| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
21 September 1990
Last amended: 20 May 2016 (Gazette no.99/2016) |
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 123 |
| Constituencies |
- Six multi-member constituencies in the country (20 seats each; 120 seats in total);
- One constituency abroad which covers Europe, Africa, North and South America, Australia and Asia. |
| Voting system |
Proportional:
- 120 members are elected by party list proportional system, using closed lists. 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.
- Up to three candidates may be elected from the constituency abroad. A candidate is elected if a list received a minimum number of votes equal to the MP elected in-country with the lowest number of votes during the previous elections. The second and third candidates of the same list are elected if their list obtains twice and three times as many votes respectively.
- Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by the "next-in-line" candidates of the same party.
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: persons sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than six months and those who are serving a term of imprisonment for a criminal offence, 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
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| Candidacy requirements |
- Nomination by registered political parties, individually or two or more parties, which can jointly submit a party list of candidates
- At least 40% of the candidates shall belong to whichever sex is underrepresented. That is, for every third place at least one shall belong to that sex. At least one place in every ten shall also belong to that sex
- 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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