SKOPLJE, April 15 (Hina) - According to preliminary, unofficial results of Wednesday's presidential elections in Macedonia, Branko Crvenkovski, the incumbent premier and candidate of the Social-Democratic Alliance, won some 48 percent
of the vote, while Sasko Kedev, the candidate of VMRO-DPMNE, won around 40 percent of the vote.
SKOPLJE, April 15 (Hina) - According to preliminary, unofficial results
of Wednesday's presidential elections in Macedonia, Branko
Crvenkovski, the incumbent premier and candidate of the
Social-Democratic Alliance, won some 48 percent of the vote, while
Sasko Kedev, the candidate of VMRO-DPMNE, won around 40 percent of the
vote.#L#
The two candidates will continue the race in the second round, when
the new Macedonian president will be elected.
Although Crvenkovski won 50,000 votes more than Kedev, according to
first reports Kedev has achieved great success as a relatively unknown
candidate, securing legitimacy for the new leadership of his party.
As regards ethnic Albanian candidates, Gzim Ostreni, the candidate of
the Democratic Union for Integration, generally won more votes than
the candidate of the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA), Zudi
Djelili. DPA vice-president Menduh Taci said their candidate won in
all bigger Albanian settlements.
The state election commission reported last night that 54 percent of
registered voters went to the polls. Preliminary election results will
be announced today.
(Hina) rml