Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party has secured a clear parliamentary majority, winning more than half of the seats, allowing it to form a government without coalition partners, BV reported.
The opposition, led by former Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s Democratic Party, emerged as the largest bloc within a fragmented opposition landscape that includes ten political entities.
Mandates were primarily divided between the two dominant parties, the Socialist Party (SP) and the Democratic Party (DP). In Kukës district, the DP-led coalition secured two seats, while the SP won one. In Lezhë, DP gained four seats to SP’s three. In Shkodër, the DP won five mandates compared to SP’s four.
At the national level, the Socialist Party is projected to hold 79 seats in the 140-member parliament, having received 51.8% of the vote, according to exit poll projections by Albanian Post.
The DP–Alliance for a Magnificent Albania coalition garnered 38% of the vote nationally, translating to 54 seats in parliament.
Tom Doshi’s Social Democratic Party maintained its position with three seats, winning 2.2% of the national vote. The Opportunity Party, led by Agron Shehaj, won 3.6% of votes but secured only two seats, due to a geographically dispersed vote base outside the Tirana district.
The “Together” Movement, headed by Arlind Qori, won a single seat in Tirana. However, Qori himself failed to enter parliament, narrowly missing the national threshold.
Former DP leader Lulzim Basha managed to return to parliament, winning 1.4% of the national vote, helped by a strong social media campaign.
A surprise underperformance came from the “Albania Is Being Built” coalition led by Adriatik Lapaj and Endrit Shabani, which failed to win any seats despite earlier polling projections. The bloc received just 1.8% of the national vote.