Supporters of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party light torches during a rally to support their presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova in front of the government building in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. North Macedonia's presidential race kicked off on Thursday, with seven candidates vying for the post in a two-round vote that will conclude on May 8. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Other candidates include law professor Biljana Vankovska, who's running for the leftist party Levica, and two members of the country's ethnic Albanian minority: current Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani from the Democratic Union of Albanians, which is part of the governing coalition, and Arben Taravari from an opposition ethnic Albanian party.
Also in the running are Mayor Maksim Dimitrievski of the northern town of Kumanovo, and Mayor Stevco Jakimovski of Karpos, a municipality in the capital of Skopje.
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The presidential election in North Macedonia uses a two-round system under which a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote from a total of all 1.8 million registered voters. In the second round, the turnout must be at least 40% for the result to be valid.
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