The Social Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë, PSD or PSDSH) is a minor social-democratic political party in Albania. Its founder is

Skënder Gjinushi Skënder Gjinushi (born 24 December 1949 in Vlorë, Albania) is an Albanian politician and academic. He has served in several high-ranking positions in the Albanian government, including as Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister. He found ...

, a former Minister of Education (1987–1991) and Speaker of Parliament (1997–2001).

History

The party was formed in March 1991, and was admitted into the

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations ...

at its XIX congress in 1992. The party contested the 1992 parliamentary elections, winning seven seats. It did not run in the 1996 elections, but returned to contest the elections the following year in an alliance with the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

, with the PSD winning nine seats.Nohlen & Stöver, pp.140–142 In the

2001 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislative ...

the party was reduced to four seats. The 2005 elections saw the party increase its representation back to seven seats. For the

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it was part of the "Unification for Changes" alliance, but received just 1.8% of the national vote and lost all its seats. In the

2017 elections The following elections occurred in 2017. Africa *2017 Somali presidential election 8 February 2017 *2017 Gambian parliamentary election 6 April 2017 * 2017 Algerian legislative election 4 May 2017 *2017 Lesotho general election 3 June 2017 *20 ...

the Social Democratic Party won one seat. The 2021 elections saw the party win three seats. The party was delisted from the Socialist International in 2014.

Election results

Parliament

References

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