Background and elections
The Speaker of the Assembly Talat Xhaferi on 6 August 2021 scheduled the local elections for 17 October. [1] In the next day, the State Election Commission set a deadline for submitting candidates until 11 September, while it permitted campaigning from 27 September to 15 October. [2] During the election campaigns, Hristijan Mickoski alleged "corruption of the state by Zoran Zaev and his entourage." [3] The first round of the elections was held on 17 October. It was the first election in North Macedonia that utilised biometric fingerprint readers for the identification of voters. [4] In the first round, mayors were elected in 34 municipalities. VMRO-DPMNE won in the first round in 22 municipalities, SDSM won in 9, and DUI in 3 municipalities. [5] The second round occurred on 31 October. VMRO-DPMNE won 42 municipalities. Independent candidate Danela Arsovska, supported by VMRO-DPMNE, became the first woman to lead Skopje since the country's independence, winning against SDSM's Petre Šilegov. SDSM won 16 mayor seats, DUI – 13, and Besa – 2, while DPA and LDP-DOM's coalition one each. Apart from Arsovska, three other independent candidates became mayors. DUI's Tetovo mayor Teuta Arifi was defeated by Besa's Bilal Kasami. Alliance for Albanians' Arben Taravari won a new four-year term in Gostivar. In Kumanovo, Maksim Dimitrievski won as an independent candidate, defeating SDSM's Oliver Ilievski. [6]
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