Thaci Confirmed Winner of Kosovo Poll
Caretaker Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, has been confirmed as the winner of the December 2010 poll.
Thaci has also emerged as the country’s most popular politician with more than 160,000 personal votes, ahead of Isa Mustafa, the leader of the PDK’s erstwhile coalition partner, the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, who secured 130,000 votes.
The PDK won 34 seats, the LDK 27, Vetevendosje 14, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, 12, New Kosovo Alliance, AKR, 8 and minority parties 25, of which the Serbian Independent Liberal Party, SLS, is the largest with 8 seats.
The PDK is in negotiations with AKR, the AAK and minority parties to form a government as LDK and Vetevendosje have already ruled out working with Thaci.
The results were announced following reruns held fully or partially in six municipalities because of widespread fraud in the first, December 12 poll.
The Election Complaints and Appeals Panel, ECAP, has received 17 complaints regarding the final results which it must process before the Central Election Commission, CEC, can certify the vote.
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