Ruling Party Tipped to Win Macedonian Election
Current coalition between Nikola Gruevski's VMRO-DPMNE party and the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, is on course to win the June 5 elections, a poll shows.
The survey, conducted by Rating polling agency for the daily "Dnevnik", shows that the main ruling party will win about 100,000 more votes than its main rival, the Social Democrats.
According to these calculations, VMRO-DPMNE can count on about 350,000 votes on June 5, which would give it 48 of the 123 seats in parliament.
The survey shows that the opposition Social Democrats will win some 250,000 votes, winning about 35 seats.
Their the ethnic Albanian DUI is in course to take 13 seats in parliament, provided it meets the projection of securing 110,000 votes or over.
Fourth, according to the survey, is another Albanian party, the opposition Democratic Party of Albanians, expected to win 70,000 voters and eight seats.
The rightist opposition VMRO People’s Party and United for Macedonia will have four and three seats respectively, with 46,000 and 35,000 votes, the survey said.
A newly formed Albanian opposition party, National Democratic Rebirth, can count on taking some four seats if it wins 43,000 votes while New Democracy party can expect some some 35,000 votes and three seats.
The surveyors note that their research does not factor in the three seats that will be elected for the first time by Macedonians living abroad.
The opinion poll shows that some 60 per cent of the electorate will turn out, which means that some 1.1 million people will cast ballots.
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Election Background
Macedonia Elections Profile
On June 5 Macedonians will vote for 123 legislators in six electoral districts. Three of the legislators will be elected from the diaspora, which is allowed to vote for the first time. More than 1.7 million people are eligible to vote.
Macedonia 2011 Elections Interactive Map
1,821,122 million people out of some 2.2 million Macedonians are eligible to vote in the June 5 general election. The clickable map shows the top candidates for the Macedonia 2011 early elections by electoral region.
Past Election Results in Macedonia
During the country’s 20 years of post-independence history past elections were often marred by significant controversies and allegations of fraud. As the June elections approach, doubt remains whether the friction between the two parties will allow for polls that meet international standards.
Key political Parties in Macedonia
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