2025 parliamentary results: Democratic Party appeals to KAS, recounts and diaspora ballots
Status: Certification and appeals reported May-June 2025. Final KAS and KQZ outcomes not confirmed for all counties.
Summary
After the 11 May 2025 parliamentary election, the Democratic Party (PD) appealed the certification of results in several counties, including Tirana, Kukes and Korce, and asked for the vote to be declared void and repeated in Kukes. The Commission of Appeals and Sanctions (KAS) rejected PD's Kukes request (A2 News), and rejected a PD-ASH coalition appeal in Dibra after recounting ballots from 42 polling centres (search-result summary, appeal 1314/2025).
Reporting in May 2025 described a large recount of about 43 percent of ballots starting at Fahri Hoti stadium, with the PD saying its mandates were not at risk. The county concerned is not confirmed.
The PD asked the KQZ not to certify diaspora votes until an independent audit, and raised DHL postal irregularities in Greek ballots (ballots reportedly in the same envelope, unsealed). The KQZ reportedly set aside the Greek ballots for now (International IDEA; figures differ between sources). The final outcome of the audit request was not found.
Key facts
- 11 May 2025: parliamentary election.
- PD appealed certifications in Tirana, Kukes and Korce to KAS (reported).
- KAS rejected PD's Kukes request (A2 News).
- KAS recounted ballots from 42 polling centres in Dibra before rejecting a PD-ASH appeal (search-result summary).
- KQZ set aside Greek diaspora ballots for now after PD complaints (International IDEA; figures differ).
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (1)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
- Appeals were filed and some were rejected by KAS (reported). The Dibra recount took place (search-result summary).
What is alleged (2)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationSystemic irregularities in diaspora ballots (PD claim, unverified).
- AllegationVote manipulation in Kukes (PD claim; KAS rejected the request).
Allegations and who made them (2)
Each line is an allegation as recorded, with the person or body that made it where the record names them.
- AllegationPD (complaints to KQZ and KAS): irregular ballots in Kukes; diaspora ballots filled in by Socialist Party people (party claim); DHL protocol breaches (party claim; asked for SPAK investigation).
- AllegationSali Berisha (PD): irregularities in diaspora votes and manipulation in some polling centres (political statement, May 2025; not established).
Open questions (3)
- Final KAS rulings on the Tirana, Kukes and Korce appeals.
- Whether the diaspora audit requested by PD was carried out, and by whom.
- The DHL envelope issues and whether SPAK opened an investigation.
Responses (2)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- KQZ (search-result summary of a diaspora-vote complaint): said there was no serious evidence of abuse and no change in the envelope procedure.
- PD (Ivi Kaso, legal and electoral secretary): asked the KQZ for an audit with independent experts.
Timeline
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Parliamentary election held in Albania
The Socialist Party won; the PD alleged vote buying, pressure and fraud, and appealed certifications to KAS and asked KQZ to audit diaspora ballots.
Connections
Appeals body
Evidence: KAS rejected a PD request in Kukes (A2 News) and a PD-ASH appeal in Dibra after a recount of 42 centres (search-result summary).
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 7 sources.
Source label: VerifiedVerified · 1 source
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 11 May 2025
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 6 sources
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- May 2025
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- May 2025
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- May 2025
- Publisher
- A2 News
- Date
- 2025
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- May 2025
- Publisher
- International IDEA
- Date
- 2025