2004 Macedonian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 14 April 2004, with a second round on 28 April.[1] They followed the death in an air crash in February of incumbent President Boris Trajkovski.
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14 April 2004 (first round)
28 April 2004 (second round) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.18% (first round) 53.64% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
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Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democratic Union won the first round. As he failed to cross the 50% threshold, a second round was held in which he defeated Saško Kedev of Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In the immediate aftermath, Kedev alleged massive electoral fraud.
Results
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Branko Crvenkovski | Social Democratic Union | 385,347 | 42.47 | 550,317 | 62.57 | |
| Saško Kedev | VMRO-DPMNE | 309,132 | 34.07 | 329,179 | 37.43 | |
| Gëzim Ostreni | Democratic Union for Integration | 134,208 | 14.79 | |||
| Zidi Xhelili | Democratic Party of Albanians | 78,714 | 8.67 | |||
| Total | 907,401 | 100.00 | 879,496 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 907,401 | 97.01 | 879,496 | 96.72 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 27,971 | 2.99 | 29,793 | 3.28 | ||
| Total votes | 935,372 | 100.00 | 909,289 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,695,103 | 55.18 | 1,695,103 | 53.64 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
