Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won the most votes in a snap election Sunday marked by low turnout, but not enough to govern alone, with tough talks ahead to form a coalition, nearly complete results showed. In Kosovo's third election in just over a year, Kurti's Vetevendosje party won nearly 43 per cent of the vote, according to results from almost all polling stations. But it falls short of the previous election in December, when the party garnered 51 per cent. It is not enough to allow Vetevendosje to form the next government on its own, suggesting challenging coalition talks ahead. The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) garnered 21 and 17 per cent of the vote respectively. The election was held as voter frustration mounts at grinding political gridlock in Europe’s youngest country. Kosovo's polarised parliament failed to elect a president in April, deepening a political crisis that has gripped the country since inconclusive parliamentary elections in February 2025.
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