The 1998 parliamentary election in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 were held on 18 October and 1 November 1998. The winner was VMRO-DPMNE, which later formed coalition government with Democratic Alternative

Democratic Alternative (Macedonia)

The Democratic Alternative or DA is a centrist political party in the Republic of Macedonia. The Democratic Alternative was formed in March 1998 by Vasil Tupurkovski, charismatic member of the last Presidency of the former Yugoslavia....

 and Democratic Party of Albanians

Democratic Party of Albanians

The Democratic Party of Albanians or DPA is a political party of the ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia. The DPA is a merger of the Party for Democratic Prosperity of Albanians and the People's Democratic Party which took place in June 1997...

.

85 seats were elected in single-seat constituencies, while a further 35 members were allocated from statewide party lists according to a system of proportional representation.

Proportional seats

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Proportional system
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left|Leader
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
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|VMRO-DPMNE

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity

The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity is a nationalist political party in the Republic of Macedonia. The party describes itself as a Christian democratic and pro-European political party which supports the admission of Macedonia to NATO...

|Ljubco Georgievski
|align="right" |312,627
|align="right" |28.10
|align="right" |11
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|Social Democratic Union of Macedonia

Social Democratic Union of Macedonia

The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia is a centre-left political party in the Macedonia.It is the successor of the League of Communists of Macedonia, the ruling party during the communist regime which ruled SR Macedonia as a constituent republic of SFR Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. The current...

|Branko Crvenkovski

Branko Crvenkovski

Branko Crvenkovski leads the Republic of Macedonia's largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia. He was Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009.Crvenkovski was...

|align="right" |279,795
|align="right" |25.15
|align="right" |10
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|PDP

Party for Democratic Prosperity

The Party for Democratic Prosperity or PDP is an ethnic Albanian political party in the Republic of Macedonia. The party was formed in April 1990 and is currently led by Abdyladi Vejseli....

-PDPA-NDP

National Democratic Party (Macedonia)

The National Democratic Party is a political party of ethnic Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia.At the parliamentary elections, 15 September 2002, the party won 1 out of 120 seats. The party's only MP was the party's vice president Xhezair Shaqiri, AKA "Commander Hoxha" of the former "National...

|Iljaz Halimi
|align="right" | 214,360
|align="right" |19.26
|align="right" |8
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|Democratic Alternative

Democratic Alternative (Macedonia)

The Democratic Alternative or DA is a centrist political party in the Republic of Macedonia. The Democratic Alternative was formed in March 1998 by Vasil Tupurkovski, charismatic member of the last Presidency of the former Yugoslavia....

|Vasil Tupurkovski

Vasil Tupurkovski

Vasil Tupurkovski is a Macedonian academic, politician and the current president of the Macedonian Olympic Committee. He was born on 8 April 1951 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia....

|align="right" |119,351
|align="right" |10.73
|align="right" |4
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|LDP-DPM
|Petar Goshev
|align="right" |77,788
|align="right" |6.99
|align="right" |2
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|SPM

Socialist Party of Macedonia

The Socialist Party of Macedonia is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia founded on 22 September 1990 as a successor of the Socialist Alliance of the Working People of Macedonia. The SPM proclaims that it is a left-wing democratic socialist party. The SPM was part of the coalition...

-PCERM-DPT

Democratic Party of Turks

The Democratic Party of Turks is a political party of the Turkish minority in the Republic of Macedonia.The Party currently has one member, Kenan Hasipi, in the Macedonian parliament.-External links:*...

-DPPRM-SDAM
|Zlatka Popovska
|align="right" |52,284
|align="right" |4.70
|align="right" |0
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|Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia
|Dragisha Miletik
|align="right" |14,930
|align="right" |1.34
|align="right" |0
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|VMRO-DOM
|Tomislav Stevkovski
|align="right" |11,577
|align="right" |1.04
|align="right" |0
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|United Party of Romas in Macedonia

United Party of Romas in Macedonia

The United Party of Romas in Macedonia is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia.At the last legislative elections, 15 September 2002, the party won 1 out of 120 seats as part of the Together for Macedonia alliance, led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and the Liberal Democratic...

|Vanco Peshevski
|align="right" |5,967
|align="right" |0.54
|align="right" |0
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|MAAK-KP

MAAK-Conservative Party

MAAK-Conservative Party was a political party in Macedonia. The party was led by Strašo Angelovski. The party claimed to be the legal inheritor of the Movement for All-Macedonian Action ....

-MA-DP
|Strasho Angelovski
|align="right" |5,596
|align="right" |0.50
|align="right" |0
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|VMRO-DP
|Vladimir Golubovski
|align="right" |3,746
|align="right" |0.34
|align="right" |0
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|Civil-Liberal Party of Macedonia
|Boris Gegaj
|align="right" |3,393
|align="right" |0.30
|align="right" |0
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|Group of Voters
|Todor Petrov

Todor Petrov

Todor Petrov, born March 19, 1960 in Gevgelija, Republic of Macedonia is the president of the World Macedonian Congress....

|align="right" |2,762
|align="right" |0.25
|align="right" |0
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|League of Communists of Macedonia

League of Communists of Macedonia (1992)

League of Communists of Macedonia is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia...

|Angele Mitreski
|align="right" |2,756
|align="right" |0.25
|align="right" |0
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|Socialist Christian Party of Macedonia
|Vasil Risteski
|align="right" |2,186
|align="right" |0.20
|align="right" |0
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|Communist Party of Macedonia
|Todor Pelivanov
|align="right" |2,058
|align="right" |0.18
|align="right" |0
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|Workers Party

Workers Party (Macedonia)

Workers Party is a political party in the Republic of Macedonia. In the 1998 parliamentary elections, the RP had presented a list with 35 candidates, headed by Đuro Keškec. The party received 1,528 votes ....

|Gjuro Keshkec
|align="right" |1,528
|align="right" |0.14
|align="right" |0
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|style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (Turnout 72,9%)
|align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1,112,704
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100%
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|35
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External links

• ODIHR reports
• Official results (in Macedonian)