Elections in Albania

Elections in Albania consist of parliamentary elections and local elections for the mayors and municipal councils of Albania's 61 municipalities; they are mandated by the Constitution and legislation enacted by Parliament and operated by the Central Election Commission (KQZ). The Parliament (Kuvendi) has 140 members elected for four-year terms. The president is elected by parliament.

The Electoral Code (Albanian: Kodi Zgjedhor) is the primary law regulating both elections and referendums. It is adopted and amended by the parliament with a three-fifths supermajority. For general (parliamentary) elections, legislation currently makes provision for proportional representation with partially open lists. A national electoral threshold of 1% is applied. For the first time in 2025, the diaspora residing outside of Albania were allowed to vote by mail.

Albania has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and several other parties that are electorally successful. According to international observers, vote buying and institutional influence, among others, persist as problems in Albanian elections, despite improvements over the years.

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