Head of communes based on the political direction of the subject that nominated them 2000 – 2015

Open Data Albania (ODA) has researched the election of the heads of  the communes in the last four elections. The data were obtained from the electronic newsletters or manuals of the Central Election Commission. This research article contains statistical as well as specific information on the winners in the local elections of 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the Republic of Albania there are 308 communes on the basis of the territorial administrative division under the relevant law.

^{Source: Central Election Commission
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania}

According to the research analysis of Open Data Albania, candidates of  left-wing political parties or coalitions led by the Socialist Party won, respectively: in the 2000 local government elections, 212 seats or 68.83 per cent of the communes in the Republic of Albania; in the 2003 local government elections, 168 seats or 54.55 per cent; in the 2007 local government elections, 94 seats or 30.52 per cent; and in the 2011 local government elections, 106 seats or 34.42 per cent.

According to ODA research analysis, candidates of the right-wing political parties or coalitions led by the Democratic Party won, respectively: in the 2000 local government elections 86 seats or 27.92 per cent; in the 2003 local government elections, 125 seats or 40.58 per cent; in the 2007 local government elections they won 186 communes or 61.36 per cent; and in the 2011 local government elections, 183 communes or 59.42 per cent.

^{Source: Central Election Commission
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania}

Independent candidates or candidates of the Human Rights Union Party (HRUP), when that party ran alone without a coalition with other political formations, are not classified as belonging to a political direction.

 According to ODA research analysis, Independent candidates or candidates of the Human Rights Union Party (HRUP), when that party ran alone without a coalition with other political formations, won, respectively: in the 2000 local government elections 10 seats or 3.25 per cent; in the 2003 local government elections, 15 seats or 4.87 per cent; in the 2007 local government elections won 25 communes or 8.12 per cent; and in the 2011 local government elections, 19 communes or 6.17 per cent.

The local elections of 2000 and 2011 were characterized by two special elements. In 2000 the Democratic Party and its allies withdrew from participating in the second run-off, considering the counting process of the first run-off as irregular. In the 2011 local government elections, political parties were organized in mixed coalitions in terms of political direction. Thus, the Socialist Movement for Integration, the Democratic Alliance and the Environmental Agrarian Party ran under the coalition Alliance for the Citizen (a right wing coalition), while in the other local government elections they had previously run as left-wing parties. The same phenomenon was observed in the other coalition, the Alliance for the Future (a left wing coalition) with which the Christian Democrat Party was aligned; in previous elections for local government it had been part of the right-wing coalition.  

^{Source: Central Election Commission
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania}
 
The electronic list below reflects all heads of the communes elected in the last four elections, providing accurate information about the political direction of the electoral subject that appointed them

^{Source: Central Election Commission
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania}