Alvin Kurti’s ruling party ahead but short of majority, exit poll shows

The exit poll predicts that the ruling party in Kosovo is on the right path to win the largest number of votes in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, but it is less than the majority of the seats.

The Koha News Portal, which will win the Prime Minister Alfain Corte Party, says 42 % of the vote, says Koha’s news portal, which will translate into 47 seats in 120 -seat parliament.

The ruling party in the left of the Democratic Party in Kosovo (PDK) is expected to come by 21 %, the Democratic Association of Kosovo (LDK) at 20 % and an alliance of the Kosovo future (AAK) by 7 %, showing the exit survey.

Courty arrived in power in 2021 when an alliance run by his party received more than 50 % of the votes and got a small majority in Parliament.

His popularity has been strengthened by efforts to expand government control over the majority of the ethnic majority in the north.

But this has returned to the main supporters of Kosovo – the European Union and the United States. The opposition parties call for a more reconciliation approach, and criticized the government’s treatment of the economy.

The right LDK in the middle a campaign to join NATO and restore relations with the United States. PDK was also established in the middle, by former guerrilla warfare fighters in the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Under Kosovo’s constitution, 10 deputies from the Serbian minority must come and will not cooperate with the Corte party.

The ten remaining seats are allocated to other ethnic groups, which have already cooperated with Vtevendosje, which are translated as “self -determination”.

Corte previously said he would not cooperate with any of the opposition parties.

Kosovo announced its unilateral independence from Serbia in February 2008, after years of tense relations between the Serbian and the Albanian population.

It has been recognized by the United States and the Greater European Union countries, but Serbia, which is supported by its powerful ally Russia, refuses to do so, as most ethnic Serbs do inside Kosovo.