CEC publishes preliminary elections results in north

The Central Election Commission has published the preliminary results of extraordinary municipal elections in Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Zvecan and North Mitrovica, according to which Serbian List candidates have received over 90 per cent of the vote.

Central Election Commission officials have praised the present-day performance of extraordinary elections for mayors of four municipalities in northern Kosovo without problems.

At a media conference, CEC head Valdete Daka has announced the data from the release of citizens in today's elections, where by 19.00 have voted a total of 42.42 percent.

“In 87 municipal locations have all closed in time at 19.00. According to preliminary data from the ground, the voting process in these four municipalities has been conducted without any problems. We inform you that the right to vote in this extraordinary election was exploited by 24.595, or 42.42 percent of eligible citizens from a total of 57,983. In the October elections until the same time, 23.981 voters, or 41.90 percent, had voted. This is the exit by the municipalities: Leposaviq 41.57 per cent, Zubin Potok 50.74 per cent, Zvecan 48.17 per cent and in North Mitrovica 38.74 per cent”, Daka said.

In these elections, 12 candidates from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Vetevendosje Movement and the Serbian List competed.