2002 Macedonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 15 September 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the Together for Macedonia, an alliance of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Turks, the Democratic League of Bosniaks, the United Party of Romas in Macedonia, the Democratic Party of Serbs, the Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia, the Workers-Peasant Party, the Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia and the Green Party of Macedonia, which won 60 of the 120 seats in the Assembly.
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Electoral system
A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 35 members of the Assembly were elected by proportional representation at the national level and 85 elected in single member constituencies.[2] In the new system, the country was divided into six constituencies that elected 20 members each by proportional representation.[3] Seats were allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 5%.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition "Together for Macedonia" led by SDSM | 494,744 | 41.42 | 60 | |
| VMRO-DPMNE–Liberal Party | 298,404 | 24.98 | 33 | |
| Democratic Union for Integration | 144,913 | 12.13 | 16 | |
| Democratic Party of Albanians | 63,695 | 5.33 | 7 | |
| Party for Democratic Prosperity | 28,397 | 2.38 | 2 | |
| National Democratic Party | 26,237 | 2.20 | 1 | |
| Socialist Party of Macedonia | 25,976 | 2.17 | 0 | |
| Democratic Alternative | 17,473 | 1.46 | 0 | |
| Democratic Union | 15,099 | 1.26 | 0 | |
| VMRO-Macedonian | 10,436 | 0.87 | 0 | |
| VMRO–VMRO-DPPE–MHP | 8,484 | 0.71 | 0 | |
| Union of Roma in Macedonia | 7,036 | 0.59 | 1 | |
| New Democracy | 6,172 | 0.52 | 0 | |
| LD–DSSM–PVM–DMP–PDDE–SDAM | 6,062 | 0.51 | 0 | |
| Democratic Centre-Party of the Greens | 6,019 | 0.50 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 3,493 | 0.29 | 0 | |
| Macedonian Alliance–Macedonian People's Party | 2,454 | 0.21 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of Macedonia | 2,326 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Rebirth and Alliance for a Macedonian National Ideal | 2,303 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| People's Movement of Macedonia | 2,247 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| MAAK–The Only Macedonian Option | 2,208 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of Macedonia | 2,167 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia | 2,149 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| DOM–PPRM | 2,077 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Macedonia | 1,969 | 0.16 | 0 | |
| People's Will | 1,262 | 0.11 | 0 | |
| Party of Justice | 1,139 | 0.10 | 0 | |
| Progressive Party | 924 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| All-Macedonian Workers' Party | 309 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party "Go Macedonia–Forza" | 273 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| United Party of Romas in Macedonia | 239 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| VMRO-United | 120 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of Bosniaks | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 7,571 | 0.63 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,194,422 | 100.00 | 120 | |
| Valid votes | 1,194,422 | 97.69 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 28,289 | 2.31 | ||
| Total votes | 1,222,711 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,664,296 | 73.47 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1274
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1276