Presidential Vote Likely to Go to Second Round
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Macedonia’s prime minister garnered the most votes in his country’s presidential election but did not take the 50% necessary to avoid a runoff in two weeks, unofficial party results showed.
The runoff’s winner will replace Boris Trajkovski, who died in a plane crash in February.
According to political party vote tallies -- proven reliable in the past -- Premier Branko Crvenkovski had 47%. Sasko Kedev of the opposition VMRO party was next with 38%. Official results were expected today.
All the candidates steered clear of exploiting the troubles between the ethnic Albanian minority and the Macedonian majority that led to months of fighting in 2001.
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