General Information
Kosovo: Assembly, 11 June 2017
At stake in this election:
- 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016)
- Head of Government: Acting Prime Minister Isa MUSTAFA (since 9 December 2014)
- Assembly: Unicameral Assembly (Kuvendi i Kosoves/Skupstina Kosova) with 120 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by parliament to a 5-year term.
- 100 members of the Kosovac Assembly (Kuvendi i Kosoves/Skupstina Kosova) are directly elected through a proportional representation vote with 20 seats reserved for ethnic minorities. All members serve 4-year terms.
Last Election:
- The last election for the Kosovac Assembly was held in 2014. The Democratic Party of Kosovo won 30.38% of the vote and 37 seats, the largest share of any party.
Main candidates in the election:
- Democratic Party of Kosovo / Partia Demokratike e Kosovës
- Leader: Kadri VESELI
- Seats won in last election: 37
- Democratic League of Kosovo / Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës
- Leader: Isa MUSTAFA
- Seats won in last election: 30
- Movement for Self-Determination / Vetevendosje!
- Leader: Visar YMERI
- Seats won in last election: 16
- Alliance for the Future of Kosovo / Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës
- Leader: Ramush HARADINAJ
- Seats won in last election: 11
- Serbian List / Lista Serbe
- Leader: Slavko SIMIC
- Seats won in last election: 9
- Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo / Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi
- Leader: Mahir YAGCILAR
- Seats won in last election: 2
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 1,895,250 (July 2017 est.)
- Registered Voters: 1,888,059
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 920,024
- Is Kosovo a signatory to CEDAW: No
- Has Kosovo ratified CEDAW: No
- Gender Quota: Yes, 30% but this is not always implemented effectively
- Female candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Parliamentarians: 39
- Human Development Index Position: N/A
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A
Disability Data:
- Is Kosovo a signatory to CRPD: No
- Has Kosovo ratified CRPD: No
- Population with a disability: 280,647