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2002 Macedonian parliamentary election All 120 seats in the
Assembly
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Parliamentary elections were held in
Macedonia on 15 September 2002.
[1] The result was a victory for the
Together for Macedonia , an alliance of the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia , the
Liberal Democratic Party , the
Democratic Party of Turks , the
Democratic League of Bosniaks , the
United Party of Romas in Macedonia , the
Democratic Party of Serbs , the
Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia , the
Workers-Peasant Party , the
Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia and the
Green Party of Macedonia , which won 60 of the 120 seats in
the Assembly .
Electoral system
A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 35 members of the Assembly were elected by
proportional representation at the national level and 85 elected in single member constituencies.
[2] In the new system, the country was divided into six constituencies that elected 20 members each by proportional representation.
[3] Seats were allocated using the
d'Hondt method with an
electoral threshold of 5%.
[3]
Results
Party Votes % Seats
Together for Macedonia 494,744 41.42 60
VMRO-DPMNE –
Liberal Party 298,404 24.98 33
Democratic Union for Integration 144,913 12.13 16
Democratic Party of Albanians 63,695 5.33 7
Party for Democratic Prosperity 28,397 2.38 2
National Democratic Party 26,237 2.20 1
Socialist Party of Macedonia 25,976 2.17 0
Democratic Alternative 17,473 1.46 0
Democratic Union 15,099 1.26 0 VMRO-Macedonia 10,436 0.87 0 VMRO-VMRO–
DPPESM –
MHP 8,484 0.71 0
Union of Roma in Macedonia 7,036 0.59 1
New Democracy 6,172 0.52 0
LD [
mk ] –
DSSM –
PVM –
DMP –
PDDE –
SDAM [
sv ] 6,062 0.51 0
Democratic Centre –
Party of the Greens [
sv ] 6,019 0.50 0
Social Democratic Party 3,493 0.29 0
Macedonian Alliance [
mk ] –Macedonian People's Party 2,454 0.21 0
Democratic Party of Macedonia 2,326 0.19 0 Rebirth and Alliance for a Macedonian National Ideal 2,303 0.19 0
People's Movement of Macedonia [
mk ] 2,247 0.19 0
MAAK–The Only Macedonian Option 2,208 0.18 0 Republican Party of Macedonia 2,167 0.18 0
Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia 2,149 0.18 0
DOM –
Party of Pensioners 2,077 0.17 0
Communist Party of Macedonia 1,969 0.16 0 People's Will 1,262 0.11 0
Party for Justice [
sv ] 1,139 0.10 0 Progressive Party 924 0.08 0 All-Macedonian Workers' Party 309 0.03 0 Democratic Party "Go Macedonia–Forza" 273 0.02 0 United Party of Romas in Macedonia 239 0.02 0 VMRO-United 120 0.01 0
Bosniak Democratic Party [
sv ] 45 0.00 0 Independents 7,571 0.63 0 Total 1,194,422 100.00 120 Valid votes 1,194,422 97.69 Invalid/blank votes 28,289 2.31 Total votes 1,222,711 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,664,296 73.47 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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