2020 Kosovan local elections
Local mayoral by-elections were held in the Kosovo[a] municipalities of North Mitrovica and Podujevo on 29 November 2020. The election in Podujevo was originally scheduled for 15 March 2020 but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The by-elections in both municipalities were necessitated by the incumbent mayor resigning to join the Government of Kosovo. Podujevo mayor resigned to become minister of the interior in Albin Kurti's first administration, while North Mitrovica mayor Goran Rakić resigned to become a deputy prime minister in Avdullah Hoti's government.[1]
Results[]
As expected, the Serb List won the by-election in North Mitrovica without any difficulty. Vetëvendosje, which was then in opposition in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, won a somewhat unexpected first-round victory in Podujevo.
North Mitrovica[]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Milan Radojević | Serb List | 7,916 | 89.54 | |
Erden Atiq | Vetëvendosje | 351 | 3.97 | |
Florent Azemi | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 318 | 3.60 | |
Dušan Milunović | Independent | 256 | 2.90 | |
Total | 8,841 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Kosovo Server Portal |
Podujevo[]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Vetëvendosje | 18,286 | 51.87 | ||
Nexhmi Rudari | Democratic League of Kosovo | 12,627 | 35.82 | |
Naim Fetahu | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 4,341 | 12.31 | |
Total | 35,254 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Kosova Press |
Notes[]
- ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.
References[]
- ^ "Milan Radojević kandidat za gradonačelnika Severne Mitrovice", Kosovo sever portal, 29 October 2020, accessed 17 January 2022.
- Local elections in Kosovo
- November 2020 events in Europe
- 2020 in Kosovo