2019 North Macedonian presidential election

2019 North Macedonian presidential election

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5 May 2019 (second round)
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Turnout41.67% (first round)
46.65% (second round)
 
Nominee Stevo Pendarovski Gordana Siljanovska
Party SDSM VMRO-DPMNE
Popular vote 435,656 377,446
Percentage 53.58% 46.42%

Second round results by municipality

President before election

Gjorge Ivanov
VMRO-DPMNE

Elected President

Stevo Pendarovski
SDSM

Presidential elections were held in North Macedonia in 2019. Three candidates were on the ballot in the first round, held on 21 April: Stevo Pendarovski, supported by the ruling coalition led by the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, including the Democratic Union for Integration;[1] Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of the leading opposition party VMRO-DPMNE, and Blerim Reka, an independent supported by Albanian opposition parties Alliance for Albanians and Besa Movement.[2] The first round did not result in an absolute majority for any candidate, with Pendarovski receiving the most votes. In the second round held on 5 May, Pendarovski defeated Siljanovska-Davkova with 54% of the vote.[3]

Incumbent President Gjorge Ivanov was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office, having previously been elected in 2009 and 2014.

  1. ^ "Втор обид на Пендаровски, овојпат како консензуален кандидат". Deutsche Welle (in Macedonian). 2 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Професорот Блерим Река независен претседателски кандидат, ќе го поддржат Алијанса за Албанците и Беса". Сакам Да Кажам (in Macedonian). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ Supporter of North Macedonia Name Change Wins Presidency. New York Times, 6 May 2019.

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