2004 Macedonian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 14 April 2004, with a second round on 28 April.[1] They followed the death in an air crash in February of incumbent President Boris Trajkovski.
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Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democratic Union won the first round. As he failed to cross the 50% threshold, a second round was held in which he defeated Saško Kedev of Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In the immediate aftermath, Kedev alleged massive electoral fraud.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Branko Crvenkovski | Social Democratic Union | 385,347 | 42.5 | 550,317 | 62.6 |
| Saško Kedev | VMRO-DPMNE | 309,132 | 34.1 | 329,179 | 37.4 |
| Gëzim Ostreni | Democratic Union for Integration | 134,208 | 14.8 | ||
| Zidi Xhelili | Democratic Party of Albanians | 78,714 | 8.7 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,971 | – | 29,793 | – | |
| Total | 935,372 | 100 | 909,289 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,695,103 | 55.2 | 1,695,103 | 53.6 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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