| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
21 September 1990
Last amendment: 31.03.2006 |
| Mode of designation |
Directly elected 120 |
| Constituencies |
Six multi-member constituencies (20 seats each)
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| Voting system |
Proportional:
All 120 members of the Sobranie are elected by party list proportional system, using closed lists for four-year terms. The country is divided into six election districts determined by law. Each district elects 20 members of parliament. Each voter votes for a list and seats are distributed on a proportional basis, according to the D'Hondt formula.
At least 30 per cent of the candidates on each list must be of different gender.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through 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, 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 and 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 500 signatures of the voters of the constituency concerned, registered in the General Voters Register are required
- submission of candidatures at least 40 days prior to polling |
