# 2017 Albanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 25 June. They had initially been scheduled for 18 June, but after a possible boycott was announced by opposition parties during a political crisis that lasted three months, an agreement was reached between all parties on 18 May to change the date. The Socialist Party won 74 of the 140 seats.

## Background

The previous parliamentary elections were held on 23 June 2013 and resulted in a victory for the Socialist Party of Albania-led Alliance for a European Albania, which received 57.6% of the vote, winning 83 of the 140 seats. The opposition Alliance for Employment, Prosperity and Integration headed by Lulzim Basha of the Democratic Party received almost 39.5% of the vote and won the other 57 seats. The Socialist Party led by Edi Rama formed the government with Rama as Prime Minister.

## Electoral system

The 140 members of Parliament were elected in twelve multi-member constituencies based on the twelve counties using closed list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 3% for parties and 5% for alliances. Seats were allocated to alliances using the D'Hondt method, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.
Demographic changes led to some changes in the number of seats for some constituencies; Tirana gained two seats and Durrës one, whilst Korça, Berat and Kukës all lost a seat.
| # | County | 2016 population | Seats |
| 1 | Berat | 139,815 | 7 |
| 2 | Dibër | 134,153 | 6 |
| 3 | Durrës | 278,775 | 14 |
| 4 | Elbasan | 298,913 | 14 |
| 5 | Fier | 312,448 | 16 |
| 6 | Gjirokastër | 70,331 | 5 |
| 7 | Korçë | 221,706 | 11 |
| 8 | Kukës | 84,035 | 3 |
| 9 | Lezhë | 135,613 | 7 |
| 10 | Shkodër | 215,483 | 11 |
| 11 | Tirana | 811,649 | 34 |
| 12 | Vlorë | 183,105 | 12 |
| Source: Instat (populations) ||||

## Contesting parties

| Name | Abbr. | Ideology | Leader |
| Albanian Democratic Christian Union | PBDKSH | | Eduart Ndocaj |
| Christian Democratic Alliance | ADK | | Zef Bushati |
| Christian Democratic Party of Albania | PKD | Christian democracy | Dhimiter Muslia |
| Communist Party | PKSH | Marxism–Leninism, anti-revisionism | Qemal Cicollari |
| Democratic Alliance | AD | Liberalism, centrism | Eduart Abazi |
| Democratic Party of Albania | PD | Centre-right, liberal conservatism, conservatism, nationalism, pro-Europeanism, economic liberalism | Lulzim Basha |
| Libra Party | LIBRA | Centrism, social liberalism, civic nationalism, pro-Europeanism | Ben Blushi |
| Arbnore National Alliance | AAK | | Gjet Ndoj |
| New Democratic Spirit | FRD | Liberal conservatism, pro-Europeanism | Bamir Topi |
| Party for Justice, Integration and Unity | PDIU | Right-wing, nationalism, ethnic nationalism, Cham issue | Shpëtim Idrizi |
| Party for the Future of the Greek Minority | MEGA | Greek minority interests | Kristaq Kiço |
| People's Alliance for Justice | APD | | Bilal Kola |
| Republican Party of Albania | PR | Right-wing, national conservatism, pro-Europeanism | Fatmir Mediu |
| Challenge for Albania | SFIDA! | Centrism, pro-Europeanism | Hektor Ruci |
| Social Democracy Party | PDS | Social democracy | Paskal Milo |
| Socialist Movement for Integration | LSI | Centre-left, social democracy, progressivism | Ilir Meta |
| Socialist Party of Albania | PS | Centre-left, social democracy, Third Way, progressivism, social liberalism | Edi Rama |

## Opinion polls
### Nationwide

| Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Lead |
| Exit poll | 25 June 2017 | | 30-34% | 45-49% | 11-15% | 3-5% | - | - | | 15% |
| IPR + Ora News | 19 June 2017 | | 33% | 48% | 13% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 0.5% | | 15% |
| IPR + Ora News | 7 June 2017 | 800 | 37% | 45% | 13% | 1.5% | 2% | 0.3% | – | 8% |
| Piepoli | 6 June 2017 | 800 | 28-32% 41-45 seats | 48-52% 69-73 seats | 9-13% 14-18 seats | 1-2% 2-4 seats | 1-3% 1-3 seats | 1-3% 1-3 seats | – | 20% |
| IPR + Ora News | 29–30 May 2017 | 2,002 | 36% | 43% | 12% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 3.9% | 7% |

### By county
#### Tirana

| Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Lead |
| IPR + Ora News | 29–30 May 2017 | 1,000 | 33% | 41% | 14% | 1% | 6% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 8% |

