2004 Macedonian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 14 April 2004, with a second round on 28 April. They followed the death in an air crash in February of incumbent President Boris Trajkovski.

2004 Macedonian presidential election

14 April 2004 (first round) 28 April 2004 (second round)
Turnout	55.18% (first round) 53.64% (second round)
Nominee Branko Crvenkovski Saško Kedev Party SDSM VMRO-DPMNE Popular vote 550,317 329,179 Percentage 62.57% 37.43%
President before election Ljupčo Jordanovski (acting) SDSM Elected President Branko Crvenkovski SDSM

Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democratic Union won the first round. As he failed to cross the 50% threshold, a second round was held in which he defeated Saško Kedev of Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In the immediate aftermath, Kedev alleged massive electoral fraud.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Branko Crvenkovski	Social Democratic Union	385,347	42.47	550,317	62.57
	Saško Kedev	VMRO-DPMNE	309,132	34.07	329,179	37.43
	Gëzim Ostreni	Democratic Union for Integration	134,208	14.79
	Zidi Xhelili	Democratic Party of Albanians	78,714	8.67
Total			907,401	100.00	879,496	100.00
Valid votes			907,401	97.01	879,496	96.72
Invalid/blank votes			27,971	2.99	29,793	3.28
Total votes			935,372	100.00	909,289	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,695,103	55.18	1,695,103	53.64
Source: Nohlen & Stöver