The Twenty-ninth Legislature of Albania (), officially known as the VIII Pluralist Legislature of Albania (), is the legislature of Albania following the 2013 general election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Albanian Parliament. The party of the Prime Minister Edi Rama, PS, with its coalition partners obtained an absolute majority of 83. Composition of the Parliament Election of chairperson Procedure for election of the Chairperson of the Parliament The procedure for the election of the Chairperson is foreseen by the Article 6 of Parliament's Rules which states that: A candidate for Chairperson of the Parliament shall be nominated by at least 15 deputies. An MP can not support more than one candidate. The proposal should be made with writing, contains the relevant signatures and is submitted to the Provisional Secretariat of Parliament. The Chairperson of the Parliament shall be elected without debate and by secret ballot, by majority vote, in the presence of more than half of all members of the Parliament. If none of the candidates has won the required majority, it is followed by a second round, where they vote for the two candidates that have received the most votes. Voting is publicly organized and chaired by a 5-member Voting Committee that reflects, as far as possible, the political composition of the Parliament. The oldest member by age also exercises the function of the Chairperson the Voting Committee and announce the voting results. The Speaker of the session immediately invites the elected Chairperson of the Parliament to take his place. Critics and pre-election process On September 13, 2013, which was the inauguration day of the VI Legislature of the Albanian Parliament, began the morning with the oath of the 140 new deputies elected in the general elections of June 23, 2013. On the afternoon of the same day, a second session was called for the election of the new Chairperson of the Parliament of Albania. Voting Session The voting session in parliament. There were 140 deputies in the session. Ilir Meta was elected Chairman of the Parliament with 91 votes in favor and 45 votes against. Parliamentary groups Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party of Albania is chaired by Mr. Gramoz Ruci, who is the leader of this parliamentary group in the previous legislature of the Parliament. The Socialist Party's parliamentary group consists with a total of 65 deputies,