Center-right coalition wins North Macedonia parliamentary election, but must seek governing coalition partner [Video]

• Parliamentary elections in North Macedonia resulted in the “Your Macedonia” coalition winning 58 of the country’s 120 parliamentary seats, three fewer than an outright majority. The coalition will need to partner with another party to form a government.
• The winners made gains on discontent over issues of corruption, the country’s slow path toward European Union membership and its flat economic growth.
• In a simultaneous presidential runoff election, North Macedonia elected Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova as its first female president.

The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government.

The “Your Macedonia” coalition, led by the head of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Hristijan Mickoski, won just over 43% of the votes in Wednesday’s election, giving it 58 of the country’s 120 parliamentary seats, three fewer …