On Monday, in the presidential race, SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski met citizens in Centar, while VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed Gordana Siljanovska Davkova was part of a forum headlined “Women”. Also, Monday saw the last TV duel between the two candidates, on Kanal 5. Pendarovski said he was the only candidate aspiring to win votes from all ethnic communities and he expected the votes from ...
Read More »SEC Presents Preliminary Official Results of First Round
On Thursday, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented the preliminary official results of the first round of the presidential election. VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, with 363,086 votes (40.08%), and SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski, with 180,500 votes (19.92%), will enter the second round. Votes from 3,505 out of 3,508 polling stations have been processed. At three stations in Kumanovo, the vote was ...
Read More »Election: ODIHR and CoE Observers Present Preliminary Conclusions
The first round of the presidential election was competitive and voters were able to make an informed choice. Election day was assessed overall positively, with voting procedures largely respected, while in some cases, during the counting, election boards did not fully complete prescribed procedures. Those are the preliminary findings and conclusions by ODIHR and Council of Europe (CoE) observers, presented ...
Read More »Huge Lead for Siljanovska Davkova as She and Pendarovski Enter 2nd Round
VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed Gordana Siljanovska Davkova and SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendrovski are entering the second round of the presidential election. With 99.03% of the votes counted, Siljanovska Davkova has the support of 40.08% of voters, that is, 362,682 votes, while Pendarovski is second, with 19.93% (180,306 votes). DUI’s Osmani is third, with 13.36% i.e. 120,903 votes, VLEN’s Taravari is fourth, with 9.21% or ...
Read More »Pendarovski and Siljanovska Davkova React to Preliminary Results of First Round
Presidential candidates reacted on Wednesday night to the preliminary results of the first round. At a press-conference, VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova thanked all citizens, not only those who had voted for her. “I will cooperate with the party endorsing me, but I will cooperate also with both the opposition and the NGO sector. I will show and prove ...
Read More »SEC Presents Data on Tuesday Vote
Around two hours after the interview its President, Aleksandar Dastevski, had with Sitel, the State Election Commission presented more information about the vote that day. At 31 polling stations abroad, 2,569 diaspora members voted. “Six polling stations where the vote will last until 7 pm according to the time zone where the vote is being organised are still open. As ...
Read More »Dastevski: SEC Fully Ready for First Round of Presidential Election
The State Election Commission (SEC) is fully ready for the first round of the presidential election on 24 April, the body’s head, Aleksandar Dastevski, said on Tuesday. At the session, new observers for the double elections were accredited. The total number of observers rose to 1,601, that is, 915 domestic and 544 foreign ones, as well as 84 translators and ...
Read More »Last Day of Campaign for First Round of Presidential Election
On the last day of the campaign for the first round of the presidential election, SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski visited Demir Hisar, Resen, and Bitola. He once again urged citizens to show, as he said, that they know what the right option is. “Together with the SDSM-led coalition’s MP candidates, we’re fighting for a better life for all, for youth to ...
Read More »Parliamentary Race Continues
The campaign for the parliamentary elections has continued. In Sveti Nikole, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski described the elections as key to the future. “These elections are a vote in favour or against our European future,” he said. Regarding DUI’s rally the previous day, in Skopje, Kovacevski stated that North Macedonia was a country also of the ethnic Albanian community. “Nobody ...
Read More »Presidential Candidates’ Debate Held by MTV1
In the televised debate on Sunday night, all seven presidential candidates, SDSM-endorsed Stevo Pendarovski, VMRO-DPMNE-endorsed Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, GROM-endorsed Stevco Jakimovski, DUI-endorsed Bujar Osmani, Levica-endorsed Biljana Vankovska, VLEN-endorsed Arben Taravari, and ZNAM-endorsed Maksim Dimitrievski, promised that the situation in the country would improve, that they would fight corruption, and that they would stop youth emigration. Pendarovski said he would ask ...
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