2014 Macedonian general election explained

Country:Republic of Macedonia
Module:
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Type:presidential
Election Date:13 April 2014 (first round)
27 April 2014 (second round)
Election Name:Presidential election
Previous Election:2009 Macedonian presidential election
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2019 North Macedonian presidential election
Next Year:2019
Turnout:48.87% (first round)
54.38% (second round)
Image1:Gjorge Ivanov (2017-05-24) (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Gjorge Ivanov
Party1:VMRO-DPMNE
Popular Vote1:534,910
Percentage1:57.33%
Nominee2:Stevo Pendarovski
Party2:Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
Color2:033A73
Popular Vote2:398,077
Percentage2:42.67%
President
Before Election:Gjorge Ivanov
Before Party:VMRO-DPMNE
After Election:Gjorge Ivanov
After Party:VMRO-DPMNE
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Election Name:Parliamentary election
Election Date:27 April 2014
Previous Election:2011
Next Election:2016
Leader1:Nikola Gruevski
Last Election1:56
Seats1:61
Percentage1:44.47
Leader2:Zoran Zaev
Party2:SDSM coalition
Color2:
  1. 033A73
Last Election2:42
Seats2:34
Percentage2:26.22
Leader3:Ali Ahmeti
Party3:Democratic Union for Integration
Percentage3:14.19
Last Election3:15
Seats3:19
Leader4:Menduh Thaçi
Party4:Democratic Party of Albanians
Percentage4:6.13
Last Election4:8
Seats4:7
Party5:Citizen Option for Macedonia
Percentage5:2.92
Last Election5:new
Seats5:1
Party6:National Democratic Revival
Percentage6:1.64
Last Election6:2
Seats6:1
Prime Minister
Before Election:Nikola Gruevski
Before Party:VMRO-DPMNE
After Election:Nikola Gruevski
After Party:VMRO-DPMNE

General elections were held in the Republic of Macedonia in April 2014 to elect the President and members of parliament. The first round of the presidential elections were held on 13 April, with incumbent president Gjorge Ivanov finishing first with 53% of the vote. However, as he did not receive the support of 50% of all registered voters, a second round was held on 27 April, alongside parliamentary elections, with Ivanov and the ruling coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE claiming victory as Ivanov was elected president and the VMRO-DPMNE won 61 of the 123 seats in the Assembly.[1] [2]

Background

The parliamentary elections were brought forward to coincide with the presidential election following the failure of coalition partners VMRO-DPMNE and DUI to agree on a combined presidential candidate.[3]

President

Candidates

The incumbent president Gjorge Ivanov, supported by the governing party, the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), successfully nominated himself for reelection after collecting 63,253 signatures from citizens.[4] The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) candidate Stevo Pendarovski was nominated by the signatures of the opposition parties' members of parliament.[5] Other candidates nominated by over 10,000 signatures included Zoran T. Popovski from the Citizen Option for Macedonia (GROM), and from the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA).[6] [7]

Campaign

The first round of the presidential election was held on 13 April. The candidates were Gjorge Ivanov (VMRO-DPMNE), Stevo Pendarovski (SDSM), Ilijaz Halimi (DPA), and Zoran Popovski (GROM). The ethnic Albanian party Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), a junior coalition member, campaigned for boycott of the presidential election, opposing VMRO-DPMNE's decision to run Ivanov for reelection.[8]

SDSM's Pendarovski controversially visited Pristina where he criticised the government policies in terms of foreign policy and that Albania has the highest GDP in the region despite reports by institutions and other politicians saying it was Macedonia.[9]

Parliament

Parties and coalitions

Fourteen political parties and coalitions contested the election, having submitted candidate lists for MPs in at least one of the six constituencies within the country and the three in the diaspora. Three among them, namely, VMRO-DPMNE, SDSM and DUI, submitted their candidate lists in all nine constituencies.[10]

VMRO-DPMNE

The VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition consisted of 22 parties: VMRO-DPMNE, the Socialist Party of Macedonia (SPM), the Democratic Union (DS), Democratic Renewal of Macedonia (DOM), the Democratic Party of Turks (DPTM), the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia (DPSM), the Union of Roma in Macedonia (SRM), the United Party for Emancipation (OPE), the Party of Justice (PP), the Party of the (SDAM), the Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia (PVM), the (PIR), the (BDP), (DSR), (TMRO), the (NLP), the (NDM),, VMRO-United,, (MA), and .

SDSM

The SDSM-led coalition included nine parties; the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, the New Social Democratic Party (NDSP), the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), United for Macedonia (OM), the (PDT), the Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia (PCER), the (SSM), the Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia (DSVM), and the (SL).

