Stojancho Radichevski of the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition and Arkin Jahiji of the DUI-led coalition will face off in the second round of the early local elections in Brvenica, according to final data from the State Election Commission (SEC).
In the first round, held on Sunday, Radichevski won the most votes, 2,943 (38.90%), while Jahiji came second, with 2, 152 (28.45%). VLEN-endorsed Jakup Huseini got 1,528 votes (20.20%), the candidate of the SDSM-led coalition, Jovica Radeski, won 706 votes (9.33%).
VMRO-DPMNE’s leader, PM Mickoski, said his party was convincingly in first place and had secured a major victory in the first round. Jahiji said the first round was a fair race in which his political option had emerged victorious. He added that the final contest and, as he put it, their celebration would take place on November 1, in the second round.