{"id":23791,"date":"2021-10-28T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23791"},"modified":"2021-10-28T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T09:58:17","slug":"cec-announces-results-of-2021-local-elections-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/cec-announces-results-of-2021-local-elections-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Elections Commission in Kosovo has announced the final results of the country\u2019s local elections, held on October 17 in all 38 communes, with the purpose of electing mayors and municipal councils.<\/p>\n<p>The three parties that received the most votes are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK) &#8211; 170.177 votes<\/li>\n<li>Self-determination Movement (LVV) &#8211; 167.519 votes<\/li>\n<li>Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) &#8211; 161.283 votes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The race was tightest amongst mail-in votes coming in from the diaspora, where the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK) went head-to-head with the Self Determination Movement (LVV).<\/p>\n<p>Based on the conclusive data, 21 communes will be heading to runoffs, because their candidates weren\u2019t able to secure the necessary number of votes, required to pass the first round of voting. LVV will be heading to runoffs in 12 communes, LDK in 9 communes, PDK in 8, and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) in 5 communes.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Local Elections Law, the second round of voting between the two most voted candidates should be held on Sunday, November 14 \u2013 exactly 4 weeks after the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Local elections were held on October 17. 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The three parties that received the most votes are as follows: Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK) &#8211; 170.177 votes Self-determination Movement (LVV) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":23792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/cec-announces-results-of-2021-local-elections-in-kosovo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CEC announces results of 2021 Local Elections in Kosovo - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Central Elections Commission in Kosovo has announced the final results of the country\u2019s local elections, held on October 17 in all 38 communes, with the purpose of electing mayors and municipal councils. 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