2019 Kosovan local elections

Local mayoral by-elections were held in the Kosovo[lower-alpha 1] municipalities of Leposavić, North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, and Zvečan on 17 October 2019.

All four municipalities are predominantly Kosovo Serb communities in the northern part of Kosovo, on the border with Central Serbia. The incumbents mayors of each community had resigned in November 2018 in protest against the Government of Kosovo's imposition of a one hundred per cent tax on goods from Serbia.[1] Both the Government of Serbia and the Serb List called for a high turnout from the Serb community.[2]

Results

The outcome of the elections was never in doubt, and the Serb List won without difficulty in all four communities.[3]

Leposavić
CandidatePartyVotes%
Zoran TodićSerb List7,29696.70
Shaqir HetemiDemocratic Party of Kosovo1441.91
Fisnik VeseliLevizja Vetëvendosje!1051.39
Total7,545100.00
Source: [4]

North Mitrovica
CandidatePartyVotes%
Goran RakićSerb List7,48490.43
Gonxhe ÇaushiDemocratic Party of Kosovo4615.57
Erden AtiqLevizja Vetëvendosje!3314.00
Total8,276100.00
Source: [5]

Zubin Potok
CandidatePartyVotes%
Srđan VulovićSerb List4,07594.59
Hysen MehmetiDemocratic Party of Kosovo1232.86
Liridona KahrimaniLevizja Vetëvendosje!1102.55
Total4,308100.00
Source: [6]

Zvečan
CandidatePartyVotes%
Vučina JankovićSerb List3,84794.75
Ilir PeciDemocratic Party of Kosovo1313.23
Avdi PeciLevizja Vetëvendosje!822.02
Total4,060100.00
Source: [7]

Notes
  1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as a sovereign state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own territory.

References
  1. "Градоначелници са севера КиМ ступили на дужност", Politika, 19 June 2019, accessed 12 January 2022.
  2. "Кандидати Српске листе: Очекујемо одзив Срба већи него икад", Dnevnik, 13 May 2019, accessed 12 January 2022.
  3. ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 17 January 2022.
  4. ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 – REZULTATET PËRFUNDIMTARE PËR KOMUNË, p. 2.
  5. ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 – REZULTATET PËRFUNDIMTARE PËR KOMUNË, p. 2.
  6. ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 – REZULTATET PËRFUNDIMTARE PËR KOMUNË, p. 2.
  7. ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 – REZULTATET PËRFUNDIMTARE PËR KOMUNË, p. 2.
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