By a vote of 295 to 261, Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano won re-election in a challenge by Prime Minister Pandeli Majko in Tirana on 10 October. Majko had previously said he would resign from the government if he failed to defeat Nano. He said he decided to stay on due to the stability of the country. He underlined he did not prejudice the vote outcome and considered it a defeat in figures not only of himself but of all that part of the Albanian political class which runs contrary to the primitive streams degenerating to conflict environments. He stated the part supporting him is destined to triumph.
Opposition demands broad-based government towards early elections.