Deputy PM Ivan Stoiljkovic says Vučić won polling places in Macedonia; Mickoski silent

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Inter-Community Relations Ivan Stoiljkovic, leader of the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia, posted on Facebook claiming that Aleksandar Vučić won at polling places inside North Macedonia.

According to Stoiljkovic’s post, at the polling station in Kumanovo the list Obedineta Srbija received 487 votes while the Student List got 35 votes. In Skopje, Obedineta Srbija recorded 507 votes versus 150 for the Students Win list, producing a combined total of 994 to 185 in favor of Vučić’s coalition.

Domestic reactions and silence

So far Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has not issued any statement regarding the Serbian elections. The government's silence contrasts with the Facebook announcement by Stoiljkovic reporting the tallies from the two Macedonian polling places.

Foreign Minister Timcho Mucunski sent congratulations to the winners this morning, according to the report from Skopje. The post by Stoiljkovic is the most prominent public claim from North Macedonian officials so far that comments on vote counts cast by voters inside the country.

Political analysts say such local tallies can influence perceptions among minority communities but are not formal election results. The figures Stoiljkovic published refer only to the specific polling places he named in Kumanovo and Skopje.

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