1999 Macedonian presidential election

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1999 Macedonian presidential election
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  1994 31 October 1999 (first round)
14 November 1999 (second round)
2004  
Turnout65.12% (first round)
69.10% (second round)
  Boris Traikovskii (07-03-2002) (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Boris Trajkovski Tito Petkovski
Party VMRO-DPMNE SDSM
Popular vote582,808513,614
Percentage53.16%46.84%

President before election

Kiro Gligorov
SDSM

Elected President

Boris Trajkovski
VMRO-DPMNE

Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 31 October 1999, with a second round on 14 November. [1] Tito Petkovski of the Social Democratic Union won the first round. However, as he received less than 50% of the vote, the election went to a second round, which was won by Boris Trajkovski of VMRO-DPMNE, who won 53.2% of the vote.

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Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Tito Petkovski Social Democratic Union 343,60633.05513,61446.84
Boris Trajkovski VMRO-DPMNE 219,09821.08582,80853.16
Vasil Tupurkovski Democratic Alternative 163,20615.70
Muharem Nëxhipi Democratic Party of Albanians 155,97815.00
Stojan Andov Liberal Party 111,98310.77
Muhamed Halili Party for Democratic Prosperity 45,7314.40
Total1,039,602100.001,096,422100.00
Valid votes1,039,60298.951,096,42298.54
Invalid/blank votes11,0131.0516,2811.46
Total votes1,050,615100.001,112,703100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,613,28465.121,610,34069.10
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7