 June 2011 10 June 2011 In a joint statement, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle hailed the multiparty, transparent and well organized elections.http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n251773 Dnevnik: Catherine Ashton, Štefan Füle hail conduct Macedonia's elections Focus 7 June 2011 10 June 2011 EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso sent a message of congratulations to Gruevski on the election victory.http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/president/news/speeches-statements/2011/06/20110607_speeches_2_en.htm Message of congratulations to the Prime Minister of FYROM Europa 7 June 2011 10 June 2011 On 6 June, a day after the election, Ljube Boškoski, the leader of the United for Macedonia was arrested on suspicion of illegal party financing and abuse of office. Allegedly, he received 130.000 Euro in illegal funding for his party's campaign.http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/macedonian-police-arrests-government-s-harsh-critic Macedonian Police Arrest Top Government Critic Balkan Insight 6 June 2011 9 June 2011 Most of the smaller parties did not win any seats in the parliament. Of the 18 parties and coalitions listed on the ballot, only 5 won any seats. The leaders of several of the parties that did not win any seats, including the Social Democratic Union (North Macedonia) mk Социјалдемократска унија Social Democratic Union, New Democracy, Democratic Right mk Демократска Десница and the Liberal Democrats, resigned in the days after the election due to the poor results.http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/18354/2/ Numerous Mak Party leaders Resign... MINA 9 June 2011 9 June 2011 References External links State Election Commission Category:Elections in North Macedonia Macedonia Parliamentary Macedonia