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]
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Municipal elections in Kosovo were held at the same day as the parliamentary elections.
Results
Final results were announced on 3 December 2012:
- Democratic Party of Kosovo – 34.3%, 37 seats (+7)
- Democratic League of Kosovo – 22.6%, 25 seats (−16)
- Alliance for New Kosovo – 12.3%, 13 seats (+13)
- Democratic League of Dardania–Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo – 10.1%, 11 seats (+5)
- Alliance for the Future of Kosovo – 9.6%, 10 seats (+3)
- Reformist Party ORA – 4.1%, no seats (−7)
- Minorities parties – 24 seats (+0)
Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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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 Dardania–Albanian 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: |
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
- "Al Jazeera English – News – Un Announces Kosovo Elections". 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- "B92 – News – Politics – Four Serb parties to enter Kosovo parliament". 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.