{"id":23957,"date":"2021-10-31T09:07:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T08:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23957"},"modified":"2021-10-31T09:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T08:07:13","slug":"second-round-of-voting-in-44-communes-takes-off-in-n-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/second-round-of-voting-in-44-communes-takes-off-in-n-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Second round of voting in 44 communes takes off in N. Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of voting in the Macedonian 2021 Local Elections is taking place today in 44 of the country communes that headed to runoffs a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1.353.990 citizens are eligible to vote, in 2.481 ballot centres.<\/p>\n<p>In this second round, voters will be picking amongst the two most voted candidates in their specific commune, i.e. the candidates that received the most votes during the first round of voting.<\/p>\n<p>In the first round, which took place exactly a month ago, Macedonians elected the new mayors of 34 communes \u2013 VMRO-DPMNE won 22 municipalities, Democratic Social Alliance won 9 and BDI, 3.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a total of 80 communes in North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>The second round will be monitored by 1.598 observers, of whom 368 are foreign.<\/p>\n<p>Voters won\u2019t be heading to the polls today in 2 of the country\u2019s communes, due to the fact that the necessary turnout of at least 1\/3 of voters, wasn\u2019t met in the first round of voting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/10\/17\/who-are-the-albanians-racing-in-the-macedonian-local-elections\/\">Who are the Albanians racing in the Macedonian local elections?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/10\/18\/n-macedonia-albanian-parties-in-the-lead-in-several-communes-bdi-wins-3-small-in-cities\/\">N. 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