Albanian Alternative

Albanian Alternative

Alternativa Shqiptare
Albanska alternativa
Albanian Alternative Alternativa Shqiptare; Albanska alternativa
President	Nik Gjeloshaj
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Tuzi
Ideology	Albanian minority interests; Pro-Europeanism; Conservatism
Political position	Center-right
National affiliation	Albanian Forum
Slogan	Word above all.
Parliament	1 / 81
Mayors	1 / 25
Local Parliaments	13 / 847
	Politics of Montenegro; Political parties; Elections;

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

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 performance

Parliamentary elections

Election	Party leader	Performance				Alliance	Government
Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Alliance	Government
2006	Vaselj Siništaj	2,656	0.78%	1 / 81	New	—	Opposition
2009	Gjergj Camaj	2,898	0.9%	0 / 81	1	AA-DS	Extra-parliamentary
2012	Gjergj Camaj	3,824	1.05%	1 / 81	1	AK	Opposition
2016	Nik Gjeloshaj	3,394	0.89%	0 / 81	1	AO	Extra-parliamentary
2020		6,488	1.58%	0 / 81	0	AL	Extra-parliamentary
2023		5,767	1.91%	1 / 81	1	AF	Government