[1] On 7 May, the Assembly was dissolved and President Atifete Jahjaga confirmed the Election date as 8 June 2014.

"[5] Incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and the PDK were expected to be the first to form government, having won a plurality of the seats in the election.

[6] This constitutional crisis dragged on for several months, until the PDK formed a governing coalition with the LDK.

Vetëvendosje, an opposition party staunchly opposed to the 2013 Brussels Agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, vowed that "no session will be held until the government renounces a deal with Serbia that gives greater rights to Serbs living in northern Kosovo.

"[7] Opposition members of parliament set off nine smoke bombs in the parliamentary chambers over a period of six months.