With over 51% of ballots counted in Sunday’s mayoral runoffs across 33 municipalities in North Macedonia, candidates of VMRO-DPMNE are leading in 20 municipalities, those of the opposition SDSM in three, and the Albanian coalition VLEN – a government partner – in five, according to preliminary data from the State Election Commission.
Candidates of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI)-led National Alliance for Integration are ahead in two municipalities. The Roma Union candidate leads in Skopje’s Suto Orizari, while the ZNAM movement’s candidate, incumbent mayor Maksim Dimitrievski, is leading in Kumanovo.
Party representatives described the elections as peaceful and fair. VMRO-DPMNE declared confidence in a “major victory”, while DUI’s Arber Ademi called the vote “a test of the country’s political and moral character”.
In Skopje, with more than 64% of ballots processed, VMRO-DPMNE’s candidate Orce Gjorgjievski leads with 61% of the vote against Levica’s Amar Mecinovic.
Voter turnout stood at 45.71% nationwide and 33.82% in Skopje by 6:30 p.m. local time, half an hour before polls closed. The highest turnout was in Rosoman (45.7%) and the lowest in the predominantly Albanian Skopje municipalities of Saraj and Cair. VMRO-DPMNE Expected to Win 20 More Mayoral Seats in North Macedonia Runoff, Initial Results Show THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-02 21:08:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law