Exit polls: Tight race in Albania s parliamentary vote yorktonthisweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorktonthisweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Preliminary results from Sunday s parliamentary election in Albania suggest the ruling Socialist Party (PS) will retain its parliamentary majority.
The PS was credited with 48.6 per cent of the vote at 11.45 am CET on Tuesday morning, with fewer than 400 of the country s 5,199 polling stations yet to report. The opposition Democratic Party (PD) had meanwhile secured 39.4 per cent of ballots.
If confirmed, the results would give the PS 73 of parliament s 140 seats, according to Europe Elects.
Incumbent Prime Minister Edi Rama has invited supporters to join him and his PS lawmakers to embrace victory at a gathering in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
Exit polls suggest tight race in Albania s parliamentary election eureporter.co - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eureporter.co Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Albania: Preliminary poll results show Socialists ahead
LLAZAR SEMINI, Associated Press
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1of5An election official carries a ballot box to a counting center during parliamentary elections in capital Tirana, Albania on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Albanian voters have started casting ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the virus pandemic and a bitter political rivalry between the country s two largest political parties.Visar Kryeziu/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Albania s socialist party leader Edi Rama waves after casting his ballot during parliamentary elections in Surel, near Tirana, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Albanians are voting in parliamentary elections amid the virus pandemic and a bitter political rivalry between the two largest political parties. Some 3.6 million eligible voters, including Albanians overseas, will elect 140 lawmakers among some 1,800 candidates from 12 political parties or coalitions and those running independently.Hek