According to the initial results of the State Election Commission (DIK), the opposition coalition "For Better Macedonia" headed by VMRO-DPMNE polled more votes than the other parties. DIK announced these data after having processed 10 percent of the vote.
At its press conference VMRO-DPMNE unofficially declared its victory. Spokesperson Antonio Milososki said VMRO-DPMNE's election triumph would be celebrated at the Skopje central square. According to their data, VMRO-DPMNE is in the lead in all the constituencies.
Slobodan Mickovik from SDSM stated at a news conference that in the first constituency the race with VMRO-DPMNE was tied, while in the second constituency SDSM was slightly ahead. Nevertheless SDSM admitted that VMRO-DPMNE fared better in the third and fourth constituency, as there was no information about the fifth constituency.
Unofficial data reveal that BDI scored better election results than PDSH.