Skopje, 24 April 2024 (MIA) - State Election Commission (SEC) preliminary results from 50.86 percent of polling stations show that VMRO-DPMNE candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is leading with 36.99 percent of votes, ahead of SDSM's Stevo Pendarovski with 18.18 percent.

DUI's Bujar Osmani is third with 16.44 percent, followed by Arben Taravari - 12.11 percent, Maksim Dimitrievski - 7.87 percent, Levica's Biljana Vankovska - 4.38 percent, and GROM's Stevcho Jakimovski - 1 percent.   

The candidate who garners more than 50 percent of votes from the registered voters, i.e. 907,159 votes, is elected president in the first round. Otherwise, a runoff is held in a fortnight, including the two candidates who received most votes in the first round.

In the runoff, the candidate who receives the majority of votes is the winner, provided turnout exceeds 40 percent, namely 725,727 voters. The entire procedure is repeated if none of the candidates receives the required number of votes.

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