2002 Kosovan local elections

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Local elections were held throughout Kosovo on 26 October 2002, organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). [1] This was the second local electoral cycle held in Kosovo after the start of the UNMIK mandate in 1999.

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In each municipality, elections were held for municipal assemblies under a system of proportional representation. The elected representatives in each jurisdiction were responsible for choosing an assembly president, who held the rank of mayor. (Beginning with the next local electoral cycle in 2007, mayors were directly elected.)

The Serb community, which had generally boycotted the previous local elections in 2000, participated in the vote in five predominantly Serb municipalities: Zubin Potok, Zvečan, Leposavić, Novo Brdo, and Štrpce. In northern Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbs generally abstained from voting. Milan Ivanović, the leader of the Serbian National Council in northern Kosovo, said that UNMIK had not provided guarantees that the municipal authority in Kosovska Mitrovica would be decentralized, nor had it created adequate security and institutional conditions for Serb participation. He added that the Serb community was not boycotting the elections in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, as such, but rather giving the international community the opportunity to organize new elections in six months' time if the conditions for participation had been achieved. [2] In the rest of the province, Serb participation in the electoral process was minimal. [3]

Results

Mitrovica District

Leposavić

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party of Serbia 99225.005
Civic Initiative "Socialist Leposavić for Kosmet in Serbia"76819.353
Serbian National Council of Northern Kosmet71718.073
Coalition "Return"53013.362
Serbian Renewal Movement 3127.861
Civic Initiative "For Return and Reconciliation"2175.471
Veselin Radović1824.591
Coalition "Together"1393.501
Social Democracy 651.64–
Civic Initiative "Of the Roma of Kosovo"461.16–
Total3,968100.0017
Source: [4]

Velimir Bojović of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. [5]

Mitrovica

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic League of Kosovo 16,51653.4823
Democratic Party of Kosovo 10,56234.2015
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 1,7635.712
Justice Party 3911.271
Vatan2800.91–
Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo 2290.74–
Liberal Party of Kosovo 1380.45–
Coalition "Return"1340.43–
Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo 1230.40–
People's Movement of Kosovo 1220.40–
Serbian National Council of Northern Kosmet1040.34–
Green Party of Kosovo 1010.33–
Balli Kombëtar880.28–
Civic Initiative "Of Kosovo"780.25–
Democratic Party of Serbia 720.23–
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo 680.22–
National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo 660.21–
Party of Albanian National Union 390.13–
Civic Initiative "Of the Roma of Kosovo"110.04–
Total30,885100.0041
Source: [6]

Incumbent mayor Faruk Spahija of the Democratic League of Kosovo was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [7] He died of cancer in October 2005 [8] and was replaced by Mursel Ibrahimi of the same party. [9]

Skenderaj

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party of Kosovo 15,60181.6326
Democratic League of Kosovo 2,35212.314
New Party of Kosovo5292.771
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 1941.02–
Balli Kombëtar1350.71–
Liberal Party of Kosovo 1140.60–
Party of Albanian National Union 840.44–
Albanian National Democratic Party470.25–
Coalition "Return"450.24–
Civic Initiative "Srbica"110.06–
Total19,112100.0031
Source: [10]

Incumbent mayor Ramadan Gashi of the Democratic Party of Kosovo was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [11]

Vushtrri

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic League of Kosovo 14,53857.1218
Democratic Party of Kosovo 8,02931.5510
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 1,3625.352
Justice Party 4181.641
Liberal Party of Kosovo 2090.82–
Coalition "Return"1860.73–
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo 1440.57–
Albanian Republican Party1400.55–
People's Movement of Kosovo 1130.44–
National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo 1110.44–
Democratic Party of Serbia 990.39–
Party of Albanian National Union 870.34–
Movement for Kosovo and Metohija160.06–
Total25,452100.0031
Source: [12]

Incumbent mayor Muharrem Shabani of the Democratic League of Kosovo was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [13]

Zubin Potok

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party of Serbia 1,86845.808
Civic Initiative "Socijalisti Kolašina"81019.864
Survival Zubin Potok3087.551
Democratic League of Kosovo 2215.421
Democratic Party of Kosovo 1603.921
Civic Initiative "Kolašin"1603.921
Coalition "Return"1513.701
Stojan Perović992.43–
Civic Initiative "Better Life"882.16–
Social Democracy 731.79–
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 721.77–
Radovan Kostić421.03–
Miroslav Radisavljević270.66–
Total4,079100.0017
Source: [14]

Incumbent mayor Slaviša Ristić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [15]

Zvečan

PartyVotes%Seats
Serbian National Council of Northern Kosmet1,06634.546
Democratic Party of Serbia 92730.045
Social Democracy 42313.712
Coalition "Return"36211.732
Serbian Renewal Movement 3089.982
Total3,086100.0017
Source: [16]

Dragiša Milović of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. [17] Milan Ivanović of the Serbian National Council served as deputy mayor. [18]

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  1. ↑ Report on the municipal elections in Kosovo 26 October 2002, Observation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), Council of Europe, 8 January 2003, accessed 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Local Kosovo Serb leader explains reasons for boycott of polls in Mitrovica," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 22 October 2002 (Source: Text of report by Yugoslav state news agency Tanjug).
  3. ↑ Report on the municipal elections in Kosovo 26 October 2002, Observation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE), Council of Europe, 8 January 2003, accessed 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2002 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 4 February 2022.
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  6. ↑ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2002 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 4 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Report of the Security Council Mission to Kosovo and Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", United Nations Security Council, 19 December 2002, accessed 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ethnic Albanian mayor of Kosovo's divided Mitrovica dies," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 4 October 2005 (Source: Text of report in English by independent internet news agency KosovaLive).
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