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Temelko re-elected for Mayor of Pustec
JUNE 22, 2015
While Albanian electoral commission is counting the votes from Sunday’s municipal elections, the only ethnic Macedonian Mayor, Edmond Temelko, declared he won in the municipality of Pustec. Temelko, who leads the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration, says he won his third term with over 2.000 votes in his favour, while opposing candidate Mihalak Apostolovski from the Democrat Party won 488 votes.
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Temelko’s party expressed its gratitude to the voters of this lakeside town for their support, and also hopes it will have majority in the municipal council. MAEI had its candidates for councillors in 16 of the 61 municipalities in Albania. These are the first elections held after the reform that the Socialist Party led Government introduced, which saw a major cut in the total number of municipalities. Several smaller Macedonian majority municipalities, as well as municipalities where other smaller communities had the majority, were abolished, which caused protests against the reform.
According to the Central electoral commission, overall turnout stood at 46,8 percent. Initial results are expected to be published on Monday. The ruling Socialist Party claimed victory in the important race in the capital of Tirana, but the opposition Democrat Party is complaining of voting irregularities. Democrats are expected to win in Shkodra (Skadar), while Socialists are announcing a win in the port city of Durres. Democrat leader Lulzim Basha said that his party prevented worse voting irregularities, and won across the country
JUNE 22, 2015
While Albanian electoral commission is counting the votes from Sunday’s municipal elections, the only ethnic Macedonian Mayor, Edmond Temelko, declared he won in the municipality of Pustec. Temelko, who leads the Macedonian Alliance for European Integration, says he won his third term with over 2.000 votes in his favour, while opposing candidate Mihalak Apostolovski from the Democrat Party won 488 votes.
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Temelko’s party expressed its gratitude to the voters of this lakeside town for their support, and also hopes it will have majority in the municipal council. MAEI had its candidates for councillors in 16 of the 61 municipalities in Albania. These are the first elections held after the reform that the Socialist Party led Government introduced, which saw a major cut in the total number of municipalities. Several smaller Macedonian majority municipalities, as well as municipalities where other smaller communities had the majority, were abolished, which caused protests against the reform.
According to the Central electoral commission, overall turnout stood at 46,8 percent. Initial results are expected to be published on Monday. The ruling Socialist Party claimed victory in the important race in the capital of Tirana, but the opposition Democrat Party is complaining of voting irregularities. Democrats are expected to win in Shkodra (Skadar), while Socialists are announcing a win in the port city of Durres. Democrat leader Lulzim Basha said that his party prevented worse voting irregularities, and won across the country
