{"id":78512,"date":"2025-05-12T20:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=78512"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:37:46","slug":"slow-progress-celibashi-shares-vote-counting-status-by-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/slow-progress-celibashi-shares-vote-counting-status-by-district\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSlow Progress\u201d \u2013 Celibashi Shares Vote Counting Status by District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference, Chief Electoral Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi provided an update on the vote-counting process for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections. He noted that the process has not gone as smoothly as expected and shared the number of polling stations counted so far in each district:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Berat: 197 voting centers counted<\/li>\n<li>Dib\u00ebr: 119 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Durr\u00ebs: 238 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Elbasan: 377 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Fier: 273 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Gjirokast\u00ebr: 164 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Kor\u00e7\u00eb: 275 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Kuk\u00ebs: 119 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Lezh\u00eb: 117 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Shkod\u00ebr: 246 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Tirana: 615 voting centers<\/li>\n<li>Vlor\u00eb: 341 voting centers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Celibashi also stated that 24 out of 93 CEAZs (Commission of Electoral Administration Zones) have completed the counting for political parties, but due to fatigue, they have decided to begin counting the open-list candidate votes the following day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process has generally gone well, but as in previous elections, we face issues with the pace and continuity of the counting. The slowdown is mostly due to the fatigue of the counters and CEAZ members\u2014many of whom served as commissioners during the voting and then had to take on counting duties immediately afterward,\u201d said Celibashi.<\/p>\n<p>He called on political parties to rotate and replace their counting team members accordingly:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParties must take responsibility for changing their counting staff. They know who they\u2019ve nominated and must build a more efficient system. We cannot allow the interruption of the vote-counting process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference, Chief Electoral Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi provided an update on the vote-counting process for Albania\u2019s May 11 elections. 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