The State Election Commission of North Macedonia has announced that until 17:00, the voter turnout in the country is 44.18 percent. At the next conference, the chairman of the SEC, Aleksandar Dashtevski, said that compared to the first round of the 2019 presidential elections until 17:00 p.m., a higher turnout is observed in these elections. Until now, 308 objections have been submitted to the SEC for the personal protection of voting, of which 75 have been accepted, 27 objections have been dismissed and 38 have been rejected. According to him, the election process in North Macedonia is mostly going smoothly and smoothly.
The citizens of North Macedonia today decide in the first round for their future president. This is the seventh presidential election, while the possible second round is held together with the parliamentary elections on May 8. Polling stations opened at 7:00 and will close at 19:00. Voting takes place in 3480 polling stations throughout North Macedonia. Meanwhile, the total number of registered voters is 1.814.317. The opposition VMRO DPMNE competes in the elections with the current deputies Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. The ruling Social Democratic League competes with the current president, Stevo Pendarovski. In the election race, the Democratic Union for Integration competes with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bujar Osmani, while the united Albanian opposition competes with Arben Taravar, the current mayor of Gostivar. Maksim Dimitrievski, the mayor of Kumanova, Stevçe Jakimovski, the mayor of Karposh in Skopje and Biljana Vankovska, candidate of the "Left" party, are also part of the election race./KosovaPress/
