Skopje, 21 May 2024 (MIA) - At seven polling stations in the fifth and sixth election districts, infirm, inmates, persons in retirement homes are casting their votes Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary election rerun at these seven polling stations.

The voting will be repeated at polling stations 2101 in the municipality of Zhelino, 1202 in the municipality of Krushevo, 1272 in the municipality of Ohrid, 1470/1 and 1470 in the municipality of Dolneni, as well as in 1844 in the municipality of Struga.

A total of 4,521 voters are eligible to vote at these polling stations.

Due to the repeat voting for the 2024 parliamentary elections in seven polling stations in the fifth and sixth election districts, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services informed national broadcasters and broadcasters airing programs in the Ohrid, Krushevo, Struga, Dolneni, and Zhelino regions yesterday that they are subject to election silence obligations, which started at midnight and will last until 7 pm on May 22, 2024.

The decision for the re-voting was made by the State Election Commission (SEC) after the Administrative Court dismissed all seven lawsuits filed by the European Front coalition against the decisions of the SEC.

Due to the decision of the Administrative Court and the SEC, DUI accused that electoral engineering is being conducted aimed at taking away two parliamentary seats won by the party. SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE are hopeful that if the voting results in these seven polling stations are altered, they would secure an extra seat in Parliament.

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