VMRO-DPMNE AND IVANOV WIN EARLY PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
admin1 – April 28, 2014 – 7:40am

According to the State Election Commission, based on data processed from 99.91 percent of all polling stations in the parliamentary elections Sunday, VMRO-DPMNE polled 480,588 (48.5 percent), SDSM 283,869 (24.91 percent), BDI 153,577 (13.48 percent), PDSH 66,392 (5.83 percent), GROM 31,610 (2.77 percent), and RDK 17,783 votes (1.56 percent). Based on the D’Hondt method of calculating seats, VMRO-DPMNE won 61, SDSM, 34, BDI 19, PDSH 7, GROM one and RDK one parliamentary seats. The turnout was 64 percent.

In the second round of the presidential elections, in which the turnout was 54.33 percent, the presidential candidate of VMRO-DPMNE, Gjorge Ivanov, polled 534,154 (55.25 percent) and SDSM’s presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski 398,008 (41.17 percent) votes.