The Central Election Commission (CEC) has begun publishing results from the diaspora, conditional, and special needs ballots, with counting already completed in several municipalities.
In Gjilan, Alban Hyseni of Vetëvendosje received 687 diaspora votes, while Arbër Ismajli of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) gained 482 votes.
Although Hyseni came very close to winning outright, Gjilan is now likely headed to a runoff. The counting of conditional and special needs votes is still pending.
According to preliminary results, Hyseni — including diaspora votes — has 22,140 votes (48.84%), while Ismajli has 15,245 votes (34.29%).
Counting of diaspora votes has also concluded in Junik and Dragash, both of which are expected to face a runoff as well.
