Polls show Rama, who has promised EU membership in the next five years, has a commanding lead over his old rival Sali Berisha, who has been weakened by a corruption probe. Albanians headed to the ...

Chairman of Albania's Democratic Party (DP) Sali Berisha holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tirana after polls closed during the country's parliamentary elections, May 11 ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's Socialist Party won ... .1 percent of the vote on Sunday compared with 34.2 percent for an alliance of opposition parties led by his main rival Sali Berisha, ...

Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha gestures casts his ballot in Tirana, 11 May 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA. As the scale of the Socialist Party’s parliamentary election victory became ...

The election is also a test of Albania’s fragile institutions, following the latest bitter and divisive campaign between Prime Minister Edi Rama and Sali Berisha.

Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party Sali Berisha votes during parliamentary election in Tirana, Albania, May 11, 2025. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic ...

Sali Berisha, centre, leader of Democratic Party of Albania, makes statements outside a voting station during a general election where rival Edi Rama is seeking a fourth term (AP) ...