Elections in Albania, 90% of the ballot boxes are counted, who is ahead

This Tuesday morning started with a change in mandates won by the Socialist Party in the 25^th April, 2021 county-level elections.

According to the CEC, so far about 90% of the votes have been counted at the national level and the Socialist Party is at the level of 73 terms, while the Democratic Party is 59. Journalist Esiona Konomi reports for ABC that the SP leads in 8 regions of the country, mainly in the south and central Albania, while the Democrats lead the northern stronghold in Shkodra, Lezha, Kukes and Diber.

In Shkodra, the counting of the last ballot boxes continues and so far the Democratic Party has secured 5 terms, 3 SP, 1 SMI and 1 Tom Doshi.

In Kukes, the battle is closed, where the DP has triumphed with 2 mandates against 1 mandate of the SP.

In Diber, the counting has been closed and 3 mandates are allocated for DP and 2 for SP.

In Lezha, the DP won 4  mandates, the SP has 3  while the other parties do not have any deputy.

In Durres, it is a hot race where the DP has fallen in 7 mandates, endangering the Socialist leader who is 8th on the list. 6 mandates have been provided by DP and one mandate so far by SMI.

Tirana is also another district that has reduced the number of SP seats to 18 mandates, DP has 15 mandates, SMI 2 and PSD 1.

In Fier SP leads so far with 9 mandates, PD has 6  while SMI one mandate, while in terms of ranking in the list of Gramoz Ruci who was 10, automatically drops to 9 as the fourth place was empty because the deceased Bashkim Fino passed away a few weeks ago.

 Vlora has doubled the lead of the Socialists with 8 mandates, while the DP has four mandates, the SMI none.

In Gjirokastra, the Socialists lead with 3 mandates, 1 mandate DP while the other parties have no mandate.

In Korca, the voting process has not been closed yet, but so far the Socialists are leading with 6 mandates and DP with 5.

In Elbasan the Socialists have 8 mandates, the DP 5, while the other parties have not won any mandates.

In Berat, the Socialists have secured 5 mandates, the DP 2 and the SMI none.

Meanwhile, based on the results so far at the national level, the mandates are divided into 73 mandates SP, 59 for DP, 5 for SMI and 3 for PSD.

What is worth mentioning is the fact that so far over 74% of the votes have turned out to be invalid, which translated into votes and mandates means that they have lost 6 to 7 deputies. /abcnews.al