Extraordinary parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on Sunday (June 7). These are the third parliamentary elections held in 16 months, because so far all attempts to form a coalition government have failed. How did election day end? What was the turnout and what do the first results show?
They were held another extraordinary parliamentary election na Kosovo. Election day did not end with the celebration of the Serbian List in the streets North Mitrovica, as was the case after certain previous election cycles.
At the press conference, the president of the Serbian List, Dr. Zlatan Elek, declared victory and the winning of all ten mandates intended for the Serbian community, but based on the preliminary results won in Serbian communities in Kosovo. However, such a claim could not be definitively confirmed at that moment, since the mandates are calculated based on the votes won on the territory of the entire Kosovo.
According to preliminary results, the Serbian List won 6,17 percent of the vote, i.e. 42.761 votes. The Party for Freedom, Justice and Survival, whose leader is Nenad Rašić, the minister for communities and return in the technical Kosovo government, won 0,76 percent, or 5.232 votes.
The results are based on 99,40 percent of processed polling stations. In the previous two election cycles, the Serbian List won nine seats in the Kosovo parliament, while Rašić's party won one seat.
During a short press conference, Elek conveyed the congratulations of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the state leadership.
"First of all, I want to thank the Serbian people and all the activists of the Serbian List for their tireless and dedicated work. They proved that they love the country of Serbia, that they love their president, that they love the Serbian tricolor, that they love the Serbian List," said Elek.
Maybe that's why it's not surprising that a citizen's statement for KoSSev, who said in front of the polling station in North Mitrovica that he hopes that after the victory and winning ten seats in the Kosovo parliament, defunct Serbian institutions will return.
During election day, citizens were generally not in the mood to talk about what they expect from the elections. There were polite and less polite refusals, but also answers like: "What can I tell you when you know everything".
According to the preliminary results, based on 99,40 percent of processed polling stations, the Self-Determination Movement, led by Aljbin Kurti, won 42,92 percent of the votes, or 297.296 votes.
In the previous elections, that party achieved a historic victory with around 50,50 percent of the votes (461.698), while in February last year, 396.787 voters voted for it.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won 21,06 percent of the vote, or 145.856 votes.
The Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK), which in this election cycle had the support of the former President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, won 17,61 percent, or 121.976 votes.
The total turnout in the elections was 36,88 percent. In the previous elections, it was 45,36 percent.
Extraordinary parliamentary elections were held after the failure to elect the president of Kosovo.
After the extraordinary elections held on December 28, the Assembly of Kosovo was constituted and the government was elected, but the President of Kosovo, who is elected by the parliament, was not elected. That is why the citizens went to the polls again.
The previous extraordinary elections were also a consequence of the failure to form a government, after a multi-month blockade of the work of the parliament. The first regular parliamentary elections in this series were held on February 9, 2025.
Due to political blockades, Kosovo has practically had no fully formed institutions for 16 months.
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