Electoral system for national legislature

Regulation No. 2007/26 on Elections for the Assembly of Kosovo

Section 5
Assembly Elections

5.1 For the purpose of Assembly elections, Kosovo shall be considered a single, multi-member electoral district.

5.2 A Political Entity shall submit a list of candidates based on procedures established by this law and CEC rules. Each candidate list shall comprise at least 30% of candidates from the other gender according to the table attached as Annex 2.

5.3 Each certified Political Entity shall appear on an “open list” ballot.

5.4 A voter shall only vote for candidates of one (1) certified Political entity contained on its official candidate list

5.5 Voters may vote up to ten (10) candidates within the same Political Entity’s candidate list. If a ballot is marked with more than ten (10) candidates, only the first ten (10) candidates marked shall be counted. The votes cast for candidates within the same Political Entity candidate list on one ballot shall be considered as constituting one (1) vote for the Political entity to which the candidate list belongs, irrespective of the number of candidates marked.

In 2007, the open-list proportional representation system replaced the closed-list proportional system. This was due to a civil society initiative to strengthen the voter representative relationship. Voters had the right to choose 10 proposed candidates from the candidate lists.