Summary Polls may affect the country's ambitions for eventual membership in the European Union.
TIRANA (AP) Albanians have started voting in parliamentary elections that could affect the country s ambitions for eventual membership in the European Union.
Some 3.3 million registered voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the country s eighth national polls since the fall of communism in 1990.
Voting started Sunday at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and ends at 7 p.m.
Prime Minister Sali Berisha, 68, of the Democratic Party, is seeking a third term but faces a strong challenge from Socialist leader Edi Rama, 48.
Because of an ongoing dispute over the country s election commission, it is uncertain when results will be announced, though the law mandates results be revealed no later than three days after the vote.
