The first polls at the level of the urn carried out after the closure of the electoral schools in Albania suggest that the ruling Socialist Party (PS) of the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Ramais the clear winner of the legislative elections this Sunday.
The PS would have obtained a fourth consecutive mandate with 79 of the 140 seats of Parliament, Five more than the 74 achieved in the previous 2021 elections, so it could continue to rule alone, according to the projections of the surveys published by the news portal ‘Albanian Post’.
Second, with 54 seats, would be its traditional rival, the opponent and conservative Democratic Party (Pd) of the former president and squeezed Minister Sali Berisha, provided that these predictions are confirmed by the counting of the votes.
They would also enter Parliament Social Democratic Party, with 3 seats and the anti -system ‘Mundoësia’ (possibility), with 2 deputieswhile the movement ‘CO-‘(Together) and the’EUROATLANTIC DEMOCRATES‘(Demokratët Euroatlantikë) would have conquered a seat each.
The Central Electoral Commission (KQZ) of the country announced that the scrutiny of ballots can last up to 48 hours and that official results will not be published before tomorrow, Monday.
The entire electoral process, and especially the scrutiny of the votes, is under surveillance of more than a thousand international observersamong them about 300 sent by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Compliance with International Free Elections Standards It is a requirement for Albania to enter the European Union (EU), as it has promised branch in the electoral campaign, ensuring that it would achieve that goal before 2030.
EL Presidente de KQ, Ilirjan CelibashiHe said the election day complied with the standards.
“In our evaluation, based on what the KQZ has monitored throughout the day, The process has been largely developed in accordance with the standards and standards“Celibashi said in statements to the televised press live by the TV Klan station.
“The votes are at the polls. Please have patience during counting and evaluation. The preliminary result will be available no later than Tuesday, “he added.
So far, Berisha He refused to recognize defeat and said that the survey on the foot of the published urn is a “lie.”
After describing the poll on the foot of the urn as “lie”, Berisha has made it clear that It will not give up until you know the final result.
“The people have spoken decisively. As for the polls on foot, it is a lie. These are the last hours of this government“Berisha said at a press conference from the headquarters of the game, televised live.
Yes ok He was confident in his triumphat the same time declined to reveal more precision the expectations of his party.
“I’m never talking about numbers. I am not a prophet, “said the 80 -year -old veteran.
More than 3.7 million citizens They were summoned to the polls to choose new government and Parliament, including, for the first time, the Albanians resident abroad.
The electoral day passed without major incidents in the middle of a certain apathy of the population, attributed by the observers to some tiredness before the fact that Berisha and Rama carry almost A quarter of a century dominating the political scene of the country.
According to the KQZ, participation in the polls was an hour before the closing of the polls at 40.9 %, more than 4 points less than that registered at the same time in the previous legislative, held in 2021.
