Tirana - The leader of Albania's opposition Socialist Party on Wednesday rejected the results of the June 28 parliamentary elections as "fraud," and announced plans to call new elections.

The Albanian Electoral Commission announced earlier that the Socialist Party led by Tirana mayor Edi Rama won 66 seats in the 140- seat parliament, behind the 70 seats won by the Democrats led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

The remaining 4 seats went to Socialist splinter party LSI, which has said it will form a government with Berisha.

"These results are unacceptable for the Socialists," Rama said, adding that the party will give its final position on the elections at an extraordinary party congress on August 22.

Albania was under intense pressure to organize fraud-free elections, which it has been unable to do since the fall of communist regime in 1990.

Since the June elections, the Socialists have accused Berisha's Democrats of interfering with the results, which the Berisha camp denies.

International monitors are due to issue a final report on the elections in a few weeks. (dpa)