Social Democratic Party of Albania

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The Social Democratic Party of Albania (Template:Langx, PSD or PSDSH) is a minor social democratic<ref name="Nordsieck"/><ref name=Lewis2000>Template:Cite book</ref> political party in Albania. Its founder is Skënder Gjinushi, a former Minister of Education (1987–1991) and Speaker of Parliament (1997–2001).

History

The PSD was formed in March 1991,<ref name=Lewis2000/> and was admitted into Socialist International at its XIX congress in 1992.<ref>Decisions on Membership of the Socialist International Socialist International</ref> The party contested the 1992 parliamentary elections, winning seven seats.<ref>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p142 Template:ISBN</ref> It did not run in the 1996 elections, but returned to contest the elections the following year in an alliance with the Socialist Party, with the PSD winning nine seats.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp.140–142</ref>

In the 2001 elections the party was reduced to four seats. The 2005 elections saw the party increase its representation back to seven seats. For the 2009 elections it was part of the "Unification for Changes" alliance, but received just 1.8% of the national vote and lost all its seats. In the 2017 elections the Social Democratic Party won one seat. The 2021 elections saw the party win three seats.

Election results

Parliament

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Rank	Status
1992	Skënder Gjinushi	73,820	4.04	Template:Composition bar		3rd	Template:No2
1996		25,019	1.52	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:Decrease 8th	Template:No
1997Template:Efn		245,181	17.35	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 9	Template:Increase 3rd	Template:Yes2
2001		48,911	3.65	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 5	Template:Decrease 4th	Template:Yes2
2005Template:Efn		174,103	12.74	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3	Template:Steady 4th	Template:No2
2009		26,700	1.76	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 7	Template:Decrease 5th	Template:No
2013		10,220	0.59	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Decrease 9th	Template:No
2017		14,993	0.95	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Increase 5th	Template:Partial2
2021	Tom Doshi	35,477	2.25	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	Template:Increase 4th	Template:Partial2
2025		49,890	3.10	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Steady 4th	Template:Partial2

Notes

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