The vote recount process at Kosovo’s Counting and Results Center (CRC) is approaching its final stage, according to the latest update from the Central Election Commission (CEC).
As of Tuesday morning, 1,887 polling stations have been recounted, representing 73.80% of the total 2,557 polling stations designated for recounting nationwide.
The recount process, which began on January 13, 2026, has already been completed in 25 municipalities, while work continues at full capacity to ensure the remaining polling stations are processed as swiftly as possible.
The announcement of final election results is expected in early February, following the review of any complaints that may be submitted. After this phase, the certification of results will proceed in accordance with legal procedures.
The CEC’s decision to recount all polling stations was taken after an initial review of more than 500 polling stations, which revealed that while discrepancies in votes for political parties were minimal, there were significant inaccuracies in the counting of votes for individual candidates.
The recount uncovered that 45,709 votes were either added or removed from candidates during the initial count in Prizren alone. The most substantial deviations were identified within the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK). PDK parliamentary candidate Fetah Paçarizi emerged from the recount with more than 6,000 fewer votes than initially reported.
In response to these findings, the Prizren Basic Prosecution Office carried out a major operation on Friday, resulting in the arrest of 109 individuals suspected of involvement in irregularities related to the vote-counting process.
