Kosovo’s governing party wins parliamentary election but without majority, preliminary results show [Video]

By Llazar Semini The Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results showed that Prime Minister Albin Kurti ’s party won Kosovo’s parliamentary election Sunday but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe’s poorest countries is in question.

With 73% of the votes counted, Kurti’s leftist Self-Determination Movement Party, or Vetevendosje!, won 41.99% which doesn’t give it the majority needed to govern alone, leaving open the possibility the other three contenders could join ranks if he fails to form a Cabinet.