| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
21 September 1990
Last amended: 13 April 2011 |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 123 |
| Constituencies |
- Six multi-member constituencies (20 seats each) in the country;
- Three single-member constituencies abroad: (1) Europe and Africa; (2) the Americas; and (3) Australia and Asia. |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
- 120 members are elected by party list proportional system, using closed lists. At least 30 per cent of the candidates on each list must be of a different sex. Each voter votes for a list and seats are distributed on a proportional basis, according to the d'Hondt formula. There is no threshold for parliamentary representation under this system.
- The remaining three members are elected under the first-past-the-post system. The ballot paper contains the lists of political party candidates and/or independent candidates. Each voter votes for one list. In order to be elected, a list (whether of a political party or independent candidates) needs to obtain at least 2 per cent of the registered votes in its respective constituency. If no candidate passes the threshold, fresh elections are called.
- Vacancies arising between general elections among the members elected under the proportional representation system are filled by the "next-in-line" candidates of the same party.
- Vacancies for the constituencies abroad are filled through by-elections
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- FYR Macedonian citizenship (including naturalized citizens)
Disqualifications: civil incapacity to perform legal acts, holders of temporary entry permits and undocumented immigrants |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- FYR Macedonian citizenship (including naturalized citizens)
Ineligibilities: any imprisonment, persons serving sentences, holders of temporary entry permits, undocumented immigrants, executives of the Electoral Commission, members of the Electoral Commission |
| Incompatibilities |
- President of the Republic
- Prime Minister
- Ministers
- Judges of the Constitutional Court
- Public prosecutor
- Ombudsman
- Mayor or member of a council in a municipality or the city of Skopje
- holders of other elective office
- holders of offices appointed by the Assembly or the Government
- persons in charge of administrative matters in state administration bodies |
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by registered political parties, individually or two or more parties, which can jointly submit a party list of candidates
- nomination by a group of voters: at least 1,000 signatures of the voters of the constituency concerned
- submission of candidatures at least 40 days prior to polling |
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