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| Territory:
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28,748
sq. km |
| Population: |
3,363,000
heads |
| Density
of Population: |
117
heads/sq. km |
| Capital
city: |
Tirana |
| Form
of government: |
Republic |
| Administrative
scheme: |
26
districts, a city with a right of a district |
| Official
language: |
Albanian |
| Nationalities: |
Albanian
97%,
Greek 2.5%,Other 0.5% |
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Elections
in the Republic are based on universal, direct and free suffrage
and secret ballot. All Albanian citizens over 18 have the
right to vote and those over 21 are eligible to be elected.
Parliamentary elections have got two rounds. One hundred seats
are allocated in the first round among the candidates from
the single-member constituencies on the basis of majority
votes, exceeding 50% of all votes cast, and the others are
allocated on the basis of national proportional distribution
of the surplus votes. In the constituencies where simple majority
is not reached, a second round is held. There are 155 representatives
in the Parliament, who were elected in 1997. Representatives
are elected for four years.
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