The Self-Determination Movement, led by Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, is leading with 40,83 percent or 339.350 votes won in the parliamentary elections held on Sunday, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kosovo, with 99,17 percent of polling stations processed.
This count does not include conditional votes from people with special needs and votes from abroad, which will be counted later.
The second party by number of votes is the Democratic Party of Kosovo with 22,15 percent or 184.087 votes, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo with 17,59 percent or 146.241 votes won.
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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo-Social Democratic Initiative Nisma and other partners coalition won 7,47 percent or 62.066 votes.
The Serbian List, the main Kosovo Serb party that enjoys Belgrade's support, won 4,43 percent or 36.784 votes.
Kosovo's current Prime Minister Albin Kurti declared victory in the election early on Monday, February 10th.
He told his supporters and those gathered in the main square in Pristina that "we will continue the good deeds we have started in the last four years and we will do many more."
The Democratic Party of Kosovo expressed satisfaction with the election result, calling it a "great result".
The head of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixiku, described the election result as a "democratic result".
On the other hand, the Serbian List, which competed with five other parties from the Serbian community, announced that it had won all ten guaranteed mandates for the Serbian community in the Kosovo Assembly.
Since the 2014 elections and in all subsequent electoral processes, this party has won all guaranteed mandates for the Serbian community in the Parliament and was part of the executive branch, except in the previous mandate led by the former Prime Minister Kurti.
Political experts assess that these preliminary results create uncertainty regarding the new composition of the Kosovo Assembly, as well as the new executive branch.
During the campaign, the Self-Determination Movement rejected the possibility of forming post-election coalitions with current opposition parties.
The February 9 elections were the first regular elections held by Kosovo since its declaration of independence.
Observers said the elections were peaceful, with some irregularities, but no major incidents.
Turnout was 40,59 percent with more than 1,9 million eligible voters.
The diaspora also voted in advance for these elections, by mail, but also physically in some of Kosovo's diplomatic missions around the world.
In the race for the new composition of 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, the institution that will then elect the new executive branch, there were 28 political entities and one independent candidate.
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