Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s leftwing party has won most seats in the weekend parliamentary election but was left without a majority in the house, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government.

Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party is on track to come first in Sunday's parliamentary election, but it fell short of an outright majority needed to rule without coalition partners, preliminary results showed on Monday.

Vetevendosje won 41.3% of votes with 88% of ballots counted, down from more than 50% in the 2021 poll that brought a Vetevendosje-led coalition to power, results from the election commission showed. The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo was second with 21.8% and the Democratic League of Kosovo party had 17.8%.

Preliminary results show that Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party won Kosovo’s parliamentary election but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia rem

Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party is on track to come first in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but it will need to negotiate a coalition with other parties to form a government, exit polls and party vote count showed.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s left-wing party has won the most seats in the parliamentary election, but was left without a majority, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government, preliminary results show.