[7] Sali Berisha and Ilir Meta officially met on 26 October 2022 to plan for the upcoming elections.

[15] Ilirjan Celibashi, the head of the Central Election Commission, stated that neither Enkelejd Alibeaj nor Sali Berisha were allowed to register their candidates as the Democratic party of Albania before the deadline was on 7 March, meaning that the PD would not be allowed to run in the upcoming local elections.

[16] In February 2023, controversy formed around the alleged connections between prime minister Edi Rama and Charles McGonigal, who was believed to be connected with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, and was also separately indicted for allegedly accepting payments from former Albanian intelligence agent Agron Neza.

[23] However, on 11 March 2023, Alibeaj was not allowed to register the Democratic Party with the CEC, allegedly for lack of proper documentation.

[34][35] In all communities, House of Freedom candidates received significantly more votes than the official PD representatives.

Berisha's candidate managed to win in Shkodër, while the rest of the municipalities were won by the Socialist Party.

[36] In the three voting stations of Bruçaj, Ndrejaj and Palaj, small villages in the northern mountains of Albania, elections were not held due to bad weather from heavy snowfall causing power cuts.

Several political groups of the opposition argued the electronic voting system violated the election codes.

[50][51] On 16 June 2023, the elected mayor for Kukës, Safet Gjici, resigned following a leaked sex tape in the municipal office.

The Council of Europe stated that the elections were "well-administered, lacked women as candidates and in administration, and lacked focus on local issues"[53] On 5 March 2024, mayor-elect of Himarë Dhionisios Alfred Beleri, who had been arrested on 12 May 2023, two days before the election, was sentenced to two years in prison for alleged vote buying.

[55][56] On 4 August 2024, Vangjel Tavo was the candidate of the Socialist Party for the repeat elections in the municipality of Himarë and won his opponent, Petro Gjikuria, who was supported by the coalition of the opposition Together We Win.