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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Macedonia in two phases during April 2004. The elections were necessitated by the death in an air crash in February of President Boris Trajkovski.

In the first round, held on April 14, 2004, Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democratic Union led the poll but failed to secure an absolute majority.

Because no candidate received an absolute majority, on April 28 a second round was held between Crvenkovski and the Christian Democratic candidate Saško Kedev. Crvenkovski was victorious in this run-off, with just over 60% of the vote compared to Kedev's just less than 40%. Turnout was 53.84% – a factor of relevance because, under the Republic of Macedonia's Constitution, a turnout of less than 50% would have invalidated the election.

In the immediate aftermath, Kedev alleged massive electoral fraud.

[edit] Results

e • d Summary of the 14 and 28 April 2004 Republic of Macedonia presidential **election results**
Candidates and nominating parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Branko Crvenkovski - Social Democratic Union of Macedonia	385,300	42.5	553,522	60.6
Saško Kedev - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	309,131	34.1	329,271	39.4
Gzim Ostreni - Democratic Union for Integration	134,048	14.8	-	-
Zidi Xhelili - Democratic Party of Albanians	78,269	8.6	-	-
Total (turnout %)	906,748		912,605
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive

[edit] External links

Official website about the 2004 presidential election in the Republic of Macedonia