The Electoral Panel for Complaints and Submissions (PZAP) has rejected as unfounded the complaints of two candidates for deputies from the ranks of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Bekim Haxhiu and Qendrim Kryeziu, who had requested a full recount of preferential votes at the country level.

Both candidates had their requests after the Early Elections for the Assembly of Kosovo, held on 7 June 2026, claiming that the partial recount of some polling stations created doubts about inaccuracy in the rest of the counting process as well.

In the decisions taken at the session on June 22, PZAP has assessed that their claims remain at the level of assumptions and are not supported by concrete and material evidence.

According to the complaints, the candidates referred to the decision of the Central Election Commission for the recount of 185 regular polling stations, about 7.41 percent of the total of 2,498 polling stations.

They argued that the errors identified in this sample could mean irregularities in other polling stations as well.

Bekim Haxhiu, with ordinal number 109 on the PDK list, had emphasized that after the recount he had won six additional votes, but that the difference with the first candidate he had 102 votes left.

While Qendrim Kryeziu, with ordinal number 103, claimed that he was entitled to 589 additional votes from the process.

On the other hand, the CEC had requested the rejection of the complaints, clarifying that the recount of 185 polling stations was a legal control mechanism and not evidence of systematic irregularities.

According to the CEC, the claim of Kryeziu’s claim for 589 additional votes did not stand, as the official data showed that he had only two votes less after the recount.

In his reasoning, PZAP emphasizes that the activation of a control sample does not create a legal presumption of general inaccuracy in the counting process.

According to the panel, a full recount can only be ordered in cases where there is evidence of major and systematic irregularities.

“No a full recount can be ordered only on the basis of hypothetical claims or abstract suspicions, but only when there are objective facts and evidence”, says the PZAP decision.

The panel has also assessed that the changes found in the recounted polling stations were minimal in both directions, not proving general irregularities.

Against these decisions, the parties have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Kosovo within 48 hours from the acceptance of the decision.

Source: prizrenpost