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1999 Macedonian presidential election

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1999 Macedonian presidential election

← 1994 31 October 1999 (first round)
14 November 1999 (second round)
2004 →
Turnout65.12% (first round)
69.10% (second round)
 
Nominee Boris Trajkovski Tito Petkovski
Party VMRO-DPMNE SDSM
Popular vote 582,808 513,614
Percentage 53.16% 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.

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Tito PetkovskiSocial Democratic Union343,60633.05513,61446.84
Boris TrajkovskiVMRO-DPMNE219,09821.08582,80853.16
Vasil TupurkovskiDemocratic Alternative163,20615.70
Muharem NëxhipiDemocratic Party of Albanians155,97815.00
Stojan AndovLiberal Party111,98310.77
Muhamed HaliliParty for Democratic Prosperity45,7314.40
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

References

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