2019 Kosovan local elections

Local mayoral by-elections were held in the Kosovo municipalities of Leposavić, North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, and Zvečan on 17 May 2019.

All four municipalities are predominantly Kosovo Serb communities in the northern part of Kosovo, on the border with Central Serbia. The incumbents mayors of each community had resigned in November 2018 in protest against the Government of Kosovo's imposition of a one hundred per cent tax on goods from Serbia."Градоначелници са севера КиМ ступили на дужност", Politika, 19 June 2019, accessed 12 January 2022. Both the Government of Serbia and the Serb List called for a high turnout from the Serb community."Кандидати Српске листе: Очекујемо одзив Срба већи него икад", Dnevnik, 13 May 2019, accessed 12 January 2022.

Results The outcome of the elections was never in doubt, and the Serb List won without difficulty in all four communities.ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE 2019 Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve, accessed 17 January 2022.

Leposavić

North Mitrovica

Zubin Potok

Zvečan

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