North Macedonia Presidential Vote Begins

In fair voting elections, there are 1,808,131 voters who can choose between the three candidates: Blerim Reka, Gordana Silianovska-Davidkova and Stevo Pendarovski.

In the first winning circle, it could be the candidate, who wins majority votes from the total number of voters, more than 904.066 votes.

According to Article 81 from the Constitution, if in the first round no one gets the necessary majority, two candidates who have won the most votes in the first circle go to the second district.

The second round of voting is held on the 14-day deadline after the end of the first round of voting, in this case May 5th.

For president, the candidate who has won majority votes is elected if more than 40 per cent of registered voters, or 723.253 voters, in the polls, have emerged before Article 121, paragraph 3 from the electoral code.

If even in the second round none of the two candidates has received necessary numbers of votes, the entire election procedure is repeated.

The president of the Republic is elected in general and direct elections, by secret voting, in length of five years. For president of the Republic, the same person can be elected at least twice. The president of the Republic must be a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia.

For president of the Republic, the person who is at least 40 years old on election day can be elected. For president of the Republic, the person who by election day has not been a resident of the Republic of Macedonia at least ten years in the past 15 years cannot be elected. The election for president of the Republic is conducted in the last 60 days of the prime minister's mandate.