Skopje, 8 May 2024 (MIA) - The second round of North Macedonia’s seventh presidential elections and eleventh parliamentary elections are being held on Wednesday.

In the parliamentary elections, voters will have the option to cast their vote for 17 lists of MP candidates on the ballot – the SDSM-led “Coalition for European Future”; VMRO-DPMNE-led “Your Macedonia” coalition; GROM-led “Brave for Macedonia” coalition; DUI’s “European Front”; Levica; “Worth It” coalition; ZNAM Movement; Edinstvena Makedonija; Nova Alternativa; AVAJA; European Citizens' Movement; Makedonska Era Treta; Tvoja; Rodina Makedonija; Desna; Demokrati; and Workers’ Party.

Seven candidates were running in the first round of the elections on April 24, in which Siljanovska-Davkova won 363.085 votes, while Pendarovski won 180.499. In the second round run-off, voters will be able to choose between two candidates.

In the second round of the presidential elections on May 8, there will be 1.814.317 eligible voters, while 1.815.350 citizens can vote in the parliamentary elections on the same day. The difference of 1033 voters is mainly due to citizens who are coming of age.

The vote will be held in 3480 polling stations. Voters will be allowed to enter a polling station and vote only once during the day.

A day before the vote, on Tuesday, the first to vote at the elections were the infirm, inmates, persons in retirement homes, as well as nationals registered to vote in the diaspora who were only eligible to vote in the presidential elections.

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