2024 North Macedonian presidential election

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2024 North Macedonian presidential election
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Turnout49.91% (first round) Increase2.svg 8.24pp
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Nominee Gordana Siljanovska Stevo Pendarovski
Party VMRO-DPMNE SDSM
Alliance Your Macedonia For a European Future
Popular vote561,000251,899
Percentage69.01%30.99%
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President before election

Stevo Pendarovski
SDSM

Elected President

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
VMRO-DPMNE

Presidential elections were held in North Macedonia on 24 April 2024. Incumbent Stevo Pendarovski of the ruling centre-left Social Democrats ran for re-election to a second term.

Contents

No candidate received a majority of votes in the first round, with right-wing challenger Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova placing first by a wide margin with 41% of the vote, while Pendarovski finishd second with 20% of the vote. The two faced off in the second round run-off on 8 May, [1] which was held alongside parliamentary elections. [2] [3] In the second round, Siljanovska defeated the incumbent Pendarovski with 69% of the vote and became the first woman to be elected president of North Macedonia. [4] She was inaugurated on 12 May. [5]

Electoral system

The President of North Macedonia is elected using a modified two-round system; a candidate can only be elected in the first round of voting if they receive the equivalent of over 50% of the vote from all registered voters. [6] In the second round, voter turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be deemed valid. [7] Before 2009, the constitution required turnout in the second round to be 50% to validate the result. However, the XXXI amendment approved on 9 January 2009 lowered the threshold to 40%, [7] as the then-government feared the trend of reducing turnouts would lead to presidential elections being frequently invalidated. In the 2009 presidential elections, second round turnout was just 42.6%. [8]

In order to contest the election, potential candidates are required to collect signatures from at least 10,000 registered voters or 30 MPs. [9]

The constitution mandates that the President must be over 40 years of age and have lived in the country for ten of the last fifteen years.

Campaigning began on 4 April 2024. [10]

Candidates

Ballot position [11] CandidateAffiliationDeclared intent to runSignatures collected/endorsements [12]
1. Stevo Pendarovski (incumbent) SDSM [a] 28 February 2024 [15] 22,413
2. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova VMRO-DPMNE [b] 22 February 2024 [17] 30 MPs
3. Stevčo Jakimovski GROM [c] 21 February 2024 [19] 11,292
4. Bujar Osmani Democratic Union for Integration [d] 22 February 2024 [21] 11,085
5. Biljana Vankovska  [ mk ]Independent [e] 7 February 2024 [22] 10,568
6. Arben Taravari Alliance for Albanians [f] 15 February 2024 [23] 10,708
7. Maksim Dimitrievski ZNAM 22 February 2024 [24] 11,605
  1. ↑ Endorsed by SDSM. Also endorsed by LDP, DOM, NSDP, SDA, PEI, PDPR, PDT, POEN, VMRO-NP, SDU, DSVM, PP and SRM. [13] [14]
  2. ↑ Endorsed by VMRO-DPMNE. Also endorsed by SPM. [16]
  3. ↑ Also endorsed by Macedonian Conservative Party INTEGRA [18]
  4. ↑ Also endorsed by DPA, AA (Ziadin Sela faction), People's Movement, European Democratic Party, Union of the Roma, DPT, Movement of Turks for Justice and Democracy and Bosniak Democratic Union [20]
  5. ↑ Endorsed by The Left
  6. ↑ Endorsed by Coalition "Worth" (Albanian: Vlen), which includes Besa, Alternative, Democratic Movement and the Arben Taravari faction of Alliance for Albanians

Failed to collect enough signatures

CandidateAffiliationDeclared intent to runSignatures collected [25]
Velo MarkovskiIndependent [a] 19 October 2023 [26] 1,668
Gospodin PoposkiIndependent15 February 2024 [27] 147
Gjorgji ManaskovIndependent16 February 2024 [28] 496
Mersiha Smailović  [ mk ]Bosniak Democratic Union21 February 2024 [29] 3,246
Zorica CvetkovskaDesna [30] 24 February 2024 [31] 293
Goce RistovIndependent4 March 2024 [32] 6
Dragan NikolovskiIndependent6 March 2024 [33] 8
  1. ↑ Member of VMRO-DPMNE who has announced his run without his party's endorsement

Dropped out

CandidateAffiliationDeclared intent to runDropped outSignatures collected
(23 February) [34]
Tome NikoloskiIndependent15 May 2023 [35] 23 February 2024 [36] 0

    Campaign

    Presidential election advertisements in Skopje. 11 Oktomvri Skopje 1.jpg
    Presidential election advertisements in Skopje.

