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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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.
Albanian State Election Commissioner Ilirjan Çelibashi announced that the first preliminary results of the vote in Albania will be known by Tuesday afternoon at the latest.
For the Albanian information portal "Albanian Post" is clear victory of the socialists of Prime Minister Edi Rama in the general elections. They would have obtained 79 of the 140 seats that make up the Albanian parliament. The opposition of center-right led by Sali Berisha instead would have stopped at 54 seats.
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