North Macedonia presidential election heads to runoff

North Macedonia will enter into a presidential runoff, after no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday's first round of balloting. Right-wing candidate GordanaDavkova, claimed a comprehensive victory in the first round, securing almost 40% of the votes according to the state electoral commission.

Gordana is backed by the main opposition center-right party VMRO-DPMNE. Current President Stevo of the ruling center-left Social Democrats, only managed to claim close to 20 percent of the votes, and the second round is scheduled for 8th May.