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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eef0f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9eef0f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preliminary election results 2025: in context\n<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16af846 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16af846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kosovo\u2019s citizens elect their representatives.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a94ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6a94ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10\/2\/2025<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23401b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23401b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a0efc0\" data-id=\"6a0efc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d64ae53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d64ae53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rezultatet.kqz-ks.org\/en\/Public\/Results\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The preliminary results from the Central Election Commission (CEC)<\/span><\/a> show that Vet\u00ebvendosje (VV) is leading in Kosovo\u2019s general elections held on Sunday, February 9.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">99.17%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all regular votes from election day* counted, VV has won 40.83% of the votes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results indicate that VV has seen a decrease compared to the 2021 elections, when it secured a landslide victory with 50.28% of the votes. While VV received 438,335 votes in 2021, preliminary results show that VV has received<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">339,3350<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of counted votes in 2025<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*. As in 2021, VV ran on a joint list with the Alternative Party and Guxo.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, according to the results so far, all other major political parties have seen an increase in votes compared to 2021. This includes the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), whose 2021 performances were their weakest since Kosovo\u2019s declaration of independence in 2008.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDK currently sits in second with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22.15<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">%, showing an increase of around <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five percentage points <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 2021, when it received 17% of the votes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the percentage of votes for LDK has increased to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 17.59% <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 an increase of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five percentage points <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 2021, when it received 12.7%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), running in these elections in a coalition with the Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA), also saw an increase. In 2021, AAK received <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.12% <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the votes, while NISMA did not pass the threshold. This coalition has received <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7.47<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">% of the total votes, enabling NISMA to return to the Kosovo Assembly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Srpska Lista is leading in the Serb-majority municipalities with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.43%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the total votes, followed by Za Slobodu, Pravdu i Opstanak (ZLPO) (For Freedom, Justice and Survival) with 0.46%.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overall voter turnout is still unknown. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 92.10% of polling stations counted, turnout was 40.59%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vote counting process by the CEC was marred by numerous technical problems. The website that was supposed to display the results in real time crashed several times, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/kqz-do-te-procesoje-manualisht-te-dhenat-nga-formularet-nuk-ka-publikim-periodik\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the CEC stated that it could not transmit the results through the platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As a result, the CEC delayed the preliminary results because the votes had to be entered manually into the database. It is still unknown what happened to the website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a33e3c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a33e3c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e01d9d2\" data-id=\"e01d9d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572c74d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"572c74d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5295838\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/5295838\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0311c4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0311c4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d78daba\" data-id=\"d78daba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dcc01b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dcc01b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The election campaign officially began on January 11 and ended on February 9 at 7 a.m., when polling stations opened. According to the CEC, 2,075,868 citizens were eligible to vote in the elections. Among them, 1,970,944 reside in Kosovo, while 104,924 registered voters live abroad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 28 political entities, comprising 1,280 candidates, participated in the elections. These entities included 19 political parties, five coalitions, two civic initiatives and one independent candidate. Citizens were able to cast their vote for one political entity and up to 10 candidates from a given list. In previous elections, voters were limited to selecting a maximum of five candidates.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the VV-led government completed a full four-year mandate, these are the first regular parliamentary elections since Kosovo\u2019s declaration of independence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-377d42b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"377d42b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fd2656\" data-id=\"8fd2656\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd5350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bd5350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/21551713\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/21551713\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada31c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ada31c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">*The data presented by the Central Election Commission (CEC) thus far does not include absentee ballots, conditional ballots or votes from people with disabilities. The election results are not considered final until all votes are counted and formally certified by the CEC (after appeals and legal challenges).\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d6b888 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d6b888\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f180c7\" data-id=\"0f180c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6029662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6029662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>2019-2021: how the political spectrum changed<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the October 2019 elections, VV beat the second-place party, LDK, by a small margin of 15,000 votes. LDK had Vjosa Osmani as its candidate for prime minister. VV received 221,001 votes, while LDK received 206,516.