Kosovo CEC: By 3:00 PM, 50.91 percent of voters in the diaspora had voted

2025-02-08 19:30:07, Kosova & Bota CNA

Kosovo citizens living in the diaspora are voting on Saturday at diplomatic missions for the parliamentary elections on February 9. According to the Central Election Commission, as of 3:00 PM, 10,306 people, or 50.91 percent of registered voters, have voted.

20,324 voters have registered to vote at Kosovo's diplomatic missions.

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Kreshnik Radoniqi, said that everything is going well and there are no problems during the voting process.

Voting began at 07:00 in Kosovo embassies and consulates in European countries, while in the United States and Canada at 13:00, local time in Kosovo.

Voting on February 8th takes place in 43 polling stations in 16 embassies and 14 consulates of Kosovo, located in 19 different countries around the world.

This is the first time that members of the diaspora can physically vote at Kosovo's diplomatic missions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora said that voting centers were opened without delay. This institution said that it has increased capacities in diplomatic missions in order to guarantee a regular voting process.

After the closing of polling stations in diplomatic missions, the CEC, with the assistance of the MFA, will bring the votes to Kosovo and then they will be counted at the Counting and Results Center.

For the parliamentary elections on February 9, over 2 million voters inside and outside Kosovo have the right to vote.

Meanwhile, from January 9 to February 8, the diaspora was also able to vote by mail. The CEC previously announced that 104,934 voters registered to vote outside Kosovo and 84,525 of them chose to vote by mail.

There are 28 political entities and one independent candidate in the race for the new parliamentary composition.

Citizens can choose a party and up to ten candidates for deputies.

These votes will elect the new composition of the 120-seat Parliament, and the MPs will then elect the new Government. The current government in Kosovo is led by Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetëvendosje Movement.

These are the first regular elections that Kosovo has held since declaring independence in 2008. So far, a series of snap elections have been held in the country./ REL