In Kosovo, the counting of all votes from the December 28 elections has been completed, giving the Vetëvendosje movement over 51 percent.
The Central Election Commission of Kosovo announced that it has completed the counting of all votes from the December 28 snap parliamentary elections, which ranked the Vetëvendosje Movement in first place with 51.11 percent of the vote. This party has recorded its best result ever.
The last ballots to be counted were those by mail. According to spokesperson Valmir Elezi, the CEC must wait another 48 hours for possible complaints from any political entity before announcing and certifying the final result.
"According to the Law on General Elections, parties may file a complaint with the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP), regarding the administration of the count at the Counting and Results Center, within 48 hours of the alleged violation occurring," says Elezi.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has already filed a complaint requesting the annulment of thousands of diaspora votes that arrived in Kosovo by mail.
The Vetëvendosje Movement, with a result of 51.11% in the elections, has secured 57 seats in Parliament. The second party is the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), with 20.19%, or 22 seats in the 120-member Assembly.
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) won 13.23%, giving it 15 seats. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) won 5.50% of the vote and will have six deputies. The Srpska List, the largest Serb party in Kosovo and backed by Belgrade, secured nine of the ten seats guaranteed to the Serb community.
One Serb MP will be from Nenad Rašić's Party for Freedom, Justice and Survival. Meanwhile, the other ten seats guaranteed for non-Serb minorities are distributed among several parties and coalitions.
The leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement, who is also the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has said that after the certification of the election results, he aims to quickly constitute the Parliament and form a new government, which he will lead for another four years.
