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The Commission for voting irregularities of the Public Prosecutor’s Office concludes that the voting process of today’s snap parliamentary elections in North Macedonia was peaceful, with a small number of voting irregularities. The Commission received 24 reports of irregularities in total, but it did not find elements of felony in most of them. Three of the reports are about photographing...

Association Inkluziva's observers reported irregularities concerning the access to polling stations and the voting process for persons with disabilities. Non-observance of the protocols for protection against COVID-19 was also noticed at today's snap parliamentary elections in North Macedonia. "At 15 polling stations, members of election boards were noticed either not wearing face masks and gloves or improperly wearing them, at...

During today's snap parliamentary elections in North Macedonia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has registered several voting irregularities and offenses throughout the country. The police have registered voters taking photographs of the ballots at polling stations No. 0537 in Debar, 0755 in the village of Osoj, municipality of Kichevo, and 2909 in Skopje. These people will be fined accordingly,...

The first round of the presidential elections held last Sunday left the ruling coalition shaken, with one of the lowest turnouts and other plebiscitary forms in independent Macedonia. The candidate of the ruling coalition, Stevo Pendarovski, is slightly leading the vote count ahead of his main opponent, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, i.e. he is advancing to the run-off with only 4.486...

The first round of the presidential elections held yesterday has had the narrowest difference in the votes between the two candidates in the last five presidential elections i.e. Stevo Pendarovski won only 4.606 votes more than Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova. In consequence, the chances for successful prediction on the outcome of the second round are very slim, if we try...

At the presidential election, whose first round will be held this Sunday, 1.808.131 citizens can cast their vote. According to Article 81 of the Constitution, a victory in the first round by one of the three candidates - Blerim Reka, Gordana Siljanovska - Davkova and Stevo Pendarovski - can be achieved only by winning the majority of votes out...

The Citizens Association "Most" at their last press conference reported that in the second round of the local elections, their observers noted disrespect for the voting procedure, the presence of unauthorized individuals and photographing of ballots. At nine polling stations in the municipality of Tetovo, there was an interruption of voting as the electricity went out for over an hour,...

The Ministry of Interior reported that there were no serious violations of public order and peace at today's voting in the second round of the local elections. MOI spokesman Toni Angelovski said at a press conference that three cases of photographing ballots were reported, and appealed that the ballots should not be photographed as it is a violation of the...

According to the preliminary results from Macedonia State Election Commission for yesterday’s early parliamentary elections,VMRO-DPMNE won two seats more than SDSM. The President of the SEC, Aleksandar Chichakovski, said that according to the preliminary results, VMRO-DPMNE won 51 seats, SDSM 49 seats, DUI 10 the Besa Movement 5, the Alliance of Albanians 3, and the DPA 2 won seats. The SEC...

At , 3,570 bags of election materials is being held under heavy police guard. Since last night after the election, until today, sacks of ballots and other voting material from all polling stations were taken to the MP’s Clubhouse, where the Commission from the SEC take records. Along the Theodosi Gologanov Boulevard many vans can been seen, and cars and...

According to 99.72% of counted ballots, official data from the State Election Commission reported that from the total of 1,189,481 voters who voted, 37,812 ballots were invalid. The number of invalid ballots is greater than the number of votes received for seven of the eleven coalitions participating in the Macedonian elections. VMRO-DPMNE won most of the votes received, followed by SDSM,...

Citizens Association "Most" reported that all polling stations were open on time where they have deployed observers, apart from two places in Veles and Kumanovo. “Polling station 1036 in the municipality of Kumanovo opened with a 15 minute delay. Polling station 2210 in the municipality of Veles opened 30 minutes late because there was no electricity”, added "Most". They have also...

Today in Macedonia early parliamentary elections are being held, where 1,784,416 citizens have the right to vote and are registered voters. Elections will be conducted at 3,480 polling stations in six constituencies. The total number of voters in the constituencies are as follows: - Constituency 1: 295,948 - Constituency 2: 306,471 - Constituency 3: 280,727 - Constituency 4: 282,537 - Constituency 5: 290,433 - Constituency 6: 307,817 Polling...