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The key factors for performance in Sunday’s mayoral runoff elections were candidate choice, local coalitions, campaign and media rhetoric, and rural-urban polarization.
Despite instances of aggressive campaigning, election day was overall calm and orderly, said EU election observers in the preliminary report on Kosovo’s mayoral runoffs.
Incumbent Prishtina Mayor Shpend Ahmeti will likely have a second term in office, while rival party LDK won the most mayorships in Albanian-majority municipalities.
Kosovo citizens across 19 municipalities, including the capital, head to the polls to vote for mayor in the second round of local elections.
In Kosovo, local elections do not necessarily reflect the trends set by the general elections; a party could fail at the national level, but be very successful at the municipal level.
