US EditionAlbanian election sees old rivals, new parties and an ambitious promise of European Union membership
- Albanians voted on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 5,220 polling stations to elect 140 lawmakers for a four-year term.
- The election followed a bitter campaign mainly between incumbent Prime Minister Edi Rama seeking a fourth term and longtime rival Sali Berisha.
- Voter turnout was 30.34% by 2:00 PM with about 3.7 million eligible voters including 246,000 registered abroad voting by mail for the first time.
- Rama, 60, promised EU accession by 2030 with economic growth and reforms, while Berisha, 80, criticized readiness and faces corruption charges.
- The election is viewed as a crucial test of Albania's fragile institutions and its European Union integration amid ongoing reforms and contested results.
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Albanian election result unclear after broadcasters withhold exit polls
Hours after polls closed in Albania, it remains unclear whether the ruling Socialist Party clinched a historic fourth term or if the opposition Democratic Party edged ahead after a fiercely fought election campaign. Not a single Albanian news channel released exit polls, leaving voters and…
The outgoing president in front of Berisha. The agreement with Meloni on the centers
Polls close in Albanians election dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU
Albanians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term in office.
El Periódico
The first urn-walk polls carried out after the closure of polling stations in Albania point out that the ruling Socialist Party (PS) of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, is the clear winner of the legislative elections this Sunday.Continue reading....
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