Definitions
For purposes of this Code:
The “election date” is the date of voting determined by a decree of the President of the Republic.
“Special institutions” are prisons, places of pre-trial detention, hospitals or other healthcare institutions that accept patients for more than three days.
A “candidate” is an Albanian citizen registered with the electoral commissions as a candidate for deputy, or for mayor of a municipality or commune, or for a municipal or communal council, in accordance with this Code, who is to be voted on in the elections.
An “independent candidate” is a candidate for deputy, or for mayor of a municipality or commune, or for a municipal or communal council, who is not supported by any political party.
A “coalition” is a grouping of two or more political parties registered with the CEC that submit a candidate for deputy, a candidate for mayor of a municipality or commune, or a multi-name list for the elections to the Assembly or the municipal or communal council.
“VCC” is a Voting Center Commission.
“CEC” is the Central Election Commission, created according to article 154 of the Constitution.
“LGEC” is the Local Government Election Commission.
“ZEC” is the Zonal Election Commission.
“Voter lists” are official documents of the registration of voters for each polling unit provided in accordance with this Code.
A “multi-name list” is the list of candidates of a political party or coalition, which is approved by the CEC and serves for the election of candidates in the proportional system.
A “joint multi-name list” is a list of a coalition’s candidates, which appears as a single subject on the ballot paper.
A “composed multi-name list” of a coalition is a multi-name list that is composed of particular lists of the coalition parties, which appear separately on the ballot paper.
An “electoral unit” is either an electoral zone, or a municipality or commune in the case of local elections.
A “political party” is a party registered in accordance with law no. 8580, dated 17 February 2000, “On Political Parties.”
The “election period” is the period beginning 30 days before the election date and ending with the final announcement of the voting results.
A “representative of an electoral subject” is a person authorized by a candidate or a registered political party to represent their interests and to participate in meetings of electoral commissions, in the name of and on account of the candidate or the party.
A “voting center” is the premises designated for holding the voting, in accordance with this Code.
A “constitutional referendum” is a referendum held pursuant to section 4 or 5 of article 177 of the Constitution.
20. A “general referendum” is a referendum held pursuant to articles 150, 151 and 152
of the Constitution.
21. A “local referendum” is a referendum held pursuant to section 4 of article 108 of the
Constitution.
“The National Registry of Voters” is an aggregate of the voter lists prepared in
accordance with the respective rules in this Code.
“Revision of the lists” is the process of deleting or adding names, or changing the data, in the voter lists.
A “student” is any voter registered as a full-time student in an educational or vocational training program in Albania of at least three months duration and whose residence for purposes of this education or vocational training is a place other than his domicile.
“Electoral subjects” are political parties, coalitions registered with the CEC, their candidates as well as independent candidates registered with a ZEC or LGEC.
“Domicile” is the place where a voter is registered in the civil status register, according to the conditions of article 12 of the Civil Code.
“Residence” is the place within the territory of the Republic of Albania where the voter is temporarily located within the meaning of article 14 of the Civil Code.
A “voter” is each Albanian citizen with the right to vote.
“Voters in the armed forces or police forces” are all voters who serve in the armed forces or the police forces and reside in a military or police base.
“Elections” are the voting for the Assembly, for representative organs of local government or in a referendum.
“Partial elections” are the voting to fill the seat of an independent candidate elected in single-member zones or the seat of a mayor of a municipality or commune, as well as for the election of a new local council in case of dissolution.
“Polling Unit” is a geographical zone within a municipality, commune, or electoral zone established in accordance with this Code.
“Electoral zone” is one of the 100 geographical divisions of the territory of the Republic of Albania established in accordance with the Constitution and the rules of this Code, in which voting takes place for the election of a deputy.
“Final elections result” is the result declared by the CEC and which includes:
the voting results for candidates for deputy, mayor of a municipality or commune, who are directly elected in the respective electoral units;
the number of seats obtained by each political party or coalition, according to the calculations foreseen in this Code;
the voting result of a referendum, according to the provisions of part nine of this Code.
