Assembly of North Macedonia

The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, or the Sobranie, is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of North Macedonia; it is North Macedonia's sole legislature. According to the Constitution, the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs (currently 120), elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs, and there are also 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora which are awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient. MPs are elected for a term of four years and cannot be recalled during their term. The Sobranie is presided over by a President. Its organization and functioning are regulated by the Constitution and Rules of Procedure. The Assembly's seat is in the Sobranie Palace in country's capital Skopje.

2020 election result

Main article: 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election

The preliminary apportionment in the 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election:

Preliminary results in the 2020 North Macedonian parliamentary election

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	We Can (SDSM coalition)	327,408	35.89	46	–8
	Renewal (VMRO-DPMNE coalition)	315,344	34.57	44	–7
	Democratic Union for Integration	104,699	11.48	15	+5
	Alliance for Albanians–Alternative	81,620	8.95	12	+9
	The Left	37,426	4.10	2	+2
	Democratic Party of Albanians	13,930	1.53	1	–1
	Integra – Macedonian Conservative Party	12,291	1.35	0	New
	Civic Democratic Union	3,555	0.39	0	New
	MORO – Workers Party	3,245	0.36	0	0
	Voice for Macedonia	2,802	0.31	0	New
	Never North, Only Macedonia	2,604	0.29	0	0
	Social Democratic Union Skopje	2,585	0.28	0	0
	Your Party	1,894	0.21	0	New
	Democrats	1,558	0.17	0	New
	Roma People's Party	1,225	0.13	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		31,231	–	–	–
Total		943,750	100	120	0
Registered voters/turnout		1,814,263	52.02	–	–
Source: State Election Commission

Presidents of the Assembly (1991–present)

Main article: List of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia

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Sobranie Palace

Parties

      LPM (1)       SDSM (3)       DA (1)       LDP       VMRO–DPMNE (2)       DUI (1)

Status

  Acting President

№	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political Affiliation
1	Stojan Andov (1935–)		8 January 1991	6 March 1996	Liberal Party of Macedonia
2	Tito Petkovski (1945–)		6 March 1996	19 November 1998	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
3	Savo Klimovski (1947–)		19 November 1998	30 November 2000	Democratic Alternative
(1)	Stojan Andov (1935–)		30 November 2000	4 October 2002	Liberal Party of Macedonia
4	Nikola Popovski (1962–)		4 October 2002	8 November 2003	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
—	Liljana Popovska (1956–)		8 November 2003	18 November 2003	Liberal Democratic Party
5	Ljupčo Jordanovski (1953–2010)		18 November 2003	2 August 2006	Social Democratic Union of Macedonia
6	Ljubiša Georgievski (1937–2018)		2 August 2006	21 June 2008	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
7	Trajko Veljanovski (1962–)		21 June 2008	27 April 2017	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
8	Talat Xhaferi (1962–)	60px	27 April 2017	Incumbent	Democratic Union for Integration

See also

• Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia
• Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia

External links

• Official website