The office of the president of the Republic of Macedonia.*
*Note: Early elections have been called in order to seek a
replacement for deceased President TRAJKOVSKI who died on February
26, 2004.
Description of government structure:
Chief of State: President Ljubco JORDANOVSKI*
Head of Government:
Branko CRVENKOVSKI
Assembly: Macedonia has a unicameral Assembly (Sobraine)
that consists of 120 seats.
*Note: Since the death of President TRAJKOVSKI, parliament
speaker Ljubco JORDANOVSKI has been acting as the interim president.
Description
of electoral system:
The President
is elected by popular vote for a five-year term.
In the Assembly,
120 members are elected according to the proportional model, whereby
the territory of the Republic of Macedonia is divided
into 6 election districts determined by Law and each elects 20 members.
All serve four-year terms.
Results
from the presidential race (First Round):
Presidential candidate: Branko CRVENKOVSKI*
Party: Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM)
Number of valid votes: 385,347
Percentage of valid votes: 42.47%
Presidential candidate: Sashko KEDEV*
Party: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for
Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE)
Number of valid votes: 309,132
Percentage of valid votes: 34.07%
Presidential candidate: Gzim OSTRENI
Party: Democratic Union for Integration (DUI)
Number of valid votes: 134,208
Percentage of valid votes: 14.79%
Presidential andidate: Zidi XHELILI
Party: Democratic Party of the Albanians (DPA)
Number of valid votes: 78,714
Percentage of valid votes: 8.67%
*Note: Candidates Branko CRVENKOVSKI and Sashko KEDEV will advance to the second round of elections on April 28, 2004.
When was the last election?
The last
presidential election was held on November 14, 1999. In this election,
Boris TRAJKOVSKI of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic
Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) won the presidency
with 52.4% of the votes.
Population and number of registered voters:
Population: 2,022,547 (Based
on 2002 figures)
Number of registered
voters: 1,695,103
Of interest:
Under the law, the presidential
election is non-partisan; however, each of the candidates was supported
by a political party.
One of the presidential
candidates, Branko CRVENKOVSKI holds the office of Prime Minister
of Macedonia.
SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES)
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