Supreme Court rejects all appeals/Opens the way for certification of election results in Kosovo

2026-07-07 16:33:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Supreme Court rejects all appeals/Opens the way for certification of election

The Supreme Court has dismissed all appeals regarding the final results of the June 7 snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo, paving the way for their official certification and the start of the process of establishing new institutions to end the almost two-year political crisis.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) will meet on Wednesday morning to certify the results, the commission's spokesman, Valmir Elezi, told Radio Free Europe.

"On the agenda is the certification of the final results of the early elections for the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, which were held on June 7. The meeting was scheduled after the Supreme Court ruled on the complaints filed with this institution," said Elezi.

They will be certified almost two weeks after the CEC announces the final results.

According to the final results, the ruling party of the incumbent Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, the Vetevendosje Movement (LVV), has won 47.13% of the vote, or 53 seats in the 120-member Parliament.

The opposition parties, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won 19.44%, or 22 seats; the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) 16.69%, or 18 seats; and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) 6.74%, or seven seats.

What now?

Now that the complaints have been dismissed, the electoral commission will certify the results tomorrow by noon, paving the way for the process of establishing new institutions to begin.

From past practices, the session for the constitution of the Assembly of Kosovo has usually been called about three days after the certification of the results.

Given the number of seats won, the ruling party is not expected to have any trouble forming a government, which requires 61 votes in the 120-seat Assembly.

But she will not have the votes to elect the country's new president, an issue that has caused a political crisis this year.

The presence of 2/3 of the deputies in the 120-seat Assembly is required for the vote for the president of Kosovo to be valid.

LVV official Arbërie Nagavci told REL a few days ago that the ruling party has secured the votes to form a new government and that it will seek consensus with other parties to elect the president.

According to Nagavci, LVV will "do everything" within its mandate to achieve the necessary votes to elect a new president.

Opposition parties, such as PDK, LDK and AAK, did not respond to REL's request for comment regarding the consultations on the formation of institutions.

But, the leader of the PDK, Bedri Hamza, said one day after the elections that the party would be open to talks with all parties, without excluding the LVV.

The LDK – which ran with Vjosa Osmani as the presidential candidate in the elections – has set several preconditions for an agreement on the creation of new institutions.

The leader of this party, Lumir Abdixhiku, in a recent interview with Klan Kosova, said that strategic orientation, including American gas, "are the prerequisite for the political existence" of the LDK.

"Before we agree on the president, we need to agree on the orientation of Kosovo, on strategic security policies, on development policies and the nature of how we develop democracy in Kosovo," he said.

Meanwhile, the Alliance has presented six conditions in exchange for support for the creation of new institutions.

The leader of this party, Adrian Gjini, among other things, mentioned the condition that Kosovo accept the American gas project, the construction of a coal-fired power plant, and several other conditions related to the economy.

The parties' failure to reach an agreement on the election of the president led to the dissolution of the Assembly in late April - less than three months after its constitution - and the holding of early elections on June 7.

So far, political parties have not held talks on a possible agreement for the president.

Another failure to reach agreement on this largely ceremonial post could lead to another pair of snap elections - the fourth in two years. /REL