Albanian Alternative

Albanian Alternative (Montenegrin: Albanska alternativa, Albanian: Alternativa Shqiptare) is a political party representing the Albanian minority in Montenegro.

Albanian Alternative Alternativa Shqiptare Albanska alternativa
President	Nik Gjeloshaj
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Tuzi
Ideology	Albanian minority interests Right-wing populism National conservatism Social conservatism
Political position	Right-wing
National affiliation	Albanian List
Slogan	Word above all.
Parliament	1 / 81
Municipalities	12 / 786
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The party is led by Nik Gjeloshaj. At the legislative elections in Montenegro, in October 2012, AA won 1 out of 81 seats. Between 2009 and 2016, the party was a constituent member of the Albanian Coalition.

History

In September 2016, the Albanian Alternative agreed to form a pre-election alliance with New Democratic Power – FORCA and Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA) for 2016 elections.[1][2] The coalition won one seat in the election, which was allocated to a member of FORCA.[3]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Coalition	Government
2006	2,656	0.78%	1 / 81	1	—	opposition
2009	2,898	0.9%	0 / 81	1	AA-DS	extra-parliamentary
2012	3,824	1.05%	1 / 81	1	AK	opposition
2016	3,394	0.89%	0 / 81	1	AO	extra-parliamentary
2020	6,488	1.58%	1 / 81	1	AL	opposition

See also

• Albanians Decisively

References

1. Albanske partije zajedno na izborima u Crnoj Gori Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Vijesti, 21 September 2016
2. Izbori: ALBANCI U TRI KOLONE Ul-info, 18 September 2016
3. "Albanci odlučni" u ponedjeljak predaju izbornu listu Archived 2016-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Vijesti, 18 September 2016