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Macedonia holds re-voting at single polling station

Xinhua, December 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Macedonia reopened Sunday one single polling station in the village of Tearce (northwestern Macedonia) for only 714 voters.

The re-voting was ordered by a court last Tuesday following complaints raised by main opposition party Social Democratic Union (SDSM) about voting irregularities during the snap elections on Dec. 11.

The polling station opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m., the State Election Commission (SEC) informed Sunday evening.

Up to 5 p.m., 377 people, or 52.8 percent of the 714 people in the voters list, came out to vote at the Tearce polling station, according to the SEC.

The voting process went peacefully with no problems reported, the commission added.

The upcoming result attracts high attention, as it could alter the results of the elections two weeks ago, which ended with narrow gap.

The ruling party VMRO-DPMNE led by Nikola Gruesvki won 51 seats in the 120-seat parliament, while SDSM garnered 49 seats.

But, VMRO-DPMNE gained a slight victory of 307 votes nationally.

In the first voting in Tearce, 404 registered voters cast ballots. VMRO-DPMNE won 91 votes to 87 for SDSM, while the rest were split among four Albanian-minority parties.

So, in case the voters in this zone decide to change their votes, then the two main parties running in these elections would have 50 seats each.

However, the two parties will need a coalition partner to form a government. Enditem