Elections in Albania

Regular elections in Albania are mandated by the Constitution and legislation enacted by Parliament. The Parliament (Kuvendi) has 140 members elected for four-year terms.^[1] The president is elected by parliament.

The current Electoral Code of Albania (2024) provides the legal framework for conducting parliamentary elections in the country. The electoral system is a mixed electoral system combining closed and open list proportional representation. There are 12 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's 12 administrative regions. Under the 2024 amendments to the Electoral Code, party lists are divided into two parts: one-third of the candidates are placed on a closed list determined by party leadership, while two-thirds are subject to open list preferential voting. A national electoral threshold of 1% is also applied. As of 2024, the code also enables Albanian citizens living abroad to vote by mail in parliamentary elections. ^[2]

Albania has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and several other parties that are electorally successful.

^ "1998 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA" (PDF). osce.org. p. 12. Archived from the original on 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2021-01-02. The Assembly consists of 140 deputies.
^ Progress, Communication. "QBZ - Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare". qbz.gov.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-05-18.

[1] "1998 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA" (PDF). osce.org. p. 12. Archived from the original on 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2021-01-02. The Assembly consists of 140 deputies.

[2] Progress, Communication. "QBZ - Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare". qbz.gov.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-05-18.

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