#### Elbasan

| Pollster | Date | Sample | PD | PS | LSI | PDIU | Libra | SFIDA! | Other parties | Undecided | Lead |
| American Eye | 4 June 2017 | 1,034 | 29.2% | 46.1% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 0.7% | - | 3.4% | 7.1% | 16.9% |

## Results

17419433 :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Socialist Party of Albania | 764,750 | 48.34 | 74 | +9 |
| | Democratic Party of Albania | 456,413 | 28.85 | 43 | –7 |
| | Socialist Movement for Integration | 225,901 | 14.28 | 19 | +3 |
| | Party for Justice, Integration and Unity | 76,069 | 4.81 | 3 | –1 |
| | Libra Party | 19,806 | 1.25 | 0 | New |
| | Social Democratic Party of Albania | 14,993 | 0.95 | 1 | +1 |
| | New Democratic Spirit | 5,146 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sfida për Shqipërinë | 3,546 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Republican Party of Albania | 3,225 | 0.20 | 0 | –3 |
| | Social Democracy Party of Albania | 2,473 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christian Democratic Party of Albania | 2,421 | 0.15 | 0 | –1 |
| | Party for the Future of the Greek Minority | 2,287 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Alliance for Justice | 1,505 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of Albania | 1,026 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | Albanian Democratic Christian Union | 924 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| | Christian Democratic Alliance | 767 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Alliance Party | 547 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Arbnore Alliance | 351 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1,582,150 | 100.00 | 140 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,582,150 | 98.02 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 31,898 | 1.98 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,614,048 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,452,324 | 46.75 | | |
| Source: KQZ ||||||

### Results by county

| Constituency | PS | PS | PS | PD | PD | PD | LSI | LSI | LSI | PDIU | PDIU | PDIU | PSD | PSD | PSD | Seats |
| Constituency | % | Votes | Seats | % | Votes | Seats | % | Votes | Seats | % | Votes | Seats | % | Votes | Seats | Seats |
| Berat | 54.53 | 45,637 | 4 | 19.48 | 16,302 | 1 | 23.62 | 19,764 | 2 | 0.76 | 635 | – | 0.03 | 26 | – | 7 |
| Dibër | 34.46 | 24,795 | 2 | 29.65 | 21,331 | 2 | 17.05 | 12,267 | 1 | 17.52 | 12,605 | 1 | 0.04 | 27 | – | 6 |
| Durrës | 49.68 | 73,066 | 8 | 29.35 | 43,163 | 4 | 14.92 | 21,941 | 2 | 3.07 | 4,519 | – | 0.33 | 489 | – | 14 |
| Elbasan | 44.59 | 72,881 | 7 | 20.72 | 33,868 | 3 | 14.40 | 23,536 | 2 | 18.00 | 29,431 | 2 | 0.04 | 61 | – | 14 |
| Fier | 57.15 | 104,162 | 10 | 25.68 | 46,799 | 4 | 11.73 | 21,380 | 2 | 3.48 | 6,348 | – | 0.04 | 80 | – | 16 |
| Gjirokastër | 50.20 | 27,222 | 3 | 24.57 | 13,321 | 1 | 23.23 | 12,597 | 1 | 0.32 | 171 | – | 0.05 | 26 | – | 5 |
| Korçë | 48.39 | 62,787 | 6 | 32.51 | 42,177 | 4 | 15.00 | 19,465 | 1 | 1.54 | 2,003 | – | 0.05 | 60 | – | 11 |
| Kukës | 43.79 | 18,387 | 1 | 47.48 | 19,935 | 2 | 7.00 | 2,938 | – | 0.03 | 13 | – | 0.20 | 82 | – | 3 |
| Lezhë | 41.55 | 30,406 | 3 | 37.65 | 27,550 | 3 | 15.32 | 11,210 | 1 | 2.90 | 2,125 | – | 0.04 | 32 | – | 7 |
| Shkodër | 35.68 | 39,247 | 4 | 37.06 | 40,763 | 5 | 11.58 | 12,737 | 1 | 1.97 | 2,172 | – | 12.02 | 13,226 | 1 | 11 |
| Tirana | 48.24 | 200,517 | 18 | 30.81 | 128,065 | 11 | 13.45 | 55,894 | 5 | 2.99 | 12,434 | – | 0.20 | 814 | – | 34 |
| Vlorë | 60.31 | 65,684 | 8 | 21.31 | 23,207 | 3 | 11.24 | 12,246 | 1 | 3.31 | 3,608 | – | 0.06 | 64 | – | 12 |
| Total | 48.34 | 764,750 | 74 | 28.85 | 456,413 | 43 | 14.28 | 225,901 | 19 | 4.81 | 76,069 | 3 | 0.95 | 14,993 | 1 | 140 |