{"id":23971,"date":"2021-10-31T11:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T10:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23971"},"modified":"2021-10-31T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T10:41:19","slug":"list-of-runoffs-and-winners-from-first-round-vmro-dpmne-has-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/list-of-runoffs-and-winners-from-first-round-vmro-dpmne-has-the-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"List of runoffs and first round winners; VMRO-DPMNE in the lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first round of polls for the Macedonian municipal elections, the greatest number of communes was won by candidates of VMRO-DPMNE \u2013 the Macedonian opposition party, led in the past by Nikola Gruevski and is now under the leadership of Hristijan Mickoski.<\/p>\n<p>This party made a strong comeback by claiming victory in some of the largest communes, which had been won by LSDM in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communes won by VMRO-DPMNE in the first round:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aerodrom<\/p>\n<p>Butel<\/p>\n<p>Gjor\u00e7e Petrov<\/p>\n<p>Gazi Babe<\/p>\n<p>Kisella Vode<\/p>\n<p>Novaci<\/p>\n<p>Shtip<\/p>\n<p>Gradsko<\/p>\n<p>Bosillova<\/p>\n<p>Veles<\/p>\n<p>Vinica<\/p>\n<p>Zernovce<\/p>\n<p>Ilinden<\/p>\n<p>Jegunovc<\/p>\n<p>Kavadar<\/p>\n<p>Karbnc<\/p>\n<p>Mogilla<\/p>\n<p>Negotina<\/p>\n<p>Petrovec<\/p>\n<p>Prilep<\/p>\n<p>Sopishte<\/p>\n<p>Sveti Nikole<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the ruling party \u2013 the Social Democratic Alliance of Macedonia \u2013 has only been able to claim victory in 9 smaller communes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communes won by LSDM in the first round:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Berova<\/p>\n<p>Bogdanca<\/p>\n<p>Vallandova<\/p>\n<p>Dell\u00e7eve<\/p>\n<p>Dojran<\/p>\n<p>Kriva Pallanke<\/p>\n<p>Krivogashtan<\/p>\n<p>Krusheve<\/p>\n<p>Strumice<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the ethnic Albanian parties, the only one that came out of the first round successful was the Democratic Unity for Integration (BDI), which claimed victory in the small communes of Likova, Pllasnica and Saraj.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communes won by BDI after first round:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saraj<\/p>\n<p>Likova<\/p>\n<p>Pllasnica<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian opposition \u2013 Alliance for Albanians and the Alternative \u2013 are in the lead in several communes, but for less than 1% of votes, they weren\u2019t able to seal the results in Gostivar and Diber and are heading to runoffs.<\/p>\n<p>According to data published by KSHZ, the opposition candidate in Gostivar, Arben Taravari, won 49.70% of votes and wasn\u2019t able to claim a win due to only being 76 votes short.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian opposition is heading to runoffs against BDI in several other urban communes like Struga, Cair and the rural commune of Vrapcisht.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethnic Albanian communes heading to runoffs &#8211; ruling party vs. opposition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gostivar \u2013 BDI\u2013AA ASH<\/p>\n<p>Struga \u2013 BDI\u2013AA ASH<\/p>\n<p>\u00c7air \u2013 BDI\u2013AA ASH<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Albanian candidates are also expected to go head to head in Haracina and Bervenica.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first round of polls for the Macedonian municipal elections, the greatest number of communes was won by candidates of VMRO-DPMNE \u2013 the Macedonian opposition party, led in the past by Nikola Gruevski and is now under the leadership of Hristijan Mickoski. 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