(ANSA-AFP) - PRISTINA, FEB 10 - Prime Minister Albin Kurti's
ruling party was on track to secure the most seats in Kosovo's
parliamentary polls, the election commission said Monday, but
would lack the numbers to form a majority government. Sunday's
contest largely pitted Kurti's quest to stamp out Serbian
influence on Kosovo's soil during his time as premier against
the opposition's vow to boost the economy in one of the poorest
pockets of Europe. Without a party winning a clear majority in
the 120-seat parliament, Kosovo was likely headed for days if
not weeks of coalition talks and political horse trading before
a government could form. Twenty seats in the legislature are
reserved for minority parties, including 10 for Kosovo's ethnic
Serbs. Kurti's Vetevendosje ("Self-Determination") party (VV)
was on course to win roughly 41 percent of the vote with around
90 percent of the ballots counted, according to commission's
data. The right-wing Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) trailed in
second with 22 percent of the votes, followed by the Democratic
League of Kosovo (LDK) with 17 percent. (ANSA-AFP).
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