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Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje party led Kosovo’s parliamentary election on Sunday with 43.04% of the vote, according to preliminary results, though it remained unclear whether the outcome would end the country’s political deadlock.
Data published by Kosovo’s Central Election Commission showed that 98.08% of ballots had been counted.
The unofficial results placed the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) second with 21.11%, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) with 17.68% and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) with 7.21%.
The final results will also include about 100,000 ballots cast by Kosovars living abroad.
Whether Vetevendosje can form a new government with the support of minority community parties will become clearer after the counting of conditional ballots and votes cast at diplomatic missions and by mail.
Vetevendosje supporters were expected to celebrate the party’s election lead overnight in central Pristina.
The party will also need to negotiate with the PDK, LDK and AAK to secure the two-thirds parliamentary majority required to elect Kosovo’s next president.
According to the latest figures from the election commission, 722,845 of Kosovo’s 1,959,962 registered voters cast ballots in the snap election, putting turnout at 36.88%.
Kosovo held parliamentary elections on Feb. 9, 2025, followed by a snap election on Dec. 28, 2025.
Vetevendosje won 51.1% of the vote in the December election, and the government led by Kurti received parliamentary confidence on Feb. 11.
Former President Vjosa Osmani temporarily transferred her duties to parliamentary speaker Albulena Haxhiu on April 4 after her five-year term expired.
Kosovo’s Assembly was dissolved on April 29 after lawmakers failed to elect a new president within the constitutional deadline.
The newly elected parliament will now be required to choose the country’s next president.
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