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2019 Kosovan parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Kosovo
previous_election	2017
next_election	2021
election_date	6 October 2019
seats_for_election	All 120 seats in the Assembly
majority_seats	61
turnout	44.59% ( 3.43pp)
party1	LVV
leader1	Albin Kurti
last_election1	32
seats1	29
percentage1	26.27
party2	Democratic League of Kosovo
leader2	Vjosa Osmani
last_election2	24
seats2	28
percentage2	24.55
party3	Democratic Party of Kosovo
leader3	Kadri Veseli
last_election3	23
seats3	24
percentage3	21.23
party4	AAK–PSD
leader4	Ramush Haradinaj
last_election4	10
seats4	13
percentage4	11.51
party5	NISMA–AKR–PD
leader5	Fatmir Limaj
last_election5	10
seats5	6
percentage5	5.00
heading6	Minority seats
party6	Serb List (Kosovo)	leader6 = Goran Rakić	last_election6 = 9	seats6 = 10	percentage6 = 6.40
leader7	Rasim Demiri	party7 = Vakat Coalition	last_election7 = 2	seats7 = 2	percentage7= 0.84
leader8	Mahir Yagcilar	party8 = Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo	last_election8 = 2	seats8 = 2	percentage8 = 0.81
leader9	Veton Beriša	party9 = Egyptian Liberal Party	last_election9 = 1	seats9 = 1	percentage9 = 0.58
leader10	Emilija Redžepi	party10 = New Democratic Party (Kosovo)	last_election10 = 1	seats10 = 1	percentage10= 0.47
leader11	Etem Arifi	party11 = Ashkali Party for Integration	last_election11 = 1	seats11 = 1	percentage11= 0.37
leader12	Elbert Krasniqi	party12 = New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo	last_election12 = 0	seats12 = 1	percentage12 = 0.21
leader13	Adem Hodža	party13 = Unique Gorani Party	last_election13 = 1	seats13 = 1	percentage13= 0.14
leader14	Albert Kinolli	party14 = United Roma Party of Kosovo	last_election14 = 1	seats14 = 1	percentage14=0.13
map	2019 Kosovan parliamentary election Map.png
map_caption	Most voted-for party by municipality
LVV LDK SL PDK AAK NISMA KDTP
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Appointed Prime Minister
before_election	Ramush Haradinaj
before_party	Alliance for the Future of Kosovo
after_election	Albin Kurti
after_party	Vetëvendosje

LVV LDK SL PDK AAK NISMA KDTP

Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 6 October 2019. The main opposition parties received the most votes, led by Vetëvendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti became Prime Minister, forming a governing coalition with the LDK on an anti-corruption platform. He is the second Prime Minister not to have been a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the 1990s.

Background

On 19 July 2019 Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned after being summoned for questioning by the KSC in The Hague, Netherlands. The constitution requires the President to designate a new candidate to either form a government, or hold new elections in between 30 and 45 days after consultation with political parties or coalitions who hold a majority in the Assembly.

On 2 August 2019, President Hashim Thaçi asked the PANA Coalition to propose a new candidate to form a coalition government. However, other political parties opposed the move.

On 5 August 2019, the Assembly of Kosovo agreed to hold an extraordinary session on 22 August, planning to disband itself so that elections could be scheduled. Subsequently, on 22 August 2019, MPs voted to dissolve parliament, with 89 of the 120 voting in favour, necessitating elections within 30–45 days.

Electoral system

The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation, with 20 seats reserved for national minorities. An electoral threshold of 5% was in place for non-minority parties.

Parties and coalitions

On 7 September the Election Commission published the official list of the 25 participating parties and coalitions.

Party	Candidate for Prime Minister	Votes received by the candidate for PM
Vetëvendosje (VV)	Albin Kurti (VV)	183 952 (VV)
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK)	Vjosa Osmani (LDK)	176 016 (LDK)
Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK)	Kadri Veseli (PDK)	145 881 (PDK)
100% Kosovo (AAK - PSD Coalition)	Ramush Haradinaj (AAK)	76 163 (AAK)
NISMA - AKR - PD Coalition	Fatmir Limaj (NISMA)	25 918 (NISMA)
The Word (Fjala)	Gëzim Kelmendi
Euroatlantic Party of Kosovo (PEK)	Milaim Zeka
Independent (Esmir Rasi)	Esmir Rasi
Serb List
Independent Liberal Party (SLS)
Serb Coalition (Sloboda)
Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS)
United Roma Party of Kosovo (PREBK)
Kosovar New Romani Party (KNRP)
Ashkali Party for Integration (PAI)
Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (PDAK)
Egyptian Liberal Party (PLE)
New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (IRDK)
Vakat Coalition
Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (SDA)
New Democratic Party (NDS)
Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (KDTP)
Civic Initiative of Gora (GIG)
Unique Gorani Party (JGP)
Movement for Gora (PG)

