From the voting in Kllokot, Photo: Screenshot/Youtube/Kosovo online
09.11.2025. 08:34h
The second round of local elections is taking place today in 18 municipalities in Kosovo.
Prizren, Gjakova, Gjilan, Dragash, Kacanik, Klina, Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, South Mitrovica, Obilić, Rahovec, Peja, Suhareka, Viti/Vitina, Vushtrri and Kllokot are the municipalities where presidential candidates will face off in the second round.
At the Kosovo level, the Self-Determination Movement (PS) leads with the largest number of candidates in the second round, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (ABK), and the Serbian List.
The Serbian list won the most council seats in the first round of local elections, held on October 12, in seven municipalities with a Serb majority – North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Zvecan, Å trpce, ParteÅ¡, Ranilug and Kllokot, the Central Election Commission in Pristina announced.
Of the Serb communities, only in Klokot will a second round be held, in which the Serbian List candidate Božidar Dejanović and the Serbian National Unity candidate Srećko Spasić, who joined the Serbian List, will be the candidates.
The spokesperson for the Central Election Commission of Kosovo (CEC), Valmir Elezi, stated at a press conference that voting in all 18 municipalities began on time, Radio Free Europe (RFE) reports.
“Election materials and ballots were distributed on time in the early morning hours to all voting centers,” Elezi said.
Race for Pristina
The race for the capital, Pristina, is expectedly attracting the most attention.
For more than a decade, Pristina has been a symbol of the political rivalry between the Self-Determination Movement and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
In today’s elections, Perparim Rama from LDK and Hajrulah Çeku from Self-Determination are facing each other.
The difference between them in the first round was minimal – only 0,5 percent.
The citizens of Pristina, whom Radio Free Europe spoke to in recent days, expect the new mayor to solve long-standing problems that make everyday life difficult: overloaded traffic, lack of parking, poor waste management, and a dwindling number of public spaces.
Polling stations open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Polling stations in all municipalities where the second round of local elections is being held will be open from 7 am to 7 pm, the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) announced earlier.
The election process will take place in 525 voting centers, with a total of 1.648 polling stations, of which 507 centers with 1.628 regular polling stations.
18 centers will be open for voting under special conditions – one in each municipality – with a total of 20 polling stations, according to the CEC.
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