Next Albanian parliamentary election
Upcoming elections by 2029
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Albania by 3 June 2029.
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By 3 June 2029
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Electoral system
The electoral system of Albania is constructed upon the principles defined in the constitution and the electoral code. As a parliamentary republic, Albania implements a regional proportional representation method that allocates seats in the parliament according to the proportion of votes garnered by political parties in a multi-party system.[1][2][3] The parliament is composed of 140 representatives with a term of four years.[2] The constitution codifies substantial democratic principles, stipulating that voting rights are equal, free, and conducted through secret ballot.[4][5]
All citizens of Albania, upon reaching the age of 18 and have not been deprived of voting rights, are permitted to participate in elections.[6] The electoral code also establishes comprehensive procedures for voter registration, ensuring that all eligible citizens can participate fully in the process. The allocation of representatives in the parliament is integrated on population size within 12 electoral districts, which correspond to the administrative regions of Albania.[3] To ensure proportional representation, the D'Hondt method is employed for seat distribution to parties, contingent upon an electoral threshold of 1%.[3] In the 2025 election, 46 seats were filled by politicians on closed lists and one-third of the politicians elected to the parliament needed to be women.[7]
Call for constitutional reform
Starting in January 2026, Prime Minister Edi Rama invited the opposition to cooperate on constitutional changes in Parliament, aiming to reduce the size of the Albanian Parliament from 140 to around 100 members. He emphasized that any constitutional reform should go beyond electoral reform and be led by an expert initiative group with sufficient time, resources, and commitment. Rama stated that the ambition is to complete and adopt constitutional reform by the end of the parliamentary mandate.[8]
Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha stated that a Senate could be useful and argued that if Albania were to establish a Senate, the number of deputies should be reduced. He also supported increasing the number of municipalities and set conditions for reform, including the inclusion of ODHIR in the Electoral Reform Commission and the participation of Council of Europe experts in territorial reform.[9]