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Macedonia
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of Macedonia |
Parliamentary |
First Round: October 18, 1998
Second Round: November 1, 1998 |
At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Sobranie: 120
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Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Kiro GLIGOROV
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Branko
CRVENKOVSKI
- Macedonia's unicameral parliament, the Sobranie, consists of 120 members directly elected for four-year terms.
- Election procedures: 85 members of
parliament will be elected by simple majority vote as individual candidates; the remaining 35 members will be elected by proportional representation from party lists.
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Main
parties in the electoral race:
- Party:
Social Democratic Party of Macedonia (SDSM)
Leader: Branko CRVENKOVSKI
Seats won by parties in last election: 58
- Party
Coalition: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for
Macedonian National Unity - Democratic Alternative (VMRO-DPMNE-DA)
Leaders: Ljubcho GEORGIEVSKI, Vasil TUPURKOVSKI
Seats won by parties in last election: 0 (note: VMRO-DPMNE boycotted second round of last
election)
- Party
Coalition: Party for Democratic Prosperity - Democratic Party for Albanians (PDP-DPA)
Leaders: Abdurrahman HALITI (PDP), Arber XHAFERRI (DPA)
Seats won by parties in last election: 10
- Party
Coalition: Liberal Democratic Party - Democratic Party of Macedonia (LDP-DPM)
Leader: Petar GOSEV
Seats won by parties in last election: 30
- Party:
Socialist Party of Macedonia (SPM)
Leader: Ljubisav IVANOV
Seats won by parties in last election: 8
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Election last held: October 16 and 30,
1994
- Seats decided in the last election: 120
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 1,995,859 (July 1997 estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 1,360,729
(figure taken from 1994 election)
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Of Interest:
- The fall 1998 election was the
third parliamentary election in Macedonia since the country gained its independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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