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2011 Albanian local elections

2011 Albanian local elections

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The Albanian local elections of 2011 took place on 8 May 2011 in Albania. Electors were asked to elect their municipality's mayor, municipal council members, municipal unit mayor, and municipal unit members.[2][3] The elections were administrated by the Central Election Commission of Albania. Only 9 of the 384 winning candidates were women.[4]

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Parties and coalitions

The two coalitions taking part in the 2011 local elections were the Coalition of the Citizen (Albanian: Aleanca për Qytetarin) formed by the Democratic Party of Albania and Coalition for the Future (Albanian: Aleanca për të Ardhmen) formed by the Socialist Party of Albania.[5]

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Process

Districts capitals

In total, 7882 voting centers in the country opened at 7:00 am and closed at 8:00 pm. The voter turnout countrywide was about 50.9%.[6]

Tirana election

Polls

The Socialist Party-led Coalition of the Future published a poll that predicted the electoral victory of Edi Rama in Tiranë, while TV Klan, an Albanian private channel published a poll of the Gani Bobi Institute predicting a victory of Lulzim Basha.

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Voting process

The counting process lasted 6 days and was marked by mutual stalls from parties involved, and the intervention of most prominent foreign Ambassadors accredited to the country for moving the process forward. On 14 May 2011, after the last ballot box determining the result for the Tirana election was counted, it revealed that Edi Rama, the Coalition for the Future candidate was ahead by only 10 votes from Lulzim Basha, the candidate of the Coalition for the Citizen. Thus, the pre-eliminary result pointed to Edi Rama as the winner of the Tirana Mayoral election. The tally was awaiting final certification by the KQZ.

Recount and final decision

Albanian police guarding the KQZ.
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The latter declared that ballots inserted on the wrong ballot boxes should have been counted as well. Indeed, voters were asked to elect local city, and municipal unit mayors as well. Thus, KQZ overrode local KZAZ's decisions and started to count all invalid ballots cast on the wrong ballot boxes. The final tally revealed that Lulzim Basha won the Tirana race by 81 votes more than Edi Rama. Thus, the winner for the Tirana mayoral chair was declared to be Lulzim Basha. Edi Rama filed an appeal at the Electoral College to overthrow the result and re-instate the 14 May tally that pointed to him as the winner of the election. All instances rejected Rama's appeal, and on 25 July 2011 Lulzim Basha was sworn in as the new Mayor of Tirana.

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Turnout percentages

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The voter turnout in the municipalities (bashki) was:

Results

Berat County

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Dibër County

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Durrës County

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Elbasan County

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Fier County

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Gjirokastër County

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Korçë County

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Kukës County

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Lezhë County

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Shkodër County

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Tiranë County

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Vlorë County

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Countrywide results for Municipal Assemblies

Number of votes and percentage for each subject countrywide.[11]

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Partial Elections

Partial elections were held in September and November 2013 for mayors of the following communes: Korçë in Korçë District, Dardhas in Korçë District, Rrethina in Shkodër District, and Karbunarë in Lushnje District.[15]

See also


References

  1. ""Aleanca per Qytetarin", fiton me 70.890 vota". Koha Jonë. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. "News Briefs". Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  3. "Voter Turnout". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. "Source: cec.gov.al". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. "Error - Njoftim" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2018.
  6. "lajme". albeu.com.
  7. "OSCE-ODIHR publishes final report". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

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