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2007 Kosovan local elections

2007 Kosovan local elections

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Municipal elections were held in Kosovo on November 17, 2007, at the same time as elections to the Assembly of Kosovo, with a second round for the mayoral elections held on 2007-12-08.[1] The date was originally set for September 1, 2007 by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim Rücker (head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo).[2]

The elections were held in all of Kosovo's municipalities, and, for the first time, local mayors were directly elected.[3]

Joachim Rücker decided not to officially recognise the election results in mainly Serb-populated municipalities where Albanians were elected due to the Serb election boycott.[4]

Main contenders

Three Kosovo Serb lists registered for the election very early:[5]

In total, 50 lists participated the elections.[6] Many of the lists participating in the local elections were Serbian, as opposed to the parliamentary elections, where only eight Serbian lists participated.[7]

Alliances

The Democratic Party of Kosovo, which won the Assembly election, and the New Kosovo Alliance agreed in early December 2007, prior to the second round of the elections, to form coalitions at the local level wherever possible.[1]

Results

The results of the mayoral elections in the thirty municipalities were as follows:

Due to the Kosovan Serbs' election boycott, no run-off election was held in Leposavić, Zubin Potok and Zvečan.[8]

According to the final results, party control of the municipal councils is as follows:[9]

Turnout in the second round was 31%.

Results by municipality

Gjakova District

Gjakova

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Deçan

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Rahovec

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Mitrovica District

Mitrovica

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Skenderaj

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Vushtrri

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Unrecognized results in predominantly Serb communities

The Serb community in northern Kosovo generally boycotted the 2007 local elections. Although elections were formally held and results certified for Leposavić, Zubin Potok, and Zvečan, the turnouts were extremely low, the outcomes were not recognized internationally or in the communities in question, and the winning candidates never took power. The Prishtina authorities ultimately chose to extend the mandates of the previously elected Serb mayors in these municipalities, a decision that the mayors in question dismissed as irrelevant.[33]

Leposavić
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Note: There was no second-round vote.

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Zubin Potok
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Zvečan
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Peja District

Peja

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Istog

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Klina

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Post-election developments

Junik

Junik, formerly part of Deçan, was upgraded from a pilot municipal unit to a full-fledged municipality in 2008. Tahir Isufaj of the Democratic League of Kosovo was recognized as mayor.[55][56]


References

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  2. "B92 - News - Politics - UNMIK sets date for Kosovo elections". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  3. "B92 - News - Politics - 13 Serb lists in Kosovo ballots". Archived from the original on 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  4. "B92 - News - Politics - Kosovo election results announced". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  5. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Gjakovë, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 September 2023.
  6. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 2, accessed 1 February 2022.
  7. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Deçan, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 September 2023.
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  9. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Rahovec, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
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  11. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Mitrovicë, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
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  13. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Skenderaj, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 14 January 2022.
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  15. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Vushtrri, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
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  17. "North Kosovo Serb mayors reject extension of mandate by government," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 7 July 2008 (Text of report by Kosovo-Albanian privately-owned newspaper Express, on 5 July).
  18. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Leposaviç, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
  19. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 12, accessed 1 February 2022.
  20. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Zubin Potok, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 14 January 2022.
  21. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 28, accessed 1 February 2022.
  22. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Zveçan, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 14 January 2022.
  23. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 29, accessed 1 February 2022.
  24. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Pejë, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 September 2023.
  25. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 17, accessed 1 February 2022.
  26. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Istog, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 16 September 2023.
  27. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 6, accessed 1 February 2022.
  28. ZGJEDHJET PËR KRYETARË TË KOMUNAVE 2007 – Fletëvotimet (Raundi i parë) – Klinë, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
  29. Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 8, accessed 1 February 2022.
  30. Municipality of Junik, ecoi.net, March 2009, accessed 11 March 2024.
  31. "Candidates for the mayor of Junik", Koha, 30 September 2017, accessed 11 March 2024.

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