SKOPJE, April 14 (Hina) - Macedonia will hold a run-off presidential election, with Social Democrat Branko Crvenkovski and opposition nationalist Sasko Kedev as candidates, the Social Democratic Alliance (SDSM) said on Wednesday after
a little under 50 percent of ballots were counted.
SKOPJE, April 14 (Hina) - Macedonia will hold a run-off presidential
election, with Social Democrat Branko Crvenkovski and opposition
nationalist Sasko Kedev as candidates, the Social Democratic Alliance
(SDSM) said on Wednesday after a little under 50 percent of ballots
were counted.#L#
According to the SDSM, its candidate Crvenkovski has won 216,000 and
VMRO-DMPNE's Kedev a little over 174,000 votes so far. Kedov's party
confirmed that Crvenkovski was leading but said the difference in the
number of votes won was smaller.
The two ethnic Albanian candidates in today's presidential ballot,
Gezim Ostreni and Zidi Xhelli, have won 25,000 and 13,000 votes
respectively.
The election commission said the turnout was over the required 50
percent, even though only 26 percent of eligible voters cast their
ballots by 4 pm, and added that the voting was held in a calm and fair
atmosphere, with only minor irregularities.
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