2007 Kosovan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections to the unicameral Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës, Serbian: Скупштина Косова, transliterated Skupština Kosova) were held on 17 November 2007, together with municipal elections. The Assembly of Kosovo is the legislative branch of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government that the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) created to help administration in Kosovo. The elections were scheduled by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim Rücker (head of the UNMIK) on 1 September 2007.[1]

2007 Kosovan parliamentary election

17 November 2007

All 120 seats to the Assembly of Kosovo
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hashim Thaçi Fatmir Sejdiu
Party PDK LDK
Seats won 37 25
Popular vote 196,207 129,410
Percentage 34.3% 22.6%

Prime Minister before election

Agim Çeku
AAK

Elected Prime Minister

Hashim Thaçi
PDK

Municipal elections in Kosovo were held at the same day as the parliamentary elections.

Results

Final results were announced on 3 December 2012:

 Summary of the 17 November 2007 Assembly of Kosovo election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Main Serbs Minority
Democratic Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Kosovës) 196,207 34.3 37
Democratic League of Kosovo (Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës) 129,410 22.6 25
New Kosovo Alliance (Aleanca Kosova e Re) 70,165 12.3 13
Democratic League of DardaniaAlbanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosova (Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë–Partia Shqiptare Demokristane e Kosovës) 57,002 10.0 11
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës) 54,611 9.6 10
Reformist Party ORA (Partia Reformiste ORA) 23,722 4.1 0
Party of Justice (Partia e Drejtësisë) 9,890 1.7 0
Others (including minorities' parties who won seats) 30,760 5.4 * * *
Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi) 1 2
Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës) 1 2
Vakat Coalition (Koalicija Vakat) 1 2
Independent Liberal Party (Samostalna Liberalna Stranka) 3
Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Demokratska Stranka Kosova i Metohije) 3
Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije) 1 1
Serb People's Party (Srpska Narodna Stranka) 1
New Democracy (Nova Demokratija) 1
Civic Initiative of Gora (Građanska Inicijativa Gore) 1
Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party (Srpska Kosovsko-Metohijska Stranka) 1
New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (Iniciativa e Re Demokratike e Kosovës) 1
Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija (Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata Kosova i Metohije) 1
United Roma Party of Kosovo (Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës) 1
Total (turnout 40.10%) 628,630 100.0 100 10 10
Source: CEC, elected candidates

Minority seats:

  • Romani, Ashkali, Egyptians: 4 seats (PDAK 2, IRDK 1, PRBK 1)
  • Bosniaks: 3 seats (Vakat Coalition 2, SDA 1)
  • Turks: 2 seats (KDTP 2)
  • Gorani: 1 seat (GIG 1)

Of the ten seats reserved for the Serbs, six were won by four parties which decided to form a coalition on 2007-12-05:[2] Slaviša Petković's Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija, Dragiša Mirić's Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party, Mihajl Šćepanović's Serb People's Party and Nebojša Živić's Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija.

Notes

  1. "Al Jazeera English – News – Un Announces Kosovo Elections". 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
  2. "B92 – News – Politics – Four Serb parties to enter Kosovo parliament". 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
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See also

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