Early Results: PM Thaci's Party Wins Kosovo Election
VOA News 13 December 2010
Initial results show Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party has won the country's first election since it declared independence from Serbia.
The results Monday indicate that the leader's Democratic Party of Kosovo won 33.5 percent of the vote, followed by its main rival, the Democratic League of Kosovo with 23.6 percent.
Mr. Thaci's party likely will have to form a coalition government to rule, but will hold the largest bloc in the 120-member parliament.
European Union election monitor Doris Pack says Kosovo's first election was marred by allegations of fraud in the ruling prime minister's political stronghold.
Pack said that serious allegations of fraud in two municipalities have been brought to the attention of the EU observation mission. But she said the reports did not "undermine the whole process."
Kosovo election say there was a voter turnout of up to 95 percent in Mr. Thaci's region of Drenica.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele are calling on Kosovo authorities to certify the election results.
The EU officials say there is "much work ahead" so that Kosovo can advance its progress toward joining the European Union.
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