Macedonian parliamentary election, 2016

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All 123 seats to the Sobranie 62 seats needed for a majority
Leader Nikola Gruevski Zoran Zaev Ali Ahmeti Party VMRO–DPMNE SDSM BDI Leader since 2003 2013 2002 Last election 61 seats, 43.0% 34 seats, 25.3% 19 seats, 13.7% Current seats 56 38 17
Incumbent Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev (interim) Technical government

Early parliamentary elections will be held in Macedonia in 2016, having originally been planned for 24 April and later 5 June.

Background

Main articles: 2015 Macedonian protests and 2016 Macedonian protests

The elections were called as part of an agreement brokered by the European Union to end the protests against the government of Nikola Gruevski. From 20 October 2015, a transitional government was installed including the two main parties, VMRO-DPMNE and the Social Democratic Union. A new special prosecutor was appointed to investigate Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and government ministers. According to the Przino Agreement signed in mid-December 2015, Gruevski will be required to resign as Prime Minister 120 days before the elections.

Electoral system

Of the 123 seats in the Assembly of the Republic, 120 are elected from six 20-seat constituencies in Maceedonia using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The remaining three seats are single-member constituencies elected by first-past-the-post representing Macedonians living abroad, with one for Europe and Africa, one for the Americas and one for Asia and Australia.