1998 Macedonian parliamentary election
1998 Macedonian parliamentary election Assembly
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 18 October 1998, with a second round on 1 November.[ 1] VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 120 seats,[ 2] 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.[ 3]
This was the only election to use this system.[ 4] 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.[ 5]
Results
Party Proportional Constituency (first round) Constituency (second round) Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats VMRO-DPMNE 312,669 28.10 11 6,927 0.63 0 8,195 1.06 0 11 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 279,799 25.14 10 278,766 25.19 4 273,193 35.31 13 27 PPD –DPA 214,360 19.26 8 8 Democratic Alternative 119,352 10.73 4 6,907 0.62 0 4 LDP –DPM 77,788 6.99 2 116,190 10.50 0 34,766 4.49 2 4 SPM –PCERM –DPT –DPPRM–SDAM52,284 4.70 0 10,962 0.99 0 3,679 0.48 0 0 Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia 14,930 1.34 0 0 VMRO-DOM 11,577 1.04 0 3,167 0.29 0 0 Party of Pensioners 5,970 0.54 0 277 0.03 0 0 MAAK-KP –MA–DP 5,596 0.50 0 8,376 0.76 0 0 VMRO-DP [mk ] 3,746 0.34 0 9,050 0.82 0 0 Civil-Liberal Party of Macedonia 3,393 0.30 0 430 0.04 0 0 League of Communists of Macedonia 2,756 0.25 0 2,997 0.27 0 0 Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia 2,186 0.20 0 1,120 0.10 0 0 Communist Party of Macedonia 2,058 0.18 0 1,828 0.17 0 0 Workers Party 1,528 0.14 0 818 0.07 0 0 VMRO-DPMNE –Democratic Alternative 369,615 33.40 6 373,001 48.21 41 47 Party for Democratic Prosperity 132,430 11.97 9 18,153 2.35 1 10 Socialist Party of Macedonia 60,542 5.47 1 12,534 1.62 0 1 Democratic Party of Albanians 53,469 4.83 3 28,361 3.67 4 7 Union of Roma in Macedonia 3,577 0.32 0 7,294 0.94 1 1 SDSM –SDPM 9,411 0.85 0 0 Party for Democratic Action – True Path 5,744 0.52 0 4,744 0.61 0 0 Democratic Party of Turks 3,933 0.36 0 0 VMRO-DPMNE –DA –League for Democracy [mk ] 3,615 0.33 0 4,695 0.61 0 0 PDP –NDP 1,653 0.15 0 0 Republican Party of People's Unity 1,338 0.12 0 0 SPM –PCERM –DPT –DPPRM813 0.07 0 0 Democratic Progressive Party of the Roma from Macedonia 426 0.04 0 0 Democratic Party 347 0.03 0 0 MAAK – Conservative Party 196 0.02 0 0 Social Democratic Party of Macedonia 142 0.01 0 0 SPM –DPT –SDAM84 0.01 0 0 Independents 2,762 0.25 0 11,398 1.03 0 5,128 0.66 0 0 Total 1,112,754 100.00 35 1,106,548 100.00 23 773,743 100.00 62 120 Valid votes 1,112,754 97.06 1,106,548 97.54 773,743 98.16 Invalid/blank votes 33,755 2.94 27,946 2.46 14,481 1.84 Total votes 1,146,509 100.00 1,134,494 100.00 788,224 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,572,976 72.89 1,572,976 72.12 1,142,926 68.97 Source: Slavic Research Centre , Sobranie
References
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1288
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1274
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1275
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1276
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