In 2006, the right wing political party VMRO-DPMNE won the parliamentary elections and created a government in coalition with an Albanian party DPA. But after two years in 2008 early parliamentary election were held on which again VMRO-DPMNE won and they went into coalition for government with another Albanian party BDP. The following elections were in 2009 and they were presidential elections and elections for local governments. In 2011 another early parliamentary elections were held on which again VMRO-DPMNE won in coalition with the Albanian BDP.