At a press-conference late on Wednesday night, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections. As SEC President Aleksandar Dastevski said, VMRO-DPMNE’s coalition, Your Macedonia, has won 59 MP seats. With 96.07% of the votes counted, the DUI-led European Front coalition is second, with 19 MP seats, SDSM’s coalition is third, with 18 MPs, while ...

At around 11 pm yesterday, commenting on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections, VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said SDSM and DUI would be held to account for, as he pointed out, the crime and injustice. “Tonight, they’ve finally been defeated,” the VMRO-DPMNE leader stated. He added that it was time for Ali Ahmeti’s party and SDSM to become part ...

At around 10 pm on Tuesday, the State Election Commission (SEC) presented information about the voting process in the frames of the double elections regarding diaspora members, sick and frail persons, and other categories of citizens. As of 7 pm, turnout when it comes diaspora members, who are voting in the second round of the presidential election, turnout has been ...

In the finish of the campaign for the parliamentary elections, before the start of the election silence period, candidates continued their activities, meetings, and pre-election messages. SDSM held its last rally in Centar, where party leader Dimitar Kovacevski said the future of the country would be determined on 8 May. “On Wednesday, all of us will be at a crossroads ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...