Within the constituencies, seats are elected by closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 3% for parties and 5% for alliances.

[1] Seats are allocated to alliances using the d'Hondt system, then to political parties using the Sainte-Laguë method.

[2] Prior to the election, the electoral law was changed to a regional and proportional system.

Initially the PD led coalition interred into discussions about dividing up the various cabinet posts.

[8] While it was still unclear whether the PD-led alliance held 70 or 71 seats, the leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) announced on 4 July 2009 that he had accepted Berisha's invitation to form a government with the PD and stated he wanted to be a stabilising factor in Albania's path towards European Union membership.