Preliminary result: Kosovo leaders of anti-Serb war win
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Nearly complete results in Kosovo’s national election are showing that a coalition of ethnic Albanian former leaders of a war of independence against Serbian troops in 1998-1999 is leading with a third of the vote.
The Central Election Commission reported Monday afternoon that the ex-rebels’ coalition came in first with around 34 per cent of the vote. With more than 99 per cent of votes counted, the nationalist Movement for Self-determination had about 27 per cent, more than a point ahead of a coalition led by former Prime Minister Isa Mustafa.
No group can govern alone and a coalition is likely.
Final results for the new 120-seat parliament are expected later in the week. Twenty seats in parliament are reserved for ethnic Serbs and other minorities.