Opinion polls

Coalitions

Pollster	Date	PDK	AAK
PSD	NISMA
AKR
PD	LDK	LV	Other	Lead	Abstention
PIPOS	Exit Poll- 6 Oct	25.8	12.3	5.8	27.9	28.1	–	0.2	-
Klan Kosova	Exit Poll- 6 Oct	22.28	10.58	4.41	30	30	–	Tie	-
SS	4 Oct	19	11	4	32	28	–	4	-

Parties

Pollster	Date	PDK	AAK	NISMA	LDK	AKR	A	LV	PSD	SL	Other	Lead	Abstention
NDI	25 Apr	16	17	–	25	–	–	20	–	–	–	5	-
IPSP	2 Apr	16.1	12.1	5.3	21.2	1.6	0.2	19.7	2.2	1.1	–	1.5	-
PIPOS	1–2 Feb	26	14	5	24	3	1	19	3	-	1	2	-
2019
	11–18 Dec	20.5	12.6	6.3	27.1	-	-	22.6	-	-	10.9	4.5	-
IFIMES	19–28 Sep	22.9	10.1	5.2	28.3	1.6	0.6	23.1	2.2	-	6	5.2	-
KDI	25 Aug–5 Sep	18.4	8.8	4.9	23.8	1.7	0.6	17.6	2	4.1	2.6	5.4	15.6
KDI	10–5 Jun	23	10.4	6.3	30.8	-	-	21.2	2.4	2	4.1	7.8	-
2018
2017 election	11 Jun 2017	33.74	25.53	27.49	6.12	7.12	6.25	-

Results

The initial results showed that the pro-government NISMA–AKR–PD alliance fell only a few hundred votes short of meeting the 5% electoral threshold and lost all 10 of their seats. However, the Kosovo Election Complaints and Appeals Panel subsequently ordered around 3,782 votes originating in Serbia to be removed from the vote count as they had been delivered by Serbian officials rather than by post. The removed votes allowed the NISMA-led alliance to cross the threshold and win six seats, a reduction of four from the prior election. Vetëvendosje and the Independent Liberal Party (which lost its parliamentary representation) were the only other parties to see a reduction in their seat totals. The Democratic League of Kosovo, Democratic Party of Kosovo, AAK–PSD alliance and the Serb List all gained seats. Voter turnout was around 45%.

