Thursday, 16 July 2020
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 09:57

OSCE will announce the initial findings of its small election monitoring mission

The small OSCE/ODIHR monitoring mission that was present for the inconclusive early general elections yesterday will hold a press conference to announce its findings. OSCE had nine members and 26 election day observers. A final report will be published within two months.
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 09:18

More than 31.000 ballots were thrown out as invalid

The State Electoral Commission informed that out of the approximately 927.000 ballots, 31.107 were invalid, with a small portion of votes left to count. Before the elections, activists from the ruling SDSM party were pushing a social media campaign to get opposition activists to spoil their ballots....
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 08:47

Electoral Commission preliminary projection shows SDSM lead by two seats in a hung Parliament

After hours of confusion caused by an apparent hacking attack, the Macedonian State Electoral Commission issued its preliminary projection of seats after the early general elections. According to the SEC, the SDSM – BESA lead coalition will have 46 seats, while the VMRO-DPMNE led coalition will...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 02:26

Zaev claims SDSM won by three seats

Zoran Zaev insisted that his SDSM party won three seats more than its chief competitor VMRO-DPMNE. In light of the lack of official results, which have been postponed for Thursday due to technical difficulties, both main parties came out with close but not fully aligned results – VMRO clams that...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 02:04

Electoral Commission gives up, won’t announce final results this evening

After technical difficulties which raised speculations about the conduct of the elections, the State Electoral Commission announced that it will not give its final results and projection of seats this evening and will leave it for tomorrow. SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE seem to be virtually tied, with the leftist...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 01:39

VMRO projections show them tied with SDSM at 47 seats each

Final projections from VMRO-DPMNE show that the race is tied, with 47 seats each for them and for the SDSM party. Under the analysis conducted by the opposition party, DUI will win 13 seats, the Alliance of Albanians – 10, the Levica party – 2 seats and the small Albanian DPA party –...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 01:33

SEC: Results from 90% of processed votes

According to initial unofficial results released by the State Election Commission of the votes counted from 3,130 out of 3,480 polling stations, the SDSM-led “We Can” coalition wins 272,881 votes (36.15%) and the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition wins 262.168 votes (34.73%). 86,816 people voted for DUI (11.5%),...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 01:30

Janusev: VMRO begins the process of forming the next ruling coalition

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev said that the race is clearly deadlocked, but that the majority of voters supported the opposition. VMRO won in most cities, in Aerodrom, Gazi Baba, Kisela Voda, Gjorce, Butel, Kavadarci, Makedonska Kamenica, Veles, Ohrid, Prilep… The proportionate model...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 01:14

SEC after processing 87% of votes: SDSM -36.27%, VMRO-DPMNE- 34.89%

Of votes counted from 3,023 out of 3,480 polling stations, or nearly 87% of ballots, the SDSM-led “We Can” coalition with 36.27% is in a lead over the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition having 34.89%. According to initial unofficial results published by the State Election Commission, 11.37% voted for DUI,...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 01:01

Projections show SDSM up by one seat in Parliament, no party has a clear shot at forming a Government

Based on the results from the State Electoral Commission, and the analysis centers from the both major parties, projections show that SDSM would lead by one seat in a hung Parliament over VMRO-DPMNE, with 48 to 47 seats. Both parties would be way off from forming a stable coalition. SDSM leader Zoran...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 00:52

SEC after processing 80% of votes: SDSM -36.48%, VMRO-DPMNE- 35.47%, DUI- 10.73%, AA/A – 8.41%

Of the votes counted from 2,800 out of 3,480 polling stations, or nearly 80% of counted votes, the SDSM-led “We Can” coalition with 36.48% is in a lead over the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition having 35.47%. The data published by the State Election Commission from their main office as its website has been...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 00:49

Bulgaria closes border with Macedonia because of the coronavirus crisis

Bulgaria announced it is closing its border with Macedonia for all arrivals, regardless of their citizenship. The reason for this is the badly deteriorating coronavirus situation in Macedonia. The new regime is in place for the second half of July, starting Thursday. Macedonian citizens will only be...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 00:20

The eagle is back, Ahmeti said, declaring a victory with over 100,000 votes and 12 MP seats

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti declared victory of his party in the Albanian bloc, assessing that over 100,000 votes and 12 MP seats have been won. The eagle is back. This victory of DUI is the victory of the Albanians. We’ve proven we are the most successful in all spheres. The Albanians will not be disappointed,...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 00:15

Sela and Gashi: We returned Arachinovo, our coalition wins convincingly

Zijadin Sela and Afrim Gashi held a joint press conference as representatives of the coalition between the Alliance for Albanians and Alternativa. We are winning convincingly in the sixth (electoral district), in many of the municipalities there. Starting from Gostivar, Negotino, Vrapciste, Bogovinje,...
Macedonia 16.07.20 | 00:03

SEC: SDSM – 36.9%, VMRO-DPMNE – 35.9%, DUI – 10.18%

Of the votes counted from 2,491 out of 3,480 polling stations, or about 72% of counted votes, the SDSM-led “We Can” coalition with 36.9% is in a lead over the VMRO-DPMNE-led coalition which has 35.9%. The data published by the State Election Commission from their main office as its website has been...
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