Initial results show Prime Minister Kurti’s party won most votes in early election in Kosovo
Vetevendosje won 43.6% of the vote, but Kurti still needs coalition support to form a government and break the presidential deadlock.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party, Vetevendosje, led Kosovo's early parliamentary election with around 43% of the vote, state election authorities reported after counting nearly 90% of ballots cast.
- This vote marks Kosovo's third election in less than 18 months, scheduled after political parties failed to reach a March deadline agreement on who should replace former President Vjosa Osmani.
- Voter turnout dropped to 36.3% on Sunday, down from nearly 45% in December, while opposition parties accused Kurti of seeking to impose full control over all political institutions.
- The political stalemate has delayed access to European Union funds, prompting European Council President António Costa to urge Kosovo to end the deadlock and focus on EU integration goals during a visit last week.
- It remains unclear whether the outcome will resolve Kosovo's impasse, as the new assembly requires at least 80 lawmakers to elect a president and form a functioning government.
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Third parliamentary election within 16 months in Kosovo: The party of the executive prime minister Albin Kurti wins, but has to accept losses. Government formation is likely to be difficult.
El Periódico
lacronicabadajoz.comAlbin Kurti has won the third parliamentary elections in Kosovo in the year and a half, according to the latest preliminary results released. His formation, Vetëvendosje (A self-determination), would have obtained 43% of the votes, ahead of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), with 21%, and of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), with 17.6%. One victory, but not enough: without an absolute majority, Kosovo is going to face the same problem th…
In Kosovo's third parliamentary election in 16 months, Prime Minister Kurti's Vetevendosje party is becoming the strongest force, but suffers severe losses. Is Kosovo now getting even deeper into the crisis?
In Kosovo, Kurti's party won the elections, but without a majority to overcome the crisis. Kurti's party won 43% in the elections in Kosovo, but did not get a majority. To overcome the crisis and elect a president, a coalition is needed.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who won early parliamentary elections with his Self-Determination party but lost his majority in parliament, announced talks with all political parties and called for the constitution of a parliament as soon as possible.
According to the election commission, the party of Albin Kurti comes to 43 percent of the votes.
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