Parliamentary Elections in North Macedonia, 15th July 2020

On 15th July 2020, Macedonians were called to vote for a new parliament. The elections brought a tight victory of the alliance “We can” between the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the ethnic Albanian BESA movement – the first alliance between a mainly Macedonian party and an ethnic Albanian faction. “We can” won 36% of the votes and 46 of the 120 seats in parliament. This is a loss compared to 2016, when the SDSM, its partners and the BESA movement (that had run separately) had made in total 42.9%. The rival alliance “Renewal”, led by the opposition right-wing VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity) also lost considerably and secured 34.7% (minus 4.7%) and 44 seats. Levica (The Left) scored a respectable result with 4.1% of the votes and two seats.