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Serbs below the threshold (Danas)

According to preliminary results from the processed 2,352, out of 2,374 polling stations in Kosovo, the Democratic Party of Kosovo won Kosovo early parliamentary elections with 30.69 percent of the vote. Threshold was crossed by the Democratic League of Kosovo, the Self-Determination Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Initiative for Kosovo. Pacolli's Alliance for Kosovo with 4.65 percent remained below the threshold as well as the Serbian list with 4.21 percent of the vote. 

Nenad Rikalo, a member of the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC), told Danas that the final results of the elections will be known no later than July 10. In accordance with the Constitution of Kosovo, the deadline for the constitution of the new parliament is 30 days from the official announcement of the results. Pristina political circles speculate that Thaci could form parliamentary majority with AAK deputies and K-Serbs which together with minority communities have guaranteed 20, out of 120 seats in the Kosovo parliament. Thaci previously announced multi-ethnic government, but it should be borne in mind that its members may not be elected, but appointed representatives of the Serbs. 

CEC confirmed that 10 guaranteed seats will be divided between Serbian List and other lists of Kosovo Serbs, according to the election results. Nenad Rasic, president of PDS, said that he does not know whether his party will have one or two seats. He stated that he was shocked by the "electoral irregularities that are embarrassing for the Serbs – from the representation of the Serbian List in election committees, up to the multiple voting of the same people with different ID cards." According to him, "Voting in northern Kosovo was a real drama." Rasic said that PDS reported all irregularities. 

"After 15 years, on Sunday night in the northern part of Mitrovica, we had a triumphant rampage of Albanians, which celebrated the election victory. The reason for that was because in this part of the city (for the first time since 1999) were opened polling places where a small number of Serbs gave legitimacy to another Albanian state in Balkans. Even the Serbian government recognized that turnout in Kosovo north was small. However, in agreement with the OSCE, ballot boxes were stuffed, which is confirmed by the data of the CEC," explains Marko Jaksic, a DSS official, who called on Serbs to boycott elections. 

Aleksandar Jablanović, president of the Serbian List, denied that there were election irregularities. “Serbian list could get more than 10 seats. We will ask the international community to compel the CEC to distribute the mandates in accordance with the Law on General Elections in Kosovo. According to the results, our list won at least nine, out of the 10 guaranteed seats. The candidates of Serbian List, which won the most of votes will enter the Assembly, provided that every third delegate must be a woman,” says Jablanović.