Results by municipalities

Municipality	LVV	LDK	PDK	100% Κosovo
AAK – PSD	NISMA – AKR – PD	SL	Others	Vetëvendosje}};"		Democratic League of Kosovo}};"		Democratic Party of Kosovo}};"		Alliance for the Future of Kosovo}};"		Social Democratic Initiative (Kosovo)}};"		Serb List (Kosovo)}};"	Other}};"	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Deçan	1,143	6.90	3,818	23.07	872	5.27	10,288	62.16	280	1.69	11	0.07	139	0.84
Dragash	1,440	11.03	3,800	29.10	3,480	26.65	408	3.12	483	3.70	323	2.47	3,122	23.91
Drenas	2,628	11.33	1,380	5.95	15,193	65.48	1,695	7.31	1,880	8.10	2	0.01	423	1.82
Ferizaj	18,068	34.69	12,871	24.71	13,238	25.41	3,363	6.46	2,325	4.46	23	0.04	2,222	4.22
Gjakova	13,354	31.12	7,661	17.85	3,976	9.26	14,683	34.22	1,315	3.06	10	0.02	1,914	4.46
Gjilan	18,757	40.26	12,594	27.03	7,846	16.84	3,373	7.24	1,692	3.63	1,219	2.62	1,112	2.39
Gračanica	174	1.81	270	2.82	159	1.66	46	0.48	41	0.43	8,233	85.86	666	6.94
Hani i Elezit	1,303	36.14	593	16.45	1,040	28.85	313	8.68	307	8.52	0	0.00	49	1.36
Istog	2,751	13.90	8,744	44.19	2,631	13.29	3,644	18.41	377	1.90	389	1.97	853	4.31
Junik	193	8.94	705	32.65	134	6.21	1,058	49.00	50	2.32	1	0.05	18	0.83
Kaçanik	5,454	36.01	2,548	16.82	5,095	33.64	935	6.17	939	6.20	3	0.02	171	1.17
Kamenica	5,203	31.83	3,396	20.78	2,294	14.03	2,430	14.87	1,433	8.77	1,396	8.54	193	1.18
Klina	1,690	9.88	4,619	27.00	4,546	26.57	4,674	27.32	853	4.99	185	1.08	539	3.15
Klokot	200	10.30	170	8.76	123	6.34	47	2.42	97	5.00	1,206	62.13	98	5.05
Kosovo Polje	5,445	29.65	5,518	30.05	3,469	18.89	1,100	5.99	707	3.85	414	2.25	1,710	9.31
Leposavić	166	2.05	64	0.79	123	1.52	21	0.26	64	0.79	6,995	86.56	648	8.03
Lipjan	5,719	20.03	10,627	37.22	7,832	25.86	1,457	5.10	1,623	5.68	637	2.23	1,103	3.86
Malisheva	2,908	13.56	4,191	19.54	5,020	23.40	1,504	7.01	7,613	35.49	8	0.04	206	0.96
Mamusha	80	4.06	42	2.13	345	17.52	24	1.22	122	6.20	3	0.15	1,356	68.87
Mitrovica	11,341	34.27	7,470	22.57	11,311	34.18	1,020	3.08	960	2.90	21	0.06	967	2.92
North Mitrovica	512	5.52	277	2.99	527	5.68	80	0.86	38	0.41	7,444	80.29	393	4.24
Novo Brdo	548	11.25	570	11.70	280	5.75	227	4.66	125	2.56	2,992	61.40	131	2.69
Obiliq	3,168	25.57	2,570	20.75	2,268	18.31	2,309	18.64	318	2.57	1,316	10.62	438	3.54
Parteš	5	0.23	2	0.09	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	2,007	93.13	141	6.54
Peja	10,085	21.96	14,700	32.00	4,699	10.23	12,234	26.64	734	1.60	510	1.11	2,969	6.46
Podujevë	13,927	35.00	15,094	37.93	7,421	18.65	1,872	4.70	762	1.91	26	0.06	689	1.73
Pristina	40,432	37.68	34,158	31.83	16,654	15.52	8,285	7.72	5,213	4.86	409	0.38	2,158	2.01
Prizren	17,923	26.64	12,722	18.91	14,720	21.88	4,304	6.40	3,998	5.94	93	0.14	13,517	20.09
Rahovec	4,939	22.73	5,098	23.47	4,588	21.12	5,376	24.75	858	3.95	438	2.02	427	1.97
Ranilug	8	0.28	12	0.42	12	0.42	10	0.35	7	0.25	2,623	92.07	177	6.21
Shtime	3,469	27.95	2,823	22.74	4,162	33.53	486	3.92	1,000	8.06	6	0.05	466	3.76
Skenderaj	1,598	7.79	999	4.87	15,587	75.99	482	2.35	1,323	6.45	144	0.70	380	1.85
Štrpce	477	6.49	474	6.45	548	7.46	59	0.80	191	2.60	5,153	70.13	446	6.07
Suva Reka	4,807	17.70	9,739	35.85	4,770	17.56	5,535	20.38	1,853	6.82	20	0.07	440	1.62
Viti	6,474	32.72	6,819	34.47	3,717	18.79	1,610	8.14	857	4.33	78	0.39	230	1.16
Vushtrri	11,160	33.75	7,687	23.25	9,364	28.32	1,513	4.58	1,414	4.28	1,136	3.44	790	2.39
Zubin Potok	145	3.07	137	2.90	138	2.92	38	0.80	14	0.30	4,184	88.55	69	1.46
Zvečan	70	1.53	106	2.32	74	1.62	9	0.20	4	0.09	4,202	91.91	107	2.34
Diaspora	3,237	51.85	1,448	21.48	831	13.02	360	5.07	213	2.71	1	0.01	454	5.86
Total	221,001	26.27	206,516	24.55	178,637	21.23	96,872	11.51	42,083	5.00	53,861	6.40	42,305	5.04
Source: KQZ

Aftermath

After the election, Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti formed a coalition with the LDK. However, the government collapsed on 25 March following a motion of no confidence. Following the vote, the LDK formed a new government with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, the Social Democratic Initiative and the Serb List. However, due to the Constitutional Court's ruling and a deputy's conviction, the government collapsed again and another election was held on 14 February 2021.

Notes

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