Kosovo's party wins election, loses majority
Published: 04:02 PM,Feb 10,2025 | EDITED : 08:02 PM,Feb 10,2025
Kosovo's PM and leader of the ruling Vetevendosje party Albin Kurti addresses supporters, in Pristina, Kosovo. — Reuters
PRISTINA: Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party came first in parliamentary election, but fell short of an outright majority needed to rule without coalition partners, preliminary results showed on Monday. Despite a drop in support from a 2021 vote, the result sets up Prime Minister Albin Kurti to lead the next government in the small Balkan country where politics are dominated by the relationship with neighbouring Serbia and Serbs within its borders.
Vetevendosje won 41.3% of votes with 88% of ballots counted, down from more than 50% in the 2021 poll that brought a Vetevendosje-led coalition to power, results from the election commission showed. The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo was second with 21.8% and the Democratic League of Kosovo party had 17.8%. 'Preliminary results show one true, exact and clear thing, and this is that the Vetevendosje movement has won the elections of February 9, 2025,' Kurti told supporters in the capital Pristina as crowds let off fireworks, banged drums and waved Albanian flags. — Reuters
Vetevendosje won 41.3% of votes with 88% of ballots counted, down from more than 50% in the 2021 poll that brought a Vetevendosje-led coalition to power, results from the election commission showed. The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo was second with 21.8% and the Democratic League of Kosovo party had 17.8%. 'Preliminary results show one true, exact and clear thing, and this is that the Vetevendosje movement has won the elections of February 9, 2025,' Kurti told supporters in the capital Pristina as crowds let off fireworks, banged drums and waved Albanian flags. — Reuters