Republican Party of Albania Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë | |
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| Leader | Fatmir Mediu |
| Founder | Sabri Godo |
| Founded | 10 January 1991[1] |
| Headquarters | Tirana |
| Political position | Right-wing[2] |
| National affiliation | Alliance for a Great Albania |
| European affiliation | AEN (2002–2009) ECR Party (global partner)[3] |
| Colours | Blue |
| Parliament | 1 / 140 |
| Council Seats | 34 / 1,613 |
TheRepublican Party of Albania (Albanian:Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë,PR orPRSH) is apolitical party inAlbania. It currently holds 1 of the 140 seats in theParliament of Albania,[4] in alliance with theDemocratic Party of Albania.
The party was founded on 10 January 1991 under the leadership of the writerSabri Godo, who was also its first Chairman. The party was formed with the backing of theItalian Republican Party.[5] After theDemocratic Party, it was the second party to be founded in Albania after the anti-communist revolution in the autumn of 1990.
In the1992 elections the party received 2.9% of the national vote and won a single seat.[6] They joined a coalition with theDemocratic Party, but had little influence on the policies being shaped. The1996 elections saw the party almost double its share of the vote to 5.9%, winning three seats.[6] After the1997 uprising, in which the center-right coalition was overthrown by socialist supporters, the party became an opposition party. In the1997 elections the party was reduced to a single seat.[6]
Before the2001 elections, the party joined theUnion for Victory Coalition under the leadership of the Democratic Party, which won 46 seats. In the2005 elections the party received 20% of the vote in the national voting for the proportional seats, putting it in first place. Although it won 11 proportional seats, it failed to win a single constituency seat,[7] resulting in the party only being the third largest in Parliament.[8] For the2009 elections the party was part of the "Alliance for Changes" coalition. However, it was reduced to a single seat, after seeing its vote share fall to just 2.1% of the national total. In the2011 local elections the party won a total of 67,039 votes throughout the country, twice the amount they had received in the2009 Albanian parliamentary election.[9]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
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| 1991 | 27,393 | 1.47 | 0 / 250 | – | Extraparliamentary |
| 1992 | 52,477 | 2.89 | 1 / 140 |  1 | Coalition government (until 1994) |
| 1996 | 94,567 | 5.74 | 3 / 140 | 2 | Coalition government |
| 1997 | 31,573 | 2.41 | 1 / 155 |  2 | Opposition |
| 2001 | Part ofBF | 5 / 140 | 4 | Opposition | |
| 2005 | 272,746 | 19.96 | 11 / 140 | 6 | Coalition government |
| 2009 | 31,990 | 2.11 | 1 / 140 | 10 | Coalition government |
| 2013 | 52,168 | 3.02 | 3 / 140 | 2 | Opposition |
| 2017 | 3,225 | 0.20 | 0 / 140 | 3 | Extraparliamentary |
| 2021 | Part ofPD–AN | 3 / 140 | 3 | Opposition | |
| 2025 | Part ofASHM | 1 / 140 | 2 | Opposition | |
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