1994 Macedonian general election

General elections were held in Macedonia on 16 October 1994 to elect a President and Assembly, with a second round of Assembly elections on 30 October.[1] The presidential election was won by Kiro Gligorov of the Alliance for Macedonia (a coalition of the Social Democratic Union, Liberal Party and the Socialist Party), whilst the parties forming Alliance for Macedonia also won the Assembly elections with 95 of the 120 seats. However, the second round of the Assembly elections were boycotted by VMRO-DPMNE and the Democratic Party, as they claimed there had been irregularities in the first round.[2]

1994 Macedonian general election

Presidential election
16 October 1994 1999 →
Turnout76.65%
 
Candidate Kiro Gligorov Ljubiša Georgievski [mk]
Party Alliance for Macedonia VMRO-DPMNE
Popular vote 715,087 197,109
Percentage 78.39% 21.61%

President before election

Kiro Gligorov
Independent

Elected President

Kiro Gligorov
Independent

Assembly election
← 1990 16 October 1994 (first round)
30 October 1994 (second round)
1998 →
Party Leader Seats +/–
Alliance for Macedonia[a] Branko Crvenkovski 95 +42
PDP Abduladi Vejseli 10 −7
NDP Iljaz Halimi [sq] 4 +3
DPM 1 +1
SDPM 1 +1
PCERM Faik Abdi [mk] 1 0
DPTMSDA-IP Erdogan Saraç 1 +1
Independents 7 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Branko Crvenkovski
SDSM
Branko Crvenkovski
SDSM

Electoral system

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The 120 members of the Assembly were elected in 120 single-member constituencies. If no candidate received over 50% in the first round, a second round was held and contested by every candidate who received over 7% of the vote in the first round.[3] In the second round a majority was not required, and the candidate who received the most votes won the seat.[3]

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Kiro GligorovAlliance for Macedonia715,08778.39
Ljubiša Georgievski [mk]VMRO-DPMNE197,10921.61
Total912,196100.00
Valid votes912,19687.46
Invalid/blank votes130,81012.54
Total votes1,043,006100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,360,72976.65
Source: State Electoral Commission

Assembly

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Of the 88 seats won by joint lists of the Social Democratic Union, Liberal Party and Socialist Party, the Social Democratic Union won 57, the Liberal Party 24 and the Socialist Party seven.[4]

PartyFirst roundSecond roundSeats
Votes%Votes%
Alliance for Macedonia (SDSMLPMSPM)291,69529.49329,70048.5087
VMRO-DPMNE141,49414.3032,8384.830
Democratic Party108,87211.0130,9284.550
Party for Democratic Prosperity87,1038.8193,40713.7410
People's Democratic Party29,3612.9725,0073.684
Democratic Party of Macedonia20,2432.053,9910.591
Liberal Party15,0681.5221,3623.145
Workers Party15,4161.560
Democratic Party of Turks14,4231.466,4340.950
Social Democratic Party12,0551.222,2540.331
Movement for All-Macedonian Action11,4791.162,0130.300
VMRO-DP [mk]9,7420.984580.070
League of Communists of Macedonia7,6100.770
VMRO-MNDS7,1670.721,1910.180
Party of Democratic Action–Islamic Path6,9120.702,1550.320
Socialist Party6,6120.675,6320.831
Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma6,5300.664,4470.651
Workers Party of Macedonia5,4350.550
Democratic Party of Serbs5,2900.534,0030.590
Communist Party of Macedonia5,1610.520
VMRO-Fatherland5,1330.520
Democratic Union–Party of Peasants5,0890.516810.100
Social Democratic Union4,1820.424,6350.681
Christian Democratic Party4,0190.410
SDSMLPM3,9450.405,6740.831
DPTMSDA-IP3,4670.354,6810.691
Agricultural Workers Party3,3620.340
SDSMSP2,5380.262,8720.420
Party of the Unemployed2,1910.220
Civic Liberal Party2,0190.200
Party of Yugoslavs1,5700.160
Republican Party1,2720.130
VMRO - Obedineta9430.100
Democratic Union of Educators and Citizens8220.080
Party of Social Truth7240.070
Macedonian National Party7150.070
Democratic Progressive Party6760.070
New Communist Movement6330.060
VMRO-Gotse Delchev4800.050
Democratic Party of Yugoslavs4220.040
DP–New Social Democratic Party3860.040
Republican Party–VMRO-Gotse Delchev2050.020
Multinational People's Party1510.020
Independents136,51113.8095,41814.047
Total989,123100.00679,781100.00120
Valid votes989,12394.79679,78196.24
Invalid/blank votes54,3305.2126,5803.76
Total votes1,043,453100.00706,361100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,487,36770.151,293,33054.62
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Slavic Studies Centre

Notes

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  1. ^ Consists of: SDSM (58 Seats), LPM (29), SPM (8)

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1284
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1274
  4. ^ IRI Election Observation Mission: Macedonia: October 30, 1994 IRI