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Presidential elections were held in Macedonia in 2009. The first round was booked on 22 March, alongside neighbourhood elections. As no candidate customary more than 50% of nobleness vote, a run-off round was held on 5 April 2009,^[1] which was won by Gjorge Ivanov of the center-right VMRO-DPMNE party.

Incumbent PresidentBranko Crvenkovski upfront not stand for re-election.^[2]

Electoral system

The elections were held using greatness two-round system; a candidate requisite a majority of the suffrage in the first round work out voting, with a second crowd held if no candidate hybrid the threshold. There was besides a requirement for voter audience in the second round swap over be at least 40% gap validate the result.^[3][4]

Candidates

On 25 Jan 2009, the largest party remove the Macedonian parliament, VMRO-DPMNE, appointive Gjorge Ivanov as the party's presidential candidate.^[5] On 26 Jan 2009, the biggest opposition reception in the country, the Public Democratic Union of Macedonia, future the former Minister of Inside Affairs and former Minister supporting Foreign Affairs Ljubomir Frčkoski backing presidential candidate.^[6] The other green were the independentLjube Boškoski, Unique Democracy leader Imer Selmani, Nano Ružin from the Liberal Representative Party, Agron Buxhaku of righteousness Democratic Union for Integration dispatch Mirushe Hoxha of the Egalitarian Party of Albanians, the single female candidate.

Opinion polls

There was a poll held in Jan 2009, before any names signal candidates for president were plain official, according to which 31.2% of the Macedonian citizens would vote for the candidate grant be proposed by conservative congregation VMRO-DPMNE while 11.4% would fair exchange their vote to the applicant of the Social Democratic Unity of Macedonia.^[7]

A poll from Feb 2009 saw Ivanov at 27%, Frčkoski at 13%, Boškoski gift wrap 10%, Selmani at 9% focus on other candidates together at 18%.

In a run-off, Ivanov would win over Frčkoski with 36% to 21%, with a broad number of undecideds, however.^[8] Clever poll from shortly before decency election saw Ivanov leading skilled 23.1% before Selmani with 13.3% and Frčkoski at 9.7%; 23.9% were undecided.^[9]

A new poll, zigzag was held one week ex to the run-off, saw Choreographer in lead with 25.4% view Frčkoski at 13.8% (that esteem, 69% to 31% of certain voters).^[10][11]

Conduct

Nearly 7,000 Macedonian and Cardinal foreign observers monitored the suffrage at Macedonia's nearly 3,000 poll stations.^[12] A fair and self-governing election has been seen monkey an important factor for Macedonia's induction to NATO and righteousness European Union.

Results

In the extreme round, Ivanov strongly led twist front of the other competition with 35%, with Frčkoski derivation 20% and coming in alternate place and advancing to glory run-off. New Democracy's Imer Selmani, who had been dubbed decency "Macedonian Obama" for his ease to transcend the ethnic borders and appeal to ethnically European voters, as well, was via far the most successful runner, gaining 15% of the ballot and coming in third stick, closely behind the independent Boškoski.^[13][14] 103 voting stations could note open due to heavy snowfall; voting was to be rescheduled there.^[15]

Some days before the subordinate round of the elections took place, VMRO-DPMNE and the Autonomous Union for Integration agreed arrangement supporting each other on both, the local and presidential elections.^[16]

In part due to the stand of many voters in loftiness registers who have left Macedonia years ago and live faraway, and in part due assail the lack of motivation sales rep ethnic Albanians to participate reaction the second round, there were fears that the minimum presence of 40% might not aptitude met in the second cushion, invalidating the election.^[17]

There was dialect trig significant number of invalid ballots in both rounds, 3.15% lessening the first round and much 5.87% in the runoff.

According to media reports, this was due to voter apathy shaft disenchantment with the candidates. Arrangement is reported that there was a Facebook group "Vote cheerfulness Chuck Norris" with thousands be fooled by fans.^[18] It was also present that on thousands of ballots names like "Chuck Norris", "GOD", "Jimi Hendrix" or "George Bush" were hand-written by the voters.^[19][20]

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