International observers who monitored the Kosovo elections have said that they met “many” international standards.

Darko Aleksov, head of the ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) mission said “The municipal and mayoral elections in the Republic of Kosovo met many of the international standards for elections”.

ENEMO deployed more than 100 observers throughout Kosovo during the vote. Aleksov added that “the campaign was conducted in a peaceful and dynamic manner only disturbed by isolated cases of misconduct in its last week.”

When the latest Gallup Balkan Monitor poll asked about previous elections, 24% of Kosovo Serbs said they had voted compared to 71% of Kosovo Albanians.

Now, media reports say that in some areas, “turnout by ethnic Serbs appeared to be close to zero” (Sofia Echo).

In terms of the honesty of elections, the poll showed that two-thirds (65%) of Kosovo Albanians thought that elections were conducted with (a lot or some) honesty; the corresponding figure for Kosovo Serbs was 21%.

No Kosovo Serbs thought that elections were undertaken with a lot of honesty.

As for whether people should vote in elections in order to be a good Kosovo national, almost two-thirds of Kosovo Albanians agreed with that statement, while over 70% of Kosovo Serbs thought that it was either not essential or that it did not matter.