Former president Sali Berisha became prime minister as a result of the election.

[3] The proper conduct of the election was seen as crucial in maintaining Albania's eventual EU hopes.

[4] For the most part, election day was peaceful, but OSCE monitors said that the poll only partially complied with international standards,[5] citing disorganization, improper procedures and "a few violent incidents."

[6] Monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe called the election a “disappointment,” saying it failed to comply with international standards because of “serious irregularities,” intimidation, vote-buying and “violence committed by extremists on both sides.”[7] On 14 July the CEC released final results for 97 constituencies as well as the tentative national proportional results.

The only party to win both proportional and constituency-level seats was the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) of former prime minister Ilir Meta, as Meta himself won the party's lone constituency mandate.