{"id":24123,"date":"2025-05-09T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24123"},"modified":"2025-05-17T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T14:34:10","slug":"electoral-process-albania-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24123&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"ELECTORAL PROCESS ALBANIA 2025. NON \u2013 REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORAL SYSTEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udea9 The current legal regulations hinder new political alternatives, disenfranchise 21% of active voters, and undermine the principle of representation \ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\ud83d\udea9 Open Data Albania predicted the 2025 election outcome two years in advance. \ud83d\udea9<br>In May 2023, following the local elections, the (youth-led) data analysis team at AIS \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23opendataalbania&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">OpenDataAlbania<\/a> created a projection based on the 2023 election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to this projection, if the country were to head to elections two years later:<br>\ud83d\udea9 with the current regional proportional electoral system without national correction,<br>\ud83d\udea9 with the existing territorial division,<br>\ud83d\udea9 using the same electoral formula, and<br>\ud83d\udea9 with several small parties entering the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The ruling party would win the 2025 elections with fewer votes than in 2021 yet would easily secure 84 parliamentary seats \u2014 10 more than before. \ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/d4Wz_6zh\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/d4Wz_6zh<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIS presented this projection to international institutions, political parties, and organizations monitoring elections in July 2023.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dMgyGWgF\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dMgyGWgF<\/a><br>The same analysis was also widely published and presented in the media.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dFb3Bzm2\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dFb3Bzm2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23electoralspendingalbania&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#ElectoralSpendingAlbania<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23spendingdataalbania&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#SpendingDataAlbania<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23openprocurementalbania&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#OpenProcurementAlbania<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23opencorporatesalbania&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#OpenCorporatesAlbania<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23electionalbania2025&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#ElectionAlbania2025<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23assetdeclaration&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#AssetDeclaration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea9 The current legal regulations hinder new political alternatives, disenfranchise 21% of active voters, and undermine the principle of representation \ud83d\udea9 \ud83d\udea9 Open Data Albania predicted the 2025 election outcome two years in advance. \ud83d\udea9In May 2023, following the local elections, the (youth-led) data analysis team at AIS \/ OpenDataAlbania created a projection based on the 2023 election results. 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