Kosovo’s acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has cast his vote at the Faculty of Law in Pristina.
Kurti, who is running as the prime ministerial candidate of the Vetëvendosje Movement in these elections, exercised his right to vote on a day when Kosovo’s citizens are heading to the polls to elect a new Assembly and the country’s next government.
“The higher the voter turnout, the greater the legitimacy of our institutions and the stronger their stability. Today, decisions are made by those who vote, and therefore I call on all citizens to exercise their democratic right and use their civic right to determine the future composition of the Assembly of the Republic in its 11th legislature,” Kurti said after casting his ballot.
Today, citizens across Kosovo are voting in early parliamentary elections. The elections were triggered after the Assembly failed to elect a president within the constitutional deadline. For voters, this marks the third parliamentary election in less than a year and a half.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) completed the distribution of election materials to all municipalities on Saturday. The process was conducted under enhanced security measures, with materials initially transported from the logistics center in Fushë Kosovë to all 38 municipalities.
CEC spokesperson Valmir Elezi announced that ballot papers and other sensitive election materials, including final voter lists and official stamps, had been successfully distributed.
A total of 1,778,300 ballot papers were printed for these elections. Of these, 1,605,000 are designated for regular voting, 19,450 for conditional voting, 13,500 as reserve ballots, and 3,500 for voters with special needs.
Across Kosovo, 949 polling centers with a total of 2,550 polling stations have been opened, allowing citizens to exercise their democratic right to elect new representatives to the Assembly of Kosovo.
