Seven candidates for President of North Macedonia collected the required number of signatures

(Patria) - Seven candidates have collected the required number of signatures to participate in the presidential elections in North Macedonia, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced yesterday.

According to SEC data, the candidate of the opposition VMRO/DPMNE, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, collected the most signatures - 28,086, followed by the President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, supported by the ruling Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), with 23,413 signatures from citizens.

Third is the Mayor of Kumanovo and leader of the party "Znam - For Our Macedonia", Maksim Dimitrievski, with 11,605 signatures of support.

Next are the Mayor of the Skopje municipality of Karpoš and leader of the party "Grom", Stevčo Jakimovski, with 11,292, and the candidate of the largest Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, with 11,085.

The candidate of the Albanian opposition "Vredi", Mayor of Gostivar Arben Taravari, with 10,708 signatures, and the candidate of the smaller parliamentary party "Levica", Biljana Vankovska Cvetkovska, whose candidacy was supported by 10,568 citizens, also collected the required number of signatures.

Fifteen candidates had registered to collect signatures for the presidential elections in North Macedonia, which lasted from February 23 to March 8, of whom eight failed to collect the necessary 10,000 signatures from registered voters.

Lists of presidential candidates with collected signatures can be submitted to the SEC no later than March 19 at 24:00, and the draw to determine the order on the election list for the President of North Macedonia will be held no later than March 28.

The first round of presidential elections in North Macedonia will be held on Wednesday, April 24, and the second on Wednesday, May 8, along with the parliamentary elections.