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As the zonal representation curve has deviated over the years, Tirana has 61% of seats in Parliament
The Albanian Parliament represents civic sovereignty and is the main decision-making institution in our political system. Legally and theoretically. Practically, the Assembly has shown that over the years it has deviated from its constitutional and representative role. From the monitoring data of the Institute of Political Studies (ISP) it results that our parliament has deviated the curve of zonal representation, creating a disproportionate ratio between the representation of the other 11 regions and the main region, Tirana.
The comparative table of the 1991 and 2021 elections, compiled by ISP experts, more clearly reflects the deviation of the representation curve: in 1991 Tirana had 45 out of 250 deputies, ie 18% of the entire parliament, while in 2021 Tirana is de facto represented with 85 out of 140 deputies, ie 61% of the entire parliament. In the current parliamentary elections, the absolute majority of the coordinators of the main parties in the regions were appointed with politicians from Tirana.
Despite the fact that Tirana region has the largest number of citizens with the right to vote (910,494 voters out of a total of 3,588,869 voters), so 25.36% of all citizens with the right to vote representation with 61% of seats in parliament is extreme, no natural and indicative of the imposition of the capital's political elite on other counties and municipalities of the country.
Moreover, from 61% in the Tirana region, 60.50% belong only to the municipality of Tirana, not to the other municipalities of the region (Kavaja, Rrogozhina, Vora, Kamza) shows that the ratio is deeply disproportionate and not representative. The rest of the country, with 75% of the electorate, is represented by only 39% of MPs in 2021 from 82% in the first pluralist elections in 1991. ISP