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Central Election Commission approves final results of Kosovo Assembly election
PRISTINA 3 November 2004
PRISTINA, 3 November 2004 - The Central Election Commission has approved the final results, following a recount of ballots, for the Kosovo Assembly Election.
The final results show little difference from the preliminary results. They mean that 17 of the 33 political entities which contested the election have won seats in the 120-member Assembly.
"The recount, while not significantly affecting the results, has shown that mistakes can be corrected while ensuring the integrity of the electoral process," said Jens Modvig, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and acting Chair of the Central Election Commission.
Of the main Kosovo Albanian parties, the LDK, which won 45.4% share of the vote, has taken 47 seats. The PDK, with 28.9% of the vote, has won 30 seats, the AAK, with 8.4% of the vote, has won 9 seats, and ORA with 6.2% of the vote, has won 7 seats. A further 4 Kosovo Albanian entities - PShDK, PD, LPK and PLK - took a total of five seats.
Twelve entities were certified to contest the 20 seats reserved or 'set-aside' for Kosovo's smaller communities in addition to the 100 multi-ethnic seats. The Kosovo Serb entities Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija and the Citizens' Initiative Serbia will receive 8 and 2 seats, respectively.
The Bosniak entity, Vakat, has taken 3 seats, including 2 set-aside seats. The SDA has taken the other seat set-aside for the Bosniak community.
The Turkish party, the KDTP, has won a total of three seats, including the two seats set-aside for their community.
The IRDK has taken two of the four seats reserved for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, while PDAK and PREBK took one each.
And the one Gorani seat was won by GIG.
"These results do reflect the will of the voters and now it lies with the elected representative to rapidly form a new government and, with increased vigour, continue to make progress in implementing the Standards," said Modvig.
The 2004 Kosovo Assembly election results will be certified by the UN Special Representative, Søren Jessen-Petersen, following a 48-hour period for any further complaints on the count process.
Several of the 120 new Assembly members are already serving on a Municipal Assembly. No-one is permitted to hold a dual mandate, so they 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 29% of the new Assembly, 35 of them having been elected.
The confirmed turnout in the election, in which 1.3 million people in Kosovo were eligible to vote, was 53.57%.
The final results are available on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo website:
www.kosovoelections.org
The final results show little difference from the preliminary results. They mean that 17 of the 33 political entities which contested the election have won seats in the 120-member Assembly.
"The recount, while not significantly affecting the results, has shown that mistakes can be corrected while ensuring the integrity of the electoral process," said Jens Modvig, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and acting Chair of the Central Election Commission.
Of the main Kosovo Albanian parties, the LDK, which won 45.4% share of the vote, has taken 47 seats. The PDK, with 28.9% of the vote, has won 30 seats, the AAK, with 8.4% of the vote, has won 9 seats, and ORA with 6.2% of the vote, has won 7 seats. A further 4 Kosovo Albanian entities - PShDK, PD, LPK and PLK - took a total of five seats.
Twelve entities were certified to contest the 20 seats reserved or 'set-aside' for Kosovo's smaller communities in addition to the 100 multi-ethnic seats. The Kosovo Serb entities Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija and the Citizens' Initiative Serbia will receive 8 and 2 seats, respectively.
The Bosniak entity, Vakat, has taken 3 seats, including 2 set-aside seats. The SDA has taken the other seat set-aside for the Bosniak community.
The Turkish party, the KDTP, has won a total of three seats, including the two seats set-aside for their community.
The IRDK has taken two of the four seats reserved for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, while PDAK and PREBK took one each.
And the one Gorani seat was won by GIG.
"These results do reflect the will of the voters and now it lies with the elected representative to rapidly form a new government and, with increased vigour, continue to make progress in implementing the Standards," said Modvig.
The 2004 Kosovo Assembly election results will be certified by the UN Special Representative, Søren Jessen-Petersen, following a 48-hour period for any further complaints on the count process.
Several of the 120 new Assembly members are already serving on a Municipal Assembly. No-one is permitted to hold a dual mandate, so they 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 29% of the new Assembly, 35 of them having been elected.
The confirmed turnout in the election, in which 1.3 million people in Kosovo were eligible to vote, was 53.57%.
The final results are available on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo website:
www.kosovoelections.org