{"id":36192,"date":"2022-05-12T21:33:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T19:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=36192"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T19:38:03","slug":"enough-with-party-lists-albanians-want-to-select-their-own-member-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/enough-with-party-lists-albanians-want-to-select-their-own-member-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"No more party lists; Albanians want to elect their own parliamentary representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A considerable majority (65%) think that their regional representative in parliament has not delivered on the promises given during the 2021 electoral campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Only 14% thought the opposite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36194\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1.png 975w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-1-1-696x418.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than half of Albanian citizens (54%) do not want their MP to run again in the upcoming parliamentary polls, against 16.4% who wanted to see their incumbent MP run for another term.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36195\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1027\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2.png 1027w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-2-696x424.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If we categorize Albanians based on party preferences based on the last general polls, the results are that one in four Socialists (26.9%) support the idea of having their representative in parliament running for another 4-year term, and only 17% of Democrats responded positively to the same question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36196\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3.png 975w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-3-696x360.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the upcoming parliamentary elections, almost 80% of Albanians said they wanted to cast their ballot directly for an MP, and not the list determined by the political party.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, one in five Albanians (21%) prefer to vote for political party lists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36197\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4.png 908w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lajmi-1-4-696x442.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The findings of Barometer on Euronews Albania were presented following a nationwide survey carried out by MRB and Data Centrum, based on 1,000 face-to-face interviews conducted from April 25 to May 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A considerable majority (65%) think that their regional representative in parliament has not delivered on the promises given during the 2021 electoral campaign. 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