Parliamentary elections were held in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

on 11 June 2017.

Background

The elections were triggered by a

motion of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or m ...

in the government of Prime Minister

Isa Mustafa Isa Mustafa (; born 15 May 1951) is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the D ...

on 10 May 2017 by a vote of 78–34.Snap election to follow Kosovo government collapse after no-confidence vote
Deutsche Welle, 10 May 2017 The motion had been proposed by the Social Democratic Initiative over government failures to meet their campaign promises. The

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requires fresh elections to be held by 18 June 2017.

Electoral system

The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by

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, with 20 seats reserved for national minorities.

Parties and coalitions

Opinion polls

Results

Aftermath

No party obtained enough seats to form government alone. However, PDK coalition leader

Ramush Haradinaj Ramush Haradinaj (; born 3 July 1968) is a Kosovo Albanian politician, leader of the AAK party, and the third prime minister of Kosovo. He is a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and previously served as Prime Minister ...

stated that he has the necessary votes to form a government, counting on the 39 seats of his coalition, the 20 seats of the ethnic minorities and some members of the LDK coalition. After several unsuccessful attempts to elect a new Chairman of the Assembly and a new Prime Minister, on 4 August

Behgjet Pacolli Behgjet Isa Pacolli ; sh, Behđet Isa Pacoli. (born 30 August 1951) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and businessman who served as the first deputy prime minister of Kosovo and minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019 under the Ramush Hara ...

announced the AKR's withdrawal from the coalition with the LDK and the formation of a government pact with the

PAN Coalition The PANA coalition was a ruling post-electoral Kosovan political alliance between four major List of political parties in Albania, Albanian political parties and six ethnic List of political parties in Kosovo, Kosovan minority parties. Its formati ...

. As a result, the AKR was promised several ministries in the new government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Land Management, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Development. The PAN Coalition announced that two LDK deputies, Ukë Rugova and Dardan Gashi, would also join the government. Finally on September 9 the new government was voted, and

was elected new prime minister with 61 votes in favor. This votes include

pre-election coalition PANA Coalition, AKR, the national minorities and the Serbian list. The new government include 21 ministers includes ethnic Albanians, Bosniaks,

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and

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References

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