Macedonian parliamentary election, 1998

Macedonian parliamentary election, 1998
	18 October 1998
	18 October 1998
All 123 seats to the Sobranie
Prime Minister before election; Branko Crvenkovski; SDSM	Prime Minister ; Ljubčo Georgievski; VMRO-DPMNE

Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 18 October 1998, with a second round on 1 November.^[1] VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 120 seats,^[2] and later formed a coalition government with Democratic Alternative and the Democratic Party of Albanians.

Electoral system

A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 120 members of the Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies, with one in which 35 were elected by proportional representation at the national level, and 85 elected in single member constituencies.^[3] In the single-member constituencies, candidates had to receive 50% of votes cast and 33% of the total number of registered voters to win in the first round. If no candidate achieved this requirement, a second round was held between the two candidates with the most votes.

This was the only election to use this system.^[4] Prior to the 2002 elections it was replaced by a system in which the country was divided into six constituencies that elected 20 members each by proportional representation.^[5]

Results

Party	PR		Constituency				Seats
	PR		First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
VMRO-DPMNE	312,669	28.1	6,927	0.6	8,195	1.1	11
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia	279,799	25.1	278,766	24.9	273,193	35.1	27
PDP–DPA	214,360	19.3	–	–	–	–	8
Democratic Alternative	119,352	10.7	6,907	0.6	–	–	4
LDP–DPM	77,788	7.0	116,190	10.4	34,766	4.5	4
SPM–PCERM–DPT–DPPRM–SDAM	52,284	4.7	10,962	1.0	3,679	0.5	0
Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia	14,930	1.3	11,841	1,1	–	–	0
VMRO-DOM	11,577	1.0	3,167	0.3	–	–	0
Party of Pensioners	5,970	0.5	277	0.0	–	–	0
MAAK-KP–MA–DP	5,596	0.5	8,367	0.8	–	–	0
VMRO-DP	3,746	0.3	9,050	0,8	–	–	0
Civil-Liberal Party of Macedonia	3,393	0.3	430	0.0	–	–	0
League of Communists of Macedonia	2,756	0.2	2,997	0.3	–	–	0
Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia	2,186	0.2	1,120	0.1	–	–	0
Communist Party of Macedonia	2,058	0.2	1,828	0.2	–	–	0
Workers Party	1,528	0.1	818	0.1	–	–	0
VMRO-DPMNE/Democratic Alternative	–	–	369,615	33,1	373,001	47.9	47
Party for Democratic Prosperity	–	–	132,430	11.8	18,153	2.3	10
Socialist Party of Macedonia	–	–	60,542	5.4	12,534	1.6	1
Democratic Party of Albanians	–	–	53,469	4.8	28,361	3.6	7
Union of Roma in Macedonia	–	–	3,577	0.3	7,294	1.0	1
Other parties	–	–	4,235	0.4	1,602	0.2	0
Independents	2,762	0.2	11,398	1.0	5,128	0.6	0
Invalid/blank votes	33,703	–	27,946	–	14,481	–	–
Total	1,146,457	100	1,146,335	100	793,674	100	120
Registered voters/turnout	1,572,976	72.9	1,572,976	72.9	1,142,926	69.4	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver; Blagoja Nineski (2001) "Izborite, mediumite i partiite vo Makedonija 1990-2000", p. 64, 194-195

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1288
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1274
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1275
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1276

External links

OCSE reports
Official results (in Macedonian)

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1288

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p1274

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p1275

[5] Nohlen & Stöver, p1276

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