North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

elects on the national level a

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—the

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—and a

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. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The

Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Собрание на Република Северна Македонија, sq, Kuvendi i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut), or the Sobranie ( mk, Собрание, "Assembly"), is t ...

(''Sobranie'') has 120-123 members, elected for a four-year term, by

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. North Macedonia has a

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system, with numerous

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in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and

must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Last elections

Parliamentary elections were held on 15 July 2020. Presidential elections were held in April and May, 2019.

Presidential

On 21 April 2019, the first round of the presidential elections resulted voters turnout receiving 41.67% of the vote. this round didn't receive 50% of all registered voters, and so a second round was held on 5 May 2019. In first round resulted , The

SDSM The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалдемократски сојуз на Македонија – СДСМ, ''Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija'' – SDSM, sq, Lidhja socialdemokrate e Maqedonisë – LSDM) is a ...

Stevo Pendarovski Stevo Pendarovski ( mk, Стево Пендаровски, ; born 3 April 1963) is a Macedonian politician who serves as the 5th and current President of North Macedonia since 12 May 2019. Early life and education Stevo Pendarovski was born o ...

won 44.75% of the votes and

VMRO-DPMNE Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, won 44.16% of the votes and then the second round resulted,

won 53.58% of the votes was the main contestant win for the post, and Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova won 46.42% of the votes,

Parliamentary

The Parliamentary election took place on 15 July 2020. The incumbent ruling party,

with coalition partner

Lëvizja Besa The Besa Movement ( sq, Lëvizja Besa; mk, Движење Беса, Dviženje Besa) is a centre-right ethnic Albanian political party in North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), offi ...

is the second largest Albanian party, got 35.89% of the votes and won 46 of the 120 seats in the ''Sobranie''. The

, won 34.57% of the votes and won 44 seats, the

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, which is the largest Albanian party, receiving 11.48% of the votes and won 15 seats, and the

Alliance for Albanians The Alliance for the Albanians ( sq, Aleanca për Shqiptarët, ASH; mk, Алијанса за Албанците, AA) is a centre-right political party founded in 2015 in North Macedonia by Ziadin Sela. The party has as its main goal the achi ...

–Alternative is the third largest Albanian party, receiving 8.95% of the votes and won 12 seats.

Ethnic groups

Following Macedonian independence in 1991, politics in the country are split along ethnic lines with Albanians voting for Albanian parties and Macedonians voting for Macedonian parties. In this context elections have come to reflect the censuses. Ethnic groups in the country view a change in the demographic composition of an administrative unit of government as resulting in a change of a mayor's ethnic affiliation that would implement the choices and priorities of their community.

Notes

References

External links

Macedonia Elections - Full DataAdam Carr's Election ArchiveCIVIL - Center for Freedom, human rights organization and elections observersMOST, elections watchdog
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