Kosovo's Central Election Commission approves final election results
The final results of the Kosovo assembly election have now been published. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE) Photo details
PRISTINA, 26 November 2001 - Kosovo's Central Election Commission has approved the final results of the Assembly election held on 17 November in the province.
The final results show little difference from the preliminary results published on Monday, 19 November. They mean that 14 of the 26 political entities that contested the election have won seats in the 120-member Assembly.
Of the main Kosovo Albanian parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), which won 45.65 per cent of the vote, has taken 47 seats. The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), with 25.7 per cent of the vote, has won 26 seats, while the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), with 7.83 per cent of the vote, has won eight seats. A further four Kosovo Albanian entities - the National Movement for Liberation of Kosovo (LKCK), People 's Movement of Kosovo (LPK), Justice Party (PD) and Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSHDK) - took one seat each.
Seven entities were certified to contest the 20 seats set aside for Kosovo's smaller communities in addition to the 100 multi-ethnic seats. The Kosovo Serb entity Coalition Return has won a total of 22 seats, including the ten seats set aside for Kosovo's Serbian community. The Bosniak/Gorani entity, Vatan, has taken four seats, including three set aside seats. The Bosniac Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (BSDAK) has taken the other seat set-aside for the Bosniak community. The Kosovo Turkish Democratic Party (KDTP) has won a total of three seats, including the two seats set aside for their community. The Ashkali Albanian Democratic Party (PDASHK) has taken two of the four seats reserved for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. The New Initiative for a Democratic Kosovo (IRDK) - which has also won one of the 100 seats - and the United Roma Party of Kosovo (PREBK) will share the other two.
Several of the 120 new Assembly members are already serving on a Municipal Assembly. Nobody is permitted to hold a dual mandate, so these members will have to decide whether to resign their municipal seats.
The members have been elected in the order they appeared on the certified list of candidates submitted by their party, coalition or citizens' initiative. Women will make up 28 per cent of the new Assembly, 34 of them having been elected.
The final confirmed turnout in the election, in which 1.25 million people were eligible to vote, was 64.3 per cent. In Kosovo, the turnout was 64.91 per cent. The turnout in Serbia proper and Montenegro was 57.38 per cent. The turnout for those voting by postal ballot and through the special needs voting programme was 65.72 per cent.
The final results show little difference from the preliminary results published on Monday, 19 November. They mean that 14 of the 26 political entities that contested the election have won seats in the 120-member Assembly.
Of the main Kosovo Albanian parties, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), which won 45.65 per cent of the vote, has taken 47 seats. The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), with 25.7 per cent of the vote, has won 26 seats, while the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), with 7.83 per cent of the vote, has won eight seats. A further four Kosovo Albanian entities - the National Movement for Liberation of Kosovo (LKCK), People 's Movement of Kosovo (LPK), Justice Party (PD) and Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSHDK) - took one seat each.
Seven entities were certified to contest the 20 seats set aside for Kosovo's smaller communities in addition to the 100 multi-ethnic seats. The Kosovo Serb entity Coalition Return has won a total of 22 seats, including the ten seats set aside for Kosovo's Serbian community. The Bosniak/Gorani entity, Vatan, has taken four seats, including three set aside seats. The Bosniac Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (BSDAK) has taken the other seat set-aside for the Bosniak community. The Kosovo Turkish Democratic Party (KDTP) has won a total of three seats, including the two seats set aside for their community. The Ashkali Albanian Democratic Party (PDASHK) has taken two of the four seats reserved for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. The New Initiative for a Democratic Kosovo (IRDK) - which has also won one of the 100 seats - and the United Roma Party of Kosovo (PREBK) will share the other two.
Several of the 120 new Assembly members are already serving on a Municipal Assembly. Nobody is permitted to hold a dual mandate, so these members will have to decide whether to resign their municipal seats.
The members have been elected in the order they appeared on the certified list of candidates submitted by their party, coalition or citizens' initiative. Women will make up 28 per cent of the new Assembly, 34 of them having been elected.
The final confirmed turnout in the election, in which 1.25 million people were eligible to vote, was 64.3 per cent. In Kosovo, the turnout was 64.91 per cent. The turnout in Serbia proper and Montenegro was 57.38 per cent. The turnout for those voting by postal ballot and through the special needs voting programme was 65.72 per cent.