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The governing coalition from those elections, VV-LDK, formed the government on February 3, 2020, with Albin Kurti becoming prime minister and Osmani becoming Assembly speaker. The coalition was dissolved on March 25, 2020, when the governing partner LDK, led by Isa Mustafa, toppled the Kurti government with a no-confidence vote as Kosovo faced the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2020, LDK formed a new government in coalition with AAK and the minority parties, and Avdullah Hoti from LDK led the government until December 2020, when the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kallxo.com\/lajm\/kushtetuesja-shkarkon-qeverine-hoti-shpall-zgjedhjet-e-reja\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constitutional Court declared the election of this government null, which triggered new elections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the fall of the VV-LDK government and the general elections of February 14, 2021, developments took place that impacted all political parties.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osmani left LDK due to internal conflicts with the LDK leadership and formed the Guxo list, with which she joined VV through a coalition agreement before the 2021 elections. This entity ran alongside VV in the 2025 elections, but without Osmani, as she was elected president in April 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/thaci-veseli-charged-with-war-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Kosovo Specialist Chambers filed war crimes indictments against two key PDK figures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: then-President Hashim Tha\u00e7i and then-party leader Kadri Veseli, both of whom resigned from their positions in November 2020. In the 2021 elections, PDK ran with Enver Hoxhaj as its leader, who was serving as acting party chairman at the time, while LDK was led by Avdullah Hoti, the party\u2019s deputy chairman.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the February 14, 2021 elections, VV secured a victory with 50.28% of the votes, winning 58 seats in the Kosovo Assembly. VV regarded this victory as a \u201creferendum where the people clearly and decisively determined the path they want our country to take in the next four years.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurti was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/sq\/kosov%C3%AB-albin-kurti-nuk-certifikohet-p%C3%ABr-t%C3%AB-marr%C3%AB-pjes%C3%AB-n%C3%AB-zgjedhje\/a-56388497\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not allowed to run on the election list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to a prior criminal conviction related to throwing tear gas in the Kosovo Assembly in 2015. The CEC barred individuals with criminal convictions in the past three years from participating. As a result, Osmani, who led the joint electoral list between VV, Guxo and the Alternativa party, received 300,788 votes, which accounted for 68% of all the votes secured by this joint list.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDK ranked second with 17.01% of the votes, while LDK finished third with 12.73%. AAK received 7.12% of the votes, while NISMA did not pass the 5% threshold needed for representation in the Kosovo Assembly. This marked these parties\u2019 worst performances since Kosovo\u2019s declaration of independence in 2008.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, PDK and LDK entered an internal reform process. In July 2021, PDK held internal elections, electing Memli Krasniqi, one of the party\u2019s deputy leaders, as its chairman. Krasniqi had served as a minister twice between 2011 and 2017, when PDK was in power.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several months before the 2025 elections, PDK proposed Bedri Hamza as a candidate for prime minister \u2014 a role that has always been held by the party&#8217;s leader. Hamza served as minister of finance for two terms (2011\u20132013 and 2017\u20132020) and as governor of the Central Bank of Kosovo (2013\u20132017). Since 2017, Hamza has been the mayor of South Mitrovica.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, LDK also committed to internal reform, electing Lumir Abdixhiku as party leader in March 2021 and nominating him as its candidate for prime minister for the 2025 elections. Abdixhiku served as minister of infrastructure and environment in 2019.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AAK and NISMA ran in these elections as a coalition, together with the E-30 and Konservator\u00ebt parties. The list leader and the coalition\u2019s candidate for prime minister was Ramush Haradinaj.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What next?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Kosovo, the process of forming a government begins after the CEC announces and certifies the official election results.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CEC typically certifies parliamentary election results within approximately one month, as seen in the February 14, 2021 elections, where certification occurred on March 13. The timeline depends on the complexity of the elections, the handling of complaints and the counting of all votes, including those from the diaspora. Once certified, the Assembly\u2019s composition is finalized, with individual candidate votes also published.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the Assembly is constituted, the president nominates a candidate for prime minister \u2014 known as the mandate holder.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mandate holder must propose a government for approval by the Assembly within 15 days. Since it is rare for a single party to secure enough seats to govern alone, coalition agreements are often necessary. A majority of 61 votes is required for the government to be formed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the first mandate holder fails to secure the necessary majority, the president must, within 10 days, nominate a second candidate \u2014 typically from the second-largest party or coalition. This candidate follows the same procedure, requiring 61 votes for approval.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If neither candidate secures the required votes, new elections are called within 40 days. Historically, despite political challenges and pre-election red lines, parties have managed to negotiate coalitions to avoid repeat elections.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since no party appears likely to win an outright majority to form a government alone, coalition negotiations are expected.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results thus far do not include diaspora votes, conditional votes and votes from persons with disabilities. While these may not drastically change the outcome, they are essential for gaining a clearer picture of what these elections will bring.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Want to know more?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuing its tradition of election coverage, K2.0 provided comprehensive coverage of the 2025 elections through a series of diverse and interactive media content aimed at promoting informed voting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><i><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/political-parties-pledges\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Analysis of election programs<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/what-would-it-take\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Deconstructing promises: \u201cWhat would it take?<\/b><\/a><strong style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cardo, serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div><p><strong>Feature Image: Arrita Katona \/ 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