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V . e g n u t f i t S - r e u a n e d A - d a r n o K THE REPUBLIC OF Macedonia’s 2016 THE REPUBLIC OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MacedOnia’s HANDBOOK 2016 ParliaMentary e lecti Ons Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungKonrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.e.V. /| BoulevardStraße XX Mother| PLZ O Theresart Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungK 46/5onra d/- KO-10Adenau 000er-S Pristinatiftung e.V.e.V. /| BoulevardStraße XX Mother| PLZ O Theresart AuslandsbüroH46/5au p/ KO-10tabte 000ilu Pristinan gMazedonien AuslandsbüroHauptabteilun gMazedonien HandbOOk KosovoMustername KosovoMustername Büro Pristina JetaBüro AB Pristina AZIJeta ABAZI Vorname Nachname Konrad Adenauer Vorname Nachname Telefon:Muster-F +381unktio (0)n 38Stiftung 229 874 Telefon:Muster-F +381unktio (0)n 38 229 874 Telefon: +389 (2) 3231 122 Telefon: +389 (2) 3231 122 Telefax:Telefon: +389+49 0 (2)0 0 0313500Office0- 0290000 in Macedonia Telefax:Telefon: +389+49 0 (2)0 0 03135000- 0290000 Telefax: +49 00 00000-0000 [email protected] Ravanovski 8 [email protected]: +49 00 00000 -0000 www.kas.devorname.nachname@1000kas .Skopjede www.kas.devornahttp://www.kas.de/mazedonien/[email protected] www.kas.de www.idscs.org.mk Tel: +389 (2) 3217 075 www.kas.de Fax: +389 (2) 3217 076 POLITICS Е-mail: [email protected] Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Straße Hausnummer Straße Hausnummer PLZ Ort PLZ Ort Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungTelefon: +49 00 00000-0000 Konrad-Adenauer-StiftungTelefon: +49 00 00000-0000 Boulevardmuster.we bMotheradress [email protected] e46/5 Boulevardmuster.we bMotheradress [email protected] e46/5 10 000 Pristina 10 000 Pristina RepublicCommer zofba Kosovonk AG Bonn RepublicCommer zofba Kosovonk AG Bonn Telefon:Kto.-Nr. 1+381106 (0)343 38 229 874 Telefon:Kto.-Nr. 1+381106 (0)343 38 229 874 Telefon:BLZ 380 +389400 0 (2)7 3231 122 Telefon:BLZ 380 +389400 0 (2)7 3231 122 Telefax:IBAN: D E+38964 38 0(2)4 03135007 0 290110 6343 00 Telefax:IBAN: D E+38964 38 0(2)4 03135007 0 290110 6343 00 [email protected]: COBADEFF [email protected]: COBADEFF Impressum Title: THE REPUBLIC OF The Republic of Macedonia’s 2016 Parliamentary Elections Handbook Macedonia’s 2016 Publisher: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in the Republic of Macedonia Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje HANDBOOK Author: Hristina Veljanova Hristina Veljanova Coordination: Davor Pasoski Translation: Perica Sardzoski Proofreading: Haven Hightower Design and preparation: Vinsent Grafika The publication can be downloaded for free at: http://www.kas.de/mazedonien/mk http://www.idscs.org.mk Note: The stances exposed in this publication do not necessarily represent the positions of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje, but are personal views of the respective authors. Contents: 5. Overview of Participants in the Snap 1. Introduction to the 2016 Parliamentary Elections 6 Parliamentary Elections of 2016 58 Preparations for snap parliamentary elections 12 VMRO-DPMNE 60 Recent changes to the electoral legislation 14 Democratic Party of Albanians 65 2. History of the Parliamentary Elections Democratic Union for Integration 68 in Macedonia (1990 - 2014) 18 Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 71 1990 parliamentary elections 19 Coalition for CHANGES and JUSTICE - THIRD BLOCK 1994 parliamentary elections 21 (Democratic Union, FRODEM, DEMOS and MORO-RP) 76 1998 parliamentary elections 23 Party for Democratic Prosperity 77 2002 parliamentary elections 24 Coalition “Alliance for the Albanians” (DR-DPA, Uniteti, NDP) 78 2006 parliamentary elections 26 Liberal Party 79 2008 parliamentary elections 28 Coalition VMRO for Macedonia 80 2011 parliamentary elections 30 Movement BESA 81 2014 parliamentary elections 32 Levica 82 Turnout at parliamentary elections (1990 – 2014) 35 6. Election Archive of Elections in Macedonia 3. The Electoral System for Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia 36 from 1990 to date 84 Electoral bodies 39 7. References 88 Active and passive electoral right, procedure for submittal of candidacies 41 Limitations for the current state officials 43 Election campaign 45 The role of public media 47 Monitoring the elections 49 4. Electoral Units 52 INTRODUCTION TO THE 2016 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Since the Republic of Macedonia gained its independence in 1991 from the former Yugoslavia, the country has held eight parliamentary elections.
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