DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE DECLARED ELECTION WINNER

( Editorial: --> 2877 ) PRISTINA, March 24 (Hina) - The Democratic Alliance of Kosovo is the winner of last Sunday's election in Kosovo, announced the central election commission on Tuesday night. Ibrahim Rugova, the only presidential candidate at the parliamentary and presidential elections organised by Kosovo Albanians, which have been declared illegal by the Serbs, won more than 50 per cent of the vote. Rugova announced an early establishment of a Kosovo parliament and government. Other than for Rugova's Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, which confirmed its leadership among Albanian parties in Kosovo by gaining more than four-fifths of the vote, ballots were also cast for the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the Civic Alliance of Kosovo, the Liberal Party of Kosovo and the Kosovo Party of Democratic Action. (Hina) mm mr /mb 241954 MET mar 98