2025 Pristina municipal election

This article is about the results in the capital city. For the results in all cities, see 2025 Kosovan local elections.
2025 Pristina municipal election
Mayoral election
12 October 2025 (first round)
9 November 2025 (second round)
Turnout48.12% (first round) 3.12
41.11% (second round) 1.39
 
Candidate Përparim Rama Hajrulla Çeku
Party LDK LVV
Popular vote 47,303 44,712
Percentage 51.41% 48.59%
Mayor before election

Përparim Rama
LDK

Elected Mayor

Përparim Rama
LDK

Municipal Assembly election
12 October 2025
All 51 seats in the Municipal Assembly
26 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
LDK Përparim Rama 29.19% 15 +1
PDK Uran Ismaili 22.55% 12 +3
LVV Mrika Limani Myrtaj 21.64% 12 −5
AAK Bekë Berisha 10.04% 5 −1
Lidhja e Prishtinës Fehmi Kupina 7.47% 4 +4
PSD Besa Shahini 2.66% 1 +1
NISMA Endrit Zabërgja 2.32% 1 0
Guxo Jeta Statovci 2.05% 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Municipal elections to elect the mayor and Municipal Assembly were held in Pristina on 12 October 2025. A runoff was also held on 9 November 2025 for races where candidates did not earn more than 50% of the vote.[1] Incumbent mayor Përparim Rama (LDK) defeated opponent Hajrulla Çeku (Vetëvendosje) for a second term.

Background

Përparim Rama of the Democratic League (LDK) won the 2021 Pristina mayoral election and formed a coalition with the Democratic Party (PDK) in the municipal assembly. However in early 2024 the coalition was broken due to disagreements over swapping properties between two of Pristina's districts.[2] Rama quickly created a coalition with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).[3] However this coalition proved ineffective as the assembly regularly struggled to pass laws and budgets.[4]

Electoral system

The Mayor and the members of the Assembly will be elected by open-list proportional representation. In the mayoral race if no candidate managed to gain more than 50% of the vote then a second round is held between the top two candidates.

Campaign

LDK nominated incumbent mayor Përparim Rama for a second term.[5] Rama announced the slogan for the campaign would be "Prishtina që duam" (Pristina that we want) and stated that his priorities would be to finish his projects that have been blocked by the central government.[6]

Vetëvendosje (LVV) proposed Minister of Culture Hajrulla Çeku for mayor.[7] During his term as Minister Çeku has stopped or postponed several projects of Rama due to alleged legal issues surrounding them.[8][9] The stopped project estimated value is 30 million.[10]

PDK nominated former Minister of Health Uran Ismaili.[11] He is running under the slogan "Koha për Prishtinën" (its time for Pristina) and has pledged to make the city for functional, clean and livable.[12]

AAK has proposed deputy Bekë Berisha for mayor.[13] He is largely known for his interesting campaign in the February 2025 parliamentary election.[14] Berisha has stated that his priorities are traffic, waste management, school safety, and public safety.[15]

The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD) has nominated Besa Shahini, former Albanian Minister of Education and wife of PSD Party leader Dardan Molliqaj.[16] Currently she is the only woman in the race. Shahini has said that her priority will be education in the capital, connections between neighborhoods and greenspaces.[17]

Results

Prishtina

On 8 September, Nedime Belegu withdrew from the race due to health reasons, even though she had been certified by the Central Election Commission.[18]

Mayoral results
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Përparim Rama (incumbent)Democratic League of Kosovo35,59533.7147,30351.41
Hajrulla ÇekuLevizja Vetëvendosje!35,07733.2144,71248.59
Uran IsmajliDemocratic Party of Kosovo29,20327.65
Bekë BerishaAlliance for the Future of Kosovo3,2983.12
Besa ShahiniSocial Democratic Party of Kosovo1,6521.56
Fatmir SelimiIndependent2560.24
Merkur BeqiriAlternativa1990.19
Agim KrasniqiPrishtina në dorën tende1810.17
Lulzim SylaIndependent770.07
Nedime Belegu (withdrew)Epoka e Hyjneshës në Prishtinë690.07
Total105,607100.0092,015100.00

Municipal Assembly

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Democratic League of Kosovo29,06329.10+1.8815+1
Democratic Party of Kosovo22,40922.44+4.7112+3
Vetëvendosje21,85321.88–11.6712–5
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo10,00610.02—0.695–1
Lidhja e Prishtinës7,4337.44New4New
Social Democratic Party of Kosovo2,6652.67+2.681+1
Nisma2,3032.31+1.331–
Guxo2,0662.07New1New
Turkish Democratic Party3770.38-0.390–
Alternativa4150.42New0New
Prishtina në dorën tende4030.40New0New
Forca e Re Kombëtare3770.38New0New
Epoka e Hyjneshës në Prishtinë350.04New0New
Independents4740.47New0New
Total99,879100.00–51–
Source: KQZ

References

  1. ^ "Most key municipalities in Kosovo are headed to runoffs, local election results show". AP News. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Former Allies Argue Over Prishtina Coalition Crisis". Prishtina Insight. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  3. ^ A,SH (15 July 2024). "The LDK reaches an agreement on a coalition with the AAK in Pristina". KOHA. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ "The municipality of Pristina fails to vote the budget again". Telegrafi. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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  8. ^ "The Cultural Heritage Inspectorate stops works on "George Bush" Square in Pristina". Telegrafi. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  9. ^ "The Cultural Heritage Inspectorate again calls for the ban on works at George Bush Square". Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  10. ^ "30 million projects, "an infringement on cultural heritage in Pristina"". KOHA.net. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Uran Ismaili zyrtarizon kandidaturën për kryetar të Prishtinës". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  12. ^ ""Koha për Prishtinën" – Uran Ismaili nis zyrtarisht garën për kryeqytetin". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Bekë Berisha, candidate for mayor of Pristina, Haradinaj: He is an intellectual, but he does not expose himself". Telegrafi. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  14. ^ I, Y.; GazetaBlic (14 December 2024). ""Leja Bekës"- Motoja e veçantë e fushatës së Bekës Berishës për zgjedhjet e 9 shkurtit!". GazetaBlic. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  15. ^ Express, Gazeta (11 June 2025). "Bekë Berisha gives details about his candidacy, the problems he will deal with: Traffic, security, landslides". Gazeta Express. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Besa Shahini from PSD announces candidacy for mayor of Pristina". Telegrafi. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Kush është Besa Shahini, kandidatja e vetme grua për Prishtinën dhe cilat janë tri synimet e saj?". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Nedime Belegu tërhiqet nga gara për kryetare të Prishtinës". Enigma.
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