The Movement for National Development ( sq, Lëvizja për Zhvillim Kombëtar, or LZHK) is a

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. The Movement for National Development was founded in 2004 as a five party coalition under the spiritual leadership of Leka I Zogu, King of the Albanians. The Movement for National Development entered the 2005 elections and won 47,967 votes, the result failed to achieve the required 4% for a coalition to enter parliament, falling short with 3,5% of the vote. In October 2005 Dashamir Shehi registered the movement as a political party, and has since maintained an alliance with the Democratic Party. In the 27th Legislature of Albania, LZHK held 1 from 140 seats in the

Albanian parliament The Parliament of Albania ( sq, Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) or Kuvendi is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Albania; it is Albania's legislature. The Parliament is composed of no less than 140 members elected to a ...

, which is the acting leader Dashamir Shehi. The party returned to parliament after the

2021 Albanian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 April 2021. It took place during the COVID-19 epidemic. Background In the previous parliamentary elections in 2017, the Socialist Party won a majority with 74 of the 140 seats. In second place ...

, winning 1 seat, contesting on the list of the Democratic Party.

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