Republican Party of Albania

{{Infobox political party

| country = Albania

| name = Republican Party of Albania

| native_name = Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë

| colorcode = #022E4B

| logo = Republican Party of Albania.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| leader = Fatmir Mediu

| founder = Sabri Godo

| foundation = 10 January 1991Robert Elsie (2010) Historical Dictionary of Albania, Scarecrow Press, p384

| ideology = National conservatism{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/albania.html|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|title=Albania|date=2017}}

| position = Right-wing{{cite journal|title=The Albanian Electoral Systems since 1990|journal=Albanian Elections Observatory Brief|date=19 April 2013|issue=1|url=http://www.eliamep.gr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bn1.pdf|access-date=2 July 2013}}

| international =

| national = Alliance for a Great Albania

| european = European Conservatives and Reformists Party (global partner){{Cite web |url=http://www.acreurope.eu/item/acre_welcomes_our_new_member_parties |title=Welcome to our new member parties |website=ACRE |date=7 April 2017 |access-date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=8 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408081542/http://www.acreurope.eu/item/acre_welcomes_our_new_member_parties |url-status=dead }}

| europarl =

| colours = Blue

| headquarters = Tirana

| website =

| seats1_title = Parliament

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|3|140|hex=#20267A}}

| seats2_title = Council Seats

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|34|1613|{{party color|Republican Party of Albania}}}}

}}

The Republican Party of Albania ({{Langx|sq|Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë}}, PR or PRSH) is a national-conservative political party in Albania. It currently holds 3 of the 140 seats in the Parliament of Albania, in alliance with the Democratic Party of Albania.

History

The party was founded on 10 January 1991 under the leadership of the writer Sabri Godo, who was also its first Chairman. The party was formed with the backing of the Italian Republican Party.{{cite book|author1=Alan John Day|author2=Roger East|author3=Richard Thomas|title=A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt2TXexiKTgC&pg=PA11|access-date=7 February 2013|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-063-9|pages=11–}} After the Democratic Party, it was the second party to be founded in Albania after the anti-communist revolution in the autumn of 1990.

In the 1992 elections the party received 2.9% of the national vote and won a single seat.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp139–142 {{ISBN|9783832956097}} They joined a coalition with the Democratic Party, but had little influence on the policies being shaped. The 1996 elections saw the party almost double its share of the vote to 5.9%, winning three seats. After the 1997 uprising, in which the center-right coalition was overthrown by socialist supporters, the party became an opposition party. In the 1997 elections the party was reduced to a single seat.

Before the 2001 elections, the party joined the Union for Victory Coalition under the leadership of the Democratic Party, which won 46 seats. In the 2005 elections the party received 20% of the vote in the national voting for the proportional seats, putting it in first place. Although it won 11 proportional seats, it failed to win a single constituency seat,[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/albania/albania2005.txt Republic of Albania: Legislative Elections of 3 July 2005] Adam Carr resulting in the party only being the third largest in Parliament.Nohlen & Stöver, p143 For the 2009 elections the party was part of the "Alliance for Changes" coalition. However, it was reduced to a single seat, after seeing its vote share fall to just 2.1% of the national total. In the 2011 local elections the party won a total of 67,039 votes throughout the country, twice the amount they had received in the 2009 Albanian parliamentary election.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724205256/http://www.kohajone.com/zarticle.php?id=59033 "Aleanca per Qytetarin", fiton me 70.890 vota] Koha Jonë

Election results

class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !Status
1991	27,393	1.47	{{Composition bar\|0\|250\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	–	{{no\|Extraparliamentary}}
1992	52,477	2.89	{{Composition bar\|1\|140\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	{{increase}}1	{{yes2\|Coalition government (until 1994)}}
1996	94,567	5.74	{{composition bar\|3\|140\|hex=#20267A}}	{{increase}}2	{{yes2\|Coalition government}}
1997	31,573	2.41	{{composition bar\|1\|155\|hex=#20267A}}	{{decrease}}2	{{no2\|Opposition}}
2001	colspan=2\|Part of BF	{{Composition bar\|5\|140\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	{{increase}} 4	{{no2\|Opposition}}
2005	272,746	19.96	{{composition bar\|11\|140\|hex=#20267A}}	{{increase}}6	{{yes2\|Coalition government}}
2009	31,990	2.11	{{composition bar\|1\|140\|hex=#20267A}}	{{decrease}}10	{{yes2\|Coalition government}}
2013	52,168	3.02	{{Composition bar\|3\|140\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	{{increase}}2	{{no2\|Opposition}}
2017	3,225	0.20	{{Composition bar\|0\|140\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	{{decrease}} 3	{{no\|Extraparliamentary}}
2021	colspan=2\|Part of PD–AN	{{Composition bar\|3\|140\|hex={{party color\|Republican Party of Albania}}}}	{{increase}}3	{{no2\|Opposition}}

References

Category:1991 establishments in Albania

Category:European Conservatives and Reformists Party member parties

Category:Conservative parties in Albania

Category:National conservative parties

Category:Political parties established in 1991

Category:Political parties in Albania

Category:Pro-European political parties in Albania

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