Within hours of the CEC's announcement, Socialist leader Fatos Nano acknowledged his party's defeat and announced that he would step down as its leader, saying that he would take responsibility for the loss.
MSK'nın duyurusundan birkaç saat sonra, Sosyalist lider Fatos Nano partisinin yenilgisini kabul etti ve buun sorumluluğunu üstlendiğini söyleyerek genel başkanlıktan istifa edeceğini duyurdu.