State Election Commission posts preliminary results in Brvenica: Radicheski leads with 891 votes

The State Election Commission (SEC) activated its online results portal on Sunday evening for the early mayoral vote in the Municipality of Brvenica. The first batch of electronic returns shows Stojancho Radicheski of the Tvoja Makedonija coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE in the lead with 891 votes.

According to the figures published so far, Jakup Useini of the VREDI coalition has 438 votes, Jovica Radeski of the coalition led by SDSM has 226, Arkin Jahiji of the National Alliance for Integration (NAI) has 78, the independent candidate Dushan Bogdanovski has 16, and the independent candidate Arife Idrizi has no votes recorded yet.

How the results are being released

The SEC said it is publishing preliminary electronic results successively through its monitoring site. Protocols from the Municipal Election Commission (OIK) will be published within 12 hours after the close of voting, and final results are to be issued within 24 hours from the day they become final.

The SEC scheduled a press conference for 21:30 on the same day to present the initial unofficial tallies from today's voting.

Voter lists for the Brvenica mayoral election counted 16,256 eligible voters: 449 were registered as temporarily working abroad and nine were in prison or detention and could also vote. Six candidates appeared on the ballot: Stojancho Radicheski (Tvoja Makedonija/VMRO-DPMNE), Jovica Radeski (coalition led by SDSM), the independent Dushan Bogdanovski, Jakup Useini (VREDI), the independent Arife Idrizi and Arkin Jahiji (NAI).

The figures published on the SEC portal at 20:29 local time are preliminary and will be updated as additional returns and official protocols are processed.

Photo: press material from the event