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Opposition Democratic Party leads in Albanian parliamentary polls
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July 6, 2005
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Opposition Democratic Party leads in Albanian parliamentary polls
TIRANA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Albania's opposition Democratic Party
headed by former President Sali Berisha led in Sunday's parliamentary
elections, the official results showed on Wednesday.
According to Albania's election law, 100 deputies in the 140- seat
unicameral parliament are elected directly from the 100
constituencies in the country, while the rest 40 seats are
distributed to the parties and coalitions according to the proportion
of votes they win.
Official results from the 44 constituencies released by the
Central Elections Commission (CEC) showed the democrats already won
31 seats, while the ruling Socialist Party ...