Albanian presidential election of 2022
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Candidate Bajram Begaj
Party Independent
Electoral vote 78
Percentage 95.12
President before election

Ilir Meta
LSI

Elected President

Bajram Begaj
Independent

Indirect presidential elections have taken place in Albania from 16 May 2022 to 4 June 2022.[1][2] It was the ninth presidential election since 1991 and the collapse of the communist regime.

The first round was held on 16 May 2022, and failed due to all parties failing to agree on a candidate.[3][4] The second and third rounds held on 23 and 30 May failed for the same reason.[5][6]

Bajram Begaj, 26th Chief of General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces, was elected president on the fourth round, with 95,12% of votes.[7]

Background

The incumbent President of Albania, Ilir Meta, took office on 24 July 2017 and his term would end on 24 July 2022. The new presidential term would begin in 2022 and be due to end on 24 July 2027.

On 10 May 2022, committee and party leaders met to decide on when Parliament will hold the first round of voting. This meeting marked the official beginning of the selection process, with the first round thus required within seven days.[8] The constitution states that a presidential election must be held no more than 60 days and no less than 30 days before the expiration of the incumbent president's term.

Electoral system

The President of Albania is elected by a secret vote and without debate in the Parliament of Albania. A candidate needs to receive votes from three-fifths of the total number of parliamentarians to win. If the required majority is not reached in the first round of voting, a second round takes place within seven days. If a majority is still not reached, a third round must take place within a further period of seven days. If required, a further two rounds must be held within seven days, with the majority needed to win reduced to an absolute majority of 50% +1 votes of the total number of parliamentarian. In the fifth round, only the two top candidates from the fourth round are kept. If after five rounds of voting no candidate has attained the necessary majority outlined for each round of voting, Parliament will be dissolved and elections must be held within 45 days.[9][10]

Official candidate

Announced

Results

Results of the 2022 Albanian presidential election[14]
Candidate Party 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Bajram Begaj Independent No
candidates 		No
candidates 		No
candidates 		78 95,12
Against 4 4.88
Required majority[15] 84 votes 84 votes 84 votes 71 votes
Valid votes 82 98.80
Blank and invalid 1 1.20
Total 83 100
Abstention 57 40.71
Registered voters/turnout 140 59.29

See also

References

  1. ^ Halla, Barbara (24 March 2022). "Albania to elect new president in May". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Balla: First round for election of new president to take place on May 16". Euronews Albania. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ Halili, Eduart (16 May 2022). "First Round for Electing New Albanian President Fails". Albanian Daily News. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. ^ "First round of electing new president fails". Euronews Albania. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Second Round to Elect New President Fails". ALBANIA DAILY NEWS. Retrieved 23 May 2022..
  6. ^ "Third Round to Elect New President Fails".
  7. ^ "Albania Elects Top General as Country's New President". VOA. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Parliament Kicks off Procedures for Election of Albanian President". 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  9. ^ "KUSHTETUTA E REPUBLIKËS SË SHQIPËRISË" (PDF). wipo.int (in Albanian). p. Article 86.1.
  10. ^ "Albania's Constitution of 1998 with Amendments through 2012" (PDF). constituteproject.org. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ^ Media, Lexo al (3 June 2022). "Kush është Bajram Begaj, kandidati për President që nga mjek mori gradën gjeneral major (Profil)". www.lexo.al. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Rama hap zarfin: Bajram Begaj kandidati i propozuar nga PS për president | JavaNews.al". 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  13. ^ "PROFIL / Kush është Shefi i Shtabit që mund të bëhet President, Bajram Begaj mjeku i parë që u bë Gjeneral Major". Newsbomb Albania (in Albanian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Bajram Begaj Elected President".
  15. ^ Three fifths of the registered voters in the three first rounds, absolute majority of registered voters in the fourth

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