GROM

The Citizen Option for Macedonia (GROM)-led alliance consisted of the Citizen Option for Macedonia, the Liberal Party, the Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia, the Union of Tito's Left Forces, and the Party of Free Democrats.[11]

Campaign

SDSM's Zoran Zaev said that the election was about "choosing whether [the country] will support the fight for freedom and the right to a better life, or continue with state robbery."[12] Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said: "We need a majority so nobody can blackmail us and we can keep up with the programme...that would lead Macedonia into the EU and NATO."[3]

Opinion polls

President

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Macedonia presidential election set for second vote . Yahoo News Australia . . 14 April 2014 . 19 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420032042/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/22620503/macedonia-presidential-election-set-for-second-vote/ . 20 April 2014 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Macedonia calls early parliamentary election for April 27 . Reuters . 6 March 2014 . 19 April 2014 . Kole Casule.
  3. Web site: Macedonia wraps up voting in early parliamentary vote | News | DW.DE | 27.04.2014 . DW.DE . 2014-04-13 . 2014-04-30.
  4. Web site: Масовна поддршка за Иванов: Собрани 63.253 потписи за неколку часа . Kurir.mk . 4 March 2014 . 19 April 2014 . mk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140419210753/http://kurir.mk/makedonija/vesti/149896-Masovna-poddrska-za-Ivanov-Sobrani-63253-potpisi-za-nekolku-casa . 19 April 2014 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: СДСМ: Зад кандидатурата на Пендаровски стојат потписите на сите пратеници на СДСМ и коалиционите партнери . a1on.mk . 6 March 2014 . 19 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420012144/http://a1on.mk/wordpress/archives/294169 . 20 April 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: Илијаз Халими е кандидат на ДПА за претседател на Македонија . . 26 February 2014 . 6 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305123807/http://www.sitel.com.mk/mk/ilijaz-halimi-e-kandidat-na-dpa-za-pretsedatel-na-makedonija-0 . 5 March 2014 . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Зоран Поповски веќе собра 10.000 потписи . mk . . 17 February 2014 . 6 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304162112/http://www.dnevnik.mk/default.asp?ItemID=AD7369A95668E34FB6794AF1F68AED22 . 4 March 2014 . dmy-all .
  8. News: Ethnic Albanians boycott Macedonia vote . . Associated Press . 13 April 2014 . 19 April 2014 . Konstantin Testorides.
  9. Web site: Here is how Pendarovski January slanders his spine: In Prishtina praises Kosovo and criticizes Macedonia | Macedonian News Agency . Kurir.mk . 2014-04-25 . 2014-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427223953/http://kurir.mk/en/2014/04/25/here-is-how-pendarovski-january-slanders-his-spine-in-prishtina-praises-kosovo-and-criticizes-macedonia/ . 27 April 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: Четиринаесет партии доставија листи на кандидати за пратеници . Utrinski.mk . 2014-03-30 . 2014-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140428023118/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=288A1834285C3A438EAA163D805B090F . 28 April 2014 . dmy-all .
  11. http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_37896-1522-1-30.pdf?140529150937 The Republic of Macedonia's 2014 Parliamentary Elections Handbook
  12. Web site: PM tipped for third term as Macedonia votes - Europe . Al Jazeera English . 2014-04-30.
  13. Web site: Polls and surveys that favor presidential nominees. 19 March 2014. Independent Balkan News Agency. Pajaziti. Naser.
  14. Web site: Poll: Highest trust ratings for President Ivanov and VMRO-DPMNE. 23 March 2014. Republika Online. 25 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140425035634/http://english.republika.mk/?p=114629. 25 April 2014. dead.
  15. http://kurir.mk/makedonija/vesti/146502-Anketa-VMRO-DPMNE-so-najgolem-broj-pratenici-dokolku-utre-ima-parlamentarni-izbori Анкета: ВМРО-ДПМНЕ со најголем број пратеници доколку утре има парламентарни избори
  16. http://www.sitel.com.mk/mk/anketa-vmro-dpmne-so-63-pratenici-sdsm-so-31 Анкета: ВМРО-ДПМНЕ со 63 пратеници, СДСМ со 31
  17. Web site: 9952 domestic and 550 foreign observers will follow elections | Macedonian News Agency . Kurir.mk . 2014-04-25 . 2014-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427222645/http://kurir.mk/en/2014/04/25/9952-domestic-and-550-foreign-observers-will-follow-elections/ . 27 April 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  18. Web site: ДИК: Иванов 534.154 гласови, Пендаровски 398.008 | 24 ВЕСТИ . 24vesti.mk . 2014-04-15 . 2014-04-30.
  19. Web site: 4471 . Utrinski.mk . 2014-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430024845/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=84E14D42189E7F4BB7BD0EAE7157AF78 . 30 April 2014 . dead .
  20. Web site: 4471 . Utrinski.mk . 2014-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430024319/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=4F0ECE9201DCAF44BDF9FE51F6D964E4 . 30 April 2014 . dmy-all .
  21. Web site: Casule . Kole . Macedonian opposition cries election foul, will not accept results | Reuters . Uk.reuters.com . 2014-04-30.
  22. Web site: Scandalous: Zaev with fir scenario for failure of elections | Macedonian News Agency . Kurir.mk . 2014-04-25 . 2014-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427222819/http://kurir.mk/en/2014/04/25/scandalous-zaev-with-fir-scenario-for-failure-of-elections/ . 27 April 2014 . dead . dmy-all .

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