| Thirty-first Legislature of Albania | |
| Native Name: | Legjislatura e tridhjetë e një e Shqipërisë |
| Legislature: | XXXI Legislature X Pluralist Legislature |
| Coa Pic: | Kuvendi i Shqipërisë.svg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Term Limits: | Four years |
| Preceded By: | 30th Legislature |
| Leader1 Type: | Chairman of the Parliament |
| Leader1: | Elisa Spiropali |
| Party1: | PS |
| Leader2 Type: | Prime Minister |
| Leader2: | Edi Rama |
| Seats: | 140 deputies |
| Structure1: | Plan-vendosja e deputetëve në Kuvend.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 300px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (72)
Supported by (3) Opposition (62)
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The Thirty-first Legislature of Albania (sq|Legjislatura e tridhjetë e një e Shqipërisë), officially known as the X Pluralist Legislature of Albania (sq|Legjislatura e X Pluraliste e Shqipërisë), is the legislature of Albania following the 2021 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Albanian Parliament. The party of the Prime Minister Edi Rama, PS, obtained an absolute majority of 74 deputies, becoming the first party to win three consecutive terms since the fall of communism in Albania.[1]
The procedure for the election of the chairperson is foreseen by the Article 6 of Parliament's Rules[2] which states that:
At 10:00 on September 10, 2021, the new X Legislature of the Albanian Parliament started in a session that was expected to be formal. The session was chaired by the oldest MP, who was Mrs. Luljeta Bozo from the ranks of the Socialists, who was elected for the first time as an MP at the age of 78.[3] In the first plenary session, the Commission for the Verification of the Mandates of the Deputies was formed, consisting of 9 members (5 from the majority and 4 from the opposition). A second plenary session followed during the evening, at 17:00 from where the oath of the deputies mandated by the general elections of April 25, 2021 took place, followed by the election of the speaker of the new parliament.[4]
The verification commission found 4 vacancies of deputies who had announced their resignation after being elected by the citizens and asked for their replacement with the deputies ranked after them according to the constituencies. From the ranks of the Socialists in the Tirana County, the seat of Najada Çomo was taken by Mimi Kodheli. In Durrës County, the seat of Lefter Koka was taken by Denis Deliu, while in Fier County, the seat of the former Speaker Gramoz Ruçi was taken by Mirela Pitushi. While from the ranks of Democrats in Lezhë County, Mark Marku was replaced by Elda Hoti.[5]
The verification commission also divided the deputies according to the respective parties, since during the elections some parties participated under the banner of an alliance. Thus, the Socialist Party was confirmed with 74 deputies, as it entered the elections alone. The Democratic Party, which together with the allies won 59, in the new legislature will have 50 deputies under its banner. 4 deputies are from the ranks of the Socialist Movement for Integration, 3 from the Social Democratic Party, 3 from the Republican Party, 2 from the PDIU, 1 from the PAA, 1 from the LZHK and 1 PBDNJ. And the rest are MPs who have either decided to be independent or have been expelled from the parliamentary group, as is the case of former Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, who was expelled just a day before the legislature from its party.[6]
Only the Socialist Party, which was the winner of the elections, made a proposal for the post of the Chairman of parliament. The PS proposed Mrs. Lindita Nikolla.
While the biggest opposition party PD opposed Nikolla's as candidature with a preliminary decision taken in a party meeting and that then during the voting ends in the tearing of the ballot papers by each deputy in a demonstrative way.[7] [8]
The first voting session in parliament was chaired by the oldest member of the parliament, who was Mrs. Luljeta Bozo. After taking the oath, the MP, begin the session for the voting of the Speaker of Parliament, where the only candidate was Mrs. Lindita Nikolla who came from the ranks of the Socialists, thus becoming the 43rd Speaker of the Albanian Parliament.
| 79 votes | 4 votes | 0 vote | |
| Total of 137 votes, of which 54 invalid votes since they were torn before being thrown into the ballot box. | |||
Six days later, on September 16, the presentation session of the governing program Rama III began, from where the Prime Minister himself and then each candidate for minister presented the objectives for the next four years.[9] [10] The session lasted over 20 hours postponing its closing for the following day. The third consecutive government of Rama was put to the vote on September 17, 2021, after a few days ago it had received the decree of President Ilir Meta.[11] The new cabinet introduced consists of 12 women and only 5 men, making up 75 percent of government positions led by women. This has propelled Albania to the top of global rankings in terms of the percentage of women holding Cabinet positions.[12] [13]
| 77 votes | 53 votes | 1 vote | |
| Total of 131 votes, while 9 MPs did not take part in the voting.[14] | |||
The following is a list of 140 members elected to the parliament in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election. It consists of the representative's name, party, and they are divided according to the 12 constituencies of Albania to which they belong.[15] [16]