The Unity for Human Rights Party ( sq, Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut, el, Κόμμα Ένωσης Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) is a social-liberal

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supporting the

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. Founded in 1992, it represents Albania's minorities and is mainly related to the Greek minority, and is the political continuation of Omonoia. It works with Omonoia, MEGA and other Greek parties in Albania at national elections, under a Greek bloc. The party is currently led by Vangjel Dule, who holds the party's only seat in Parliament.

History

The party first contested national elections in 1992, when it received 2.7% of the national vote and won two seats. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp139–142 The

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saw the party increase its share of the vote to 4%, winning three seats. Although the party's vote share dropped to 3.2% in the early elections in 1997, it gained an additional MP, winning four seats. However, another drop in the party's support in the 2001 elections saw it reduced to three seats. Despite again increasing its vote share to 4.1% in the 2005 elections, the party lost another MP as it was reduced to two seats. The 2009 elections saw the party reduced to one seat. In the 2011 local elections the party lost its councillors in Gjirokastër and

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and one of its two municipal seats in Sarandë, maintained its seat

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and gained one of the seats in

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in addition to the mayoralty in nine communes. In the 2013 parliamentary elections it retained its single seat, running as part of the Alliance for a European Albania headed by the Socialist Party. In the 2015 local elections the party failed to win any mayoralties, losing seats to other Greek parties such as MEGA/EEM, as well as the Socialist Party. In the parliamentary elections of 2017 it joined forces with the Democratic Party and fielded two candidates: the party leader Vangjel Dule in Vlorë and one in Korçë County, with the former being elected.Εκλογές Αλβανία: Αυτοδυναμία Ράμα δείχνουν τα πρώτα αποτελέσματα.
/ref> It continued its alliance with the Democratic Party in the 2021 parliamentary elections, in which it won a single seat on the Democratic Party's list.

Election results

References

External links

Official website
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