Tilana, Albania--- Preliminary results of Albanian parliamentary elections on Monday showed that the ruling Socialist Party led the country, voters supported the country's hard work to join the EU, and Prime Minister Edi Rama's bid for a fourth term.

With a quarter of the vote count, Rama's left-wing socialists have 53% of the vote, followed by the Sali Berisha coalition, which is dominated by the central right-wing Democrats, accounting for 35%.

With these numbers, the socialists will get the 71 seats they need to rule alone, perhaps even greater than before.

The preliminary turnout on Sunday was almost 42.16%, 4% lower than four years ago.

In Albania and abroad, about 3.7 million qualified voters voted to elect 140 legislators in the four-year mission in the Balkan countries. Due to mass immigration, the country has 2.8 million people with about 3.7 million qualified voters. For the first time, people in the diaspora can vote and vote by mail.

Ilirjan Celibashi, head of the Central Election Commission, said Sunday's vote was basically peaceful, with some of the violations involving candidates and some of their supporters, which would not have a negative impact on the outcome.

“In most cases, the process meets the rules and standards except for some sporadic cases,” he said Sunday night after the vote ended.

Rama's Socialist Party said it could deliver EU membership in five years - ending negotiations until 2027 and awaiting approval from each of the EU's 27 member states until 2030, an ambitious commitment while fighting conservative rivals' promise of condemnation and compensation.

Rama, 60, received the start of EU member negotiations last October, highlighting the achievements of infrastructure and judicial reform.

Socialists say that by expanding infrastructure projects and diversifying destinations to the destinations, they will accelerate the tourism boom and increase foreign tourists from 10 million in 2024 to 30 million. Rama also promises pension and applies for additional applications.

Rama's main challenger is 80-year-old former president and prime minister Sali Berisha, who believes Albania is not ready for EU membership.

Berisha held an election campaign similar to U.S. President Donald Trump and also hired one of his campaign advisers.

More than 570 international observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe monitored the election, highlighting the interests of the international community in ensuring credible and transparent processes.