SKOPJE, Sept 15 (Hina) - Macedonians on Sunday went to the polls for parliamentary elections. Until noon, the voting proceeded in a fair and peaceful atmosphere, and only minor technical problems were reported from some polling
stations in western Macedonia.
SKOPJE, Sept 15 (Hina) - Macedonians on Sunday went to the polls for
parliamentary elections. Until noon, the voting proceeded in a fair
and peaceful atmosphere, and only minor technical problems were
reported from some polling stations in western Macedonia. #L#
According to the national television, 13 percent out of a total of
1,664,000 eligible voters cast their ballots until 10 a.m.
Over four thousand monitors are observing the polls.
There are one thousand representatives of international
organisations who are monitoring the voting in north-western parts
of the country.
The elections, which have the proportional representation system,
have drawn 53 political parties and five independent candidates.
The parties which stand best chances are the VMRO-DPMNE party of
Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski, moderate Social Democratic
Union of a former prime minister, Branko Crvenkovski, and two
parties of ethnic Albanians: the Democratic Party of Albanians and
the recently-established the Democratic Union of the commander of
the disbanded National Liberation Army, Ali Ahmeti.
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