Overview

• Preliminary turnout across Kosovo reached 39.4%, with notably higher participation in northern Serb-majority areas such as Zvečan at about 59.8% and Zubin Potok at about 58.8%, according to the Central Election Commission.
• Kosovo police said voting ended without serious incidents and that reported irregularities were checked with no grounds for criminal cases.
• Balloting was held in 38 municipalities for mayors and local assemblies, with a little over 2 million eligible voters at roughly 2,600 polling stations and 93 political subjects competing, including 12 Serb parties and civic initiatives.
• Serbian officials and the Serbian List urged participation as a way for Serbs to reclaim municipal posts vacated in 2022, with Belgrade highlighting pressure claims against the community.
• Serbia’s Interior Ministry reported more than 167,800 participants at pro-government rallies across 183 locations on October 11, noting minor disorder with 19 people taken to police stations and a supporters’ bus struck by stones in Novi Sad.