2021 Pristina municipal election
mayoral and local municipal election of Prishtina 2021
Municipal elections to elect the mayor and Municipal Assembly were held in Pristina on 17 October 2021, with a second round of the mayoral election on 14 November. The elections came just nine months after parliamentary elections which saw Vetëvendosje win by a landslide. Përparim Rama of the Democratic League of Kosovo won the mayoral election, narrowly defeating Vetëvendosje's Arben Vitia, the Minister of Health. by around 1,600 votes.
Background
Ever since the end of the war, Pristina had been the largest voting base for the LDK party. However, in 2013 Shpend Ahmeti of Vetvendosje won the Mayoral election defeating the then-leader of LDK Isa Mustafa. In 2017 Ahmeti would win reelections. In 2018 12 out of 32 Vetvedosje's members of parliament defected to the protest party Social Democratic Party including the Mayor of Kamenica Qendron Kastrati and the Mayor of Prishtina Shpend Ahmeti. Ahmeti would also serve as leader of PSD from 2018 until 2019 when the party failed to win any seats in the legislative election.
Electoral System
The Mayor and the members of the Assembly will be elected by open-list proportional representation.
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