1998 Macedonian parliamentary election

none Republic of Macedonia 1994 2002 All 120 seats in the Assembly 61 18 October 1998 (first round)1 November 1998 (second round) yes VMRO-DPMNE Ljubčo Georgievski 49 0 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski 27 58 PPD Abdurrahman Aliti sq 14 10 Democratic Alternative (North Macedonia) Vasil Tupurkovski 13 New Democratic Party of Albanians Arbën Xhaferi 11 New LDP – DPM Petar Gošev mk Петар Гошев 4 30 Socialist Party of Macedonia Ljubisav Ivanov-Dzingo mk Љубисав Иванов - Ѕинго 1 8 Union of Roma in Macedonia Amdi Bajram mk Амди Бајрам 1 0 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Branko Crvenkovski SDSM Ljubčo Georgievski VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 18 October 1998, with a second round on 1 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 978-3-8329-5609-7 VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 120 seats,Nohlen & Stöver, p1288 and later formed a coalition government with Democratic Alternative and the Democratic Party of Albanians. Electoral system A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 120 members of the Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies, with one in which 35 were elected by proportional representation at the national level, and 85 elected in single member constituencies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1274 In the single-member constituencies, candidates had to receive 50% of votes cast and 33% of the total number of registered voters to win in the first round. If no candidate achieved this requirement, a second round was held between the two candidates with the most votes. This was the only election to use this system.Nohlen & Stöver, p1275 Prior to the 2002 elections it was replaced by a system in which the country was divided into six constituencies that elected 20 members each by proportional representation.Nohlen & Stöver, p1276 Results File:Macedonia Assembly 1998.svg Proportional Constituency (first round) Constituency (second round) VMRO-DPMNE 312669 11 6927 0 8195 0 11 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 279799 10 278766 4 273193 13 27 PPD–DPA 214360 8 8 Democratic Alternative 119352 4 6907 0 4 LDP–DPM 77788 2 116190 0 34766 2 4 SPM–PCERM–DPT–DPPRM–SDAM 52284 0 10962 0 3679 0 0 Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia 14930 0 0 VMRO-DOM 11577 0 3167 0 0 Party of Pensioners 5970 0 277 0 0 MAAK-KP–MA–DP 5596 0 8376 0 0 VMRO-DP mk Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација - Демократска партија 3746 0 9050 0 0 Civil-Liberal Party of Macedonia 3393 0 430 0 0 League of Communists of Macedonia 2756 0 2997 0 0 Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia 2186 0 1120 0 0 Communist Party of Macedonia 2058 0 1828 0 0 Workers Party 1528 0 818 0 0 VMRO-DPMNE–Democratic Alternative 369615 6 373001 41 47 Party for Democratic Prosperity 132430 9 18153 1 10 Socialist Party of Macedonia 60542 1 12534 0 1 Democratic Party of Albanians 53469 3 28361 4 7 Union of Roma in Macedonia 3577 0 7294 1 1 SDSM–SDPM 9411 0 0 Party for Democratic Action – True Path 5744 0 4744 0 0 Democratic Party of Turks 3933 0 0 VMRO-DPMNE–DA–League for Democracy mk Лига за демократија 3615 0 4695 0 0 PDP–NDP 1653 0 0 Republican Party of People's Unity 1338 0 0 SPM–PCERM–DPT–DPPRM 813 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party of the Roma from Macedonia 426 0 0 Democratic Party 347 0 0 MAAK – Conservative Party 196 0 0 Social Democratic Party of Macedonia 142 0 0 SPM–DPT–SDAM 84 0 0 Independents 2762 0 11398 0 5128 0 0 33755 27946 14481 0 1572976 1572976 1142926 Slavic Research Centre, Sobranie References External links OCSE reports Official results mk Category:Elections in North Macedonia Macedonia Category:1998 in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia