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2017 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 June 2017 to elect all 140 members of the Parliament of Albania. They had originally been scheduled for 18 June, but were postponed after a political agreement between the ruling Socialist Party (PS) and the opposition Democratic Party (PD), which ended a three-month opposition boycott and allowed the main opposition parties to participate.
The election resulted in a second consecutive victory for the Socialist Party, led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, which won 48.34% of the vote and 74 of the 140 seats, giving it enough seats to govern alone. The Democratic Party, led by Lulzim Basha, finished second with 28.85% and 43 seats, while the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI), which had governed in coalition with the Socialists during the previous parliament but ran separately in 2017, won 14.28% and 19 seats.
International observers stated that contestants were generally able to campaign freely and that fundamental freedoms were respected, but also found that the campaign was affected by widespread allegations of vote buying, concerns about the misuse of state resources, workplace-related pressure on voters, politicised election administration, and possible intimidation by party activists around voting centres. The PD and LSI accused the Socialists of buying votes, allegations denied by the Socialist Party. No major party formally challenged the final national result, and recounts in 68 voting centres did not affect the allocation of seats.