{"id":23494,"date":"2021-10-24T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23494"},"modified":"2021-10-24T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:23:28","slug":"april-25-authentication-sp-and-dp-were-granted-extra-votes-during-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/april-25-authentication-sp-and-dp-were-granted-extra-votes-during-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"April 25 authentication \u2013 SP and DP were granted extra votes during counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than a week now, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) has begun the process of recounting the ballots from more than 500 voting centers, in order to confirm the validity and possible irregularities that might have taken place during April 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u2019s general elections.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the process has confirmed so far, that both of our country\u2019s main political subjects \u2013 the Socialist and Democratic parties \u2013 were granted false additional votes during the counting process.<\/p>\n<p>In 323 of the voting centers verified thus far, it seems that the Democratic Party was given 84 extra votes, whereas the Socialist Party, an additional 57 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI) are both next in line, with 8 and 9 votes each.<\/p>\n<p>During the verification process, other irregularities have been noticed that have unfortunately altered the citizens\u2019 will when it comes to the MPs, they gave their vote to.<\/p>\n<p>In DP\u2019s lists, Ardian Zeneli from Elbasan was the candidate, whose votes were removed the most. On the other hand, the candidate who was granted the most extra votes, was Lefter Geshtenja, also from Elbasan and third on the list.<\/p>\n<p>In SP\u2019s lists, the candidate who had the highest number of votes removed from him was Fatmir Xhafaj, whereas Eduard Shalsi had the most votes added to his final result.<\/p>\n<p>The overall number of invalid ballots has also seen a rise, as another 156 invalid votes were identified after the 323 ballot boxes, verified so far.<\/p>\n<p>This process isn\u2019t going to affect the final result of the April 25 elections, officially declared back in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/26\/osce-final-report-on-april-25th-sp-had-a-significant-advantage-in-the-elections\/\">OSCE final report on April 25th: SP had a significant advantage in the elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/15\/dp-publishes-13-conclusions-on-the-april-25th-elections\/\">DP publishes 13 conclusions on the April 25th elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/05\/andoni-draws-conclusions-on-the-april-25ths-results-sp-recovered-through-smis-votes\/\">Andoni draws conclusions on the April 25th\u2018s results: SP recovered through SMI\u2019s votes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than a week now, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) has begun the process of recounting the ballots from more than 500 voting centers, in order to confirm the validity and possible irregularities that might have taken place during April 25th\u2019s general elections. 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