Kosovo's ruling party is about to win the largest number of votes in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, but it does not reach the majority of the seats, the starting survey predicts.
Vetevendosje, Prime Minister's party Alvin Kurti, will win 42% of the vote, says the Koha news portal, which will turn into 47 seats in Parliament in 120 seats.
The ruling party in the center of the center is expected to come out to the Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK) at 21%, the Kosovo Democratic League (LDK) at 20%and the Alliance for the future of Kosovo (AAK) at 7%, the output poll shows.
Kurti came to power in 2021, when a coalition governed by his party received more than 50% of the vote and provided a small majority in parliament.
Its popularity is reinforced by efforts to expand government control over the ethnic-Seric majority to the north.
But this antagonizes the main supporters of Kosovo – the EU and the United States. Opposition parties are advocating for a more prudent approach and criticized the government to cope with the economy.
The right LDK in the central campaign is being held to join NATO and restore relations with the United States. PDK, also central right, was founded by former partisan fighters from the Kosovo liberation army.
According to the Kosovo Constitution, 10 MPs must come from the Serbian minority and they will not cooperate with the Kurti Party.
The other 10 places are reserved for other ethnic minority groups that have previously cooperated with Vetevendosje, which is translated as “self -determination”.
Kurti had previously stated that he would not cooperate with any of the opposition parties.
Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, after years of intense relations between Serbian and mainly Albanian inhabitants.
It is recognized by US and major EU countries, but Serbia, supported by its powerful ally Russia, refuses to do so, as well as most ethnic Serbs inside Kosovo.