    Stevo Pendarovski supported revising the constitution to include recognition of a Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia, a condition set by Bulgaria to allow the country's accession to the European Union. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova called for negotiations with the EU under a new framework and for such amendments to be made after North Macedonia attains EU membership. Pendarovski called on fighting corruption through taking on organized criminal groups, while Siljanovska-Davkova focused on the judiciary in her anti-corruption stance. [37] [38]

    Following the first round, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova said "the hour has come for this government to go" [39] and described the results as a "new course". She also called on voters to prove "that we have always (belonged to) Europe". Stevo Pendarovski expressed surprise and disappointment with the result, but expressed hope for improvement in the second round, including with the support of the Albanian community. [40] [41]

    The Democratic Union for Integration, which represents ethnic Albanians and supported former Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani as a presidential candidate, offered its support in the second round to any candidate who supports having the President selected by the Assembly of North Macedonia in future elections, in the hopes of having an ethnic Albanian attaining the office. However, both Pendarovski and Siljanovska-Davkova dismissed the proposal, saying it is democratic for the Presidency to be selected through direct voting. [41]

    Conduct

    Polling in the first round opened at 07:00 on 24 April and lasted until 19:00 at 3,480 polling stations nationwide. About 1.8 million people were eligible to vote, [42] [41] while around 2,300 domestic and international observers monitored the proceedings. [4]

    Opinion polls

    First round
    Polling firmDateSample
    size    		 Stevo Pendarovski (29-10-2023).jpg Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova 2024 (cropped).jpg Arben Taravari (2023).jpg Bujar Osmani official portrait 2020 (cropped 1).jpg Maksim Dimitrievski (cropped).jpg Portrait placeholder.svg
    Stevcho Jakimovski (3).jpg
    Pendarovski Siljanovska Taravari Osmani Dimitrievski Vankovska Jakimovski
    SDSM VMRO-DPMNE ASh BDI ZNAM Levica GROM
    Election Results24 Apr 2024881,03920.541.29.513.79.54.70.9
    IPIS Apr 20241,20023.839.010.711.57.75.51.6
    CRPC 8–13 Apr 20241,21028.835.013.611.54.64.52.1
    МКД.мк 15–24 Mar 20241,20019.836.510.514.312.14.91.5
    CRPC 4–7 Mar 20241,08529.335.514.39.65.14.32.0
    IPIS [a] 20 Feb 20241,21222.339.213.4 [b] 12.25.86.4–
    2019 election –44.844.211.1 [c] ––––
    Second round
    Polling firmDateSample
    size    		 Stevo Pendarovski (29-10-2023).jpg Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova 2024 (cropped).jpg
    Pendarovski Siljanovska
    SDSM VMRO-DPMNE
    Election Results8 May 2024812,89931.069.0
    МКД.мк 15–24 Mar 20241,20044.255.8
    2019 election –53.646.4
    1. ↑ Poll conducted before any candidates qualified to be on the ballot
    2. ↑ Combined results for ASh and the VLEN coalition
    3. ↑ Different candidate (Blerim Reka), endorsed by all parties of the VLEN coalition except Democratic Movement, which did not exist in 2019

    Results

    Pretsedatelski izbori 2024 prv krug 19 chasot.png
    Pretsedatelski izbori 2024 vtor krug 19 chasot.png
    Turnout by round and municipality
    CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
    Votes%Votes%
    Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova VMRO-DPMNE 363,08541.21561,00069.01
    Stevo Pendarovski Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 180,49920.49251,89930.99
    Bujar Osmani Democratic Union for Integration 120,81113.71
    Maksim Dimitrievski For Our Macedonia 83,8559.52
    Arben Taravari Alliance for Albanians 83,3379.46
    Biljana Vankovska  [ mk ] Independent [a] 41,3314.69
    Stevčo Jakimovski Citizen Option for Macedonia 8,1210.92
    Total881,039100.00812,899100.00
    Valid votes881,03997.29812,89994.39
    Invalid/blank votes24,5602.7148,2895.61
    Total votes905,599100.00861,188100.00
    Registered voters/turnout1,814,31749.911,814,31747.47
    Source: State Election Commission Round 1, State Election Commission Round 2

    Aftermath

    Following the release of the results, Stevo Pendarovski conceded defeat, while Siljanovska-Davkova acknowledged her being the first woman to be elected as president of North Macedonia and pledged to "stand with women in taking this great step forward, a step towards reform." [4]

    According to international observers, the elections were "competitive and an extensive and pluralistic campaign helped voters to make an informed choice, but marred by negative rhetoric with nationalistic slogans, as well as shortcomings in the legislation and insufficient oversight of campaign finances". [43]

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    Notes

    1. ↑ Endorsed by The Left

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