Kosovan local elections, 2007

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Municipal elections were held in Kosovo on November 17, 2007, at the same time as elections to the Assembly of Kosovo, with a second round for the mayoral elections held on 2007-12-08.^[1] The date was originally set for September 1, 2007 by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Joachim Rücker (head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo).^[2]

The elections were held in Kosovo's thirty municipalities, and for the first time, local mayors were directly elected.^[3]

Joachim Rücker decided not to officially recognise the election results in mainly Serb-populated municipalities where Albanians were elected due to the Serb election boycott.^[4]

Main contenders

Three Kosovo Serb lists registered for the election very early:^[5]

• Multi-Ethnic Council of Plemetin
• Kosovo Movement
• Civil Initiative for Novo Brdo and Zubin Potok

In total, 50 lists participated the elections.^[6] Many of the lists participating in the local elections were Serbian, as opposed to the parliamentary elections, where only eight Serbian lists participated.^[7]

Alliances

The Democratic Party of Kosovo, which won the Assembly election, and the New Kosovo Alliance agreed in early December 2007, prior to the second round of the elections, to form coalitions at the local level wherever possible.^[1]

Results

The results of the mayoral elections in the thirty municipalities were as follows:

• Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK): 17 mayors
• Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK): 7 mayors
• Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK): 3 mayors

Due to the Kosovan Serbs' election boycott, no run-off election was held in Leposavić, Zubin Potok and Zvečan.^[8]

According to the final results, party control of the municipal councils is as follows:^[9]

• Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK): 14 municipal council presidents
• Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK): 6 municipal council presidents
• Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK): 3 municipal council presidents

Turnout in the second round was 31%.

• Basic official results
• Detailed official results
• Preliminary run-off results

External links

• Council of Europe observers' report on the elections

Notes

Elections and referendums in Kosovo
Presidential elections	2008 2011 2016
Parliamentary elections	2001 2004 2007 2010 2014
Local elections	2000 2003 2007 2008 2009 2013
Referendums	1991 2012 (North Kosovo)

Elections and referendums in Serbia
Parliamentary elections	1858 1861 1864 1867 1870 1875 1877 1878 1880 1884 1886 1887 1888 (Mar) 1888 (Nov) 1889 1893 (Mar) 1893 (May) 1895 1897 1898 1901 1903 1905 1906 1908 1912 1990 1992 1993 1997 2000 2003 2007 2008 2012 2014 2016
Presidential elections	1990 1992 1997 (Sep–Oct) 1997 (Dec) 2002 (Sep–Oct) 2002 (Dec) 2003 2004 2008 2012 2017
Provincial elections	Vojvodina 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Kosovo 2001 2004 2007 2010 2014
Municipal and city elections	1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2014 2016
Referendums	1990 1992 (May) 1992 (Oct) 1998 2006 2012 (North Kosovo)
See also: Elections in Serbia and Montenegro Elections in Yugoslavia