Political subjects today have the deadline for announcing voter turnout and recording coalitions

CEC spokesman Valmir Elezi has indicated that this period has begun on 1 May and closed today, 7 May.

According to him, by Wednesday at 12: 00 p.m., The CEC had accepted the announcement of participation in elections by 18 political parties, while four other parties have announced non-participation.

“The CEC has accepted the announcement of voter turnout by 18 political parties; non-participation by another 4 and the formation of 1 coalition consisting of 2 political parties”.

Likewise, only a pre-election coalition formed by two Bosniak parties has been declared so far: Democraticska Stranka Bosniak and Democraticska Stranka Vatan, who have registered the coalition under the name of “Calicija VAKAT”.

According to the CEC, this process applies only to political parties currently part of the registry of political parties in Kosovo.

“These obligations apply only to 53 political parties currently part of the registration of political parties registered in the Republic of Kosovo”.

According to the CEC, the announcement by registered political parties of participation or non-participation in the elections and forming coalitions is another process from the application for certified new political subjects and handing over the candidate list for MPs.

According to Elez, the deadline for application for the certificate of new political subjects started on 2 May and will be completed 10 May.

“Starting on May 2nd and until May 10th, the new political subjects (coalialations, civic initiatives and independent candidates) must hand over to the CEC, to the Bureau for Recording, Certificate and Financial Control, the certificate application for participation in early elections for the Kosovo Assembly, respectively. Under the Law for General Elections, the political party is considered automatically certified, so this process will only apply to new political subjects, which in this case are coalitions, civic initiatives and independent candidates”, Elez said.

Meanwhile, but according to him, the surrender of the candidate list for deputies from political subjects started on May 2nd and will end on May 12th 2026.

“The CEC has set an 11-day deadline -- from 2 May to 12 May 2026 -- for political subjects (political parties, coalitions, civic initiatives and independent candidates) to hand over the list with the names of MPs to be certified to participate in the June 7th snap elections. Delivering the list with the names of candidates for MPs should be done through electronic platforms, and the procedure is similar to the last elections held in December of last year”, Elesi said. /Periscopi