Skopje, 1 October 2025 (MIA) – The candidates running for mayors in the October local elections on Wednesday, day three of the election campaign, will present their programs in rallies and meetings with citizens.

VMRO-DPMNE will hold rallies in Konche, Demir Kapija, Negotino with the central event taking place in Kavadarci.

SDSM will hold rallies in Konche, Kichevo and Makedonski Brod, where today’s central rally will take place.

ZNAM will hold a promotional convention in Kumanovo’s main square.

SDSM’s candidate for Skopje mayor, Kaja Shukova, will speak to members of the media in Skopje’s Aerodrom.

Goran Markovski, the independent candidate for mayor of the City of Skopje, endorsed by the Independent Together initiative, will hold a news conference regarding his program’s capital project – waste water treatment station for the capital Skopje.

The local election campaign, which began on Monday, ends on October 17 before a 24-hour election silence starts on the eve of the October 19 elections. The second round of this year’s local elections takes place on November 2. 

According to the Electoral Code, Article 69a, “an election campaign is considered a public gathering and other public events organized by a participant in the election campaign, public display of posters, video presentations in public places, election media and online presentation, distribution of printed materials and public presentation of candidates confirmed by the competent election authorities and their programs.”

309 mayoral candidates and 576 list of candidates for members of municipal councils – a total of 10,490 candidates – will be vying in the elections. Votes will be cast in 3,480 polling stations.

22 parties, 19 coalitions and 119 independent candidates will participate. A total of 16 candidates run for Skopje mayor.

There are a total of 1,832,415 voters registered in the voters list ahead of the October local elections. 

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