{"id":14736,"date":"2021-05-31T01:25:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=14736"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T11:36:51","slug":"electoral-college-to-review-cas-ruling-on-gjirokastra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/electoral-college-to-review-cas-ruling-on-gjirokastra\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral College sacks DP and SMI request to invalidate election results in Gjirokastra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral College discarded the claims of the Democratic Party and Socialist Movement for Integration as \u201clegally baseless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DP and SMI had called on the authority to designate the elections as invalid as well as undergo revoting amid allegations of vote-rigging.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the College dropped DP\u2019s request to retrieve additional information and present them as evidence of the alleged electoral fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The Socialists won by a majority of 53.83% of the votes in Gjirokastra with an over 10.000 vote difference from the DP, while SMI could not secure a vote although it got 5.800 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the SP won 3 mandates and DP only 1.<\/p>\n<p>Also, CAS is set to deliver today its conclusion for another three districts, namely, Fieri, Korca, and Elbasan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/25\/dp-and-smi-take-their-legal-battles-to-the-electoral-college-while-awaiting-decisions-from-cas\/\">DP and SMI take their legal battles to the Electoral College, while awaiting decisions from CAS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/25\/cas-in-favor-of-recounting-ballots-in-durres-but-says-no-to-revoting\/\">CAS in favor of recounting ballots in Durres, but says \u201cNo\u201d to revoting<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/28\/oppositions-appeals-for-april-25-cas-expected-to-issue-final-verdict-on-3-counties\/\">Opposition\u2019s appeals for April 25, CAS expected to issue final verdict on 3 counties<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral College discarded the claims of the Democratic Party and Socialist Movement for Integration as \u201clegally baseless\u201d. 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