Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 14 April 2004, with a second round on 28 April.[1] They followed the death in an air crash in February of incumbent President Boris Trajkovski.

2004 Macedonian presidential election

← 1999 14 April 2004 (first round)
28 April 2004 (second round)
2009 →
Turnout55.18% (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

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Branko CrvenkovskiSocial Democratic Union385,34742.47550,31762.57
Saško KedevVMRO-DPMNE309,13234.07329,17937.43
Gëzim OstreniDemocratic Union for Integration134,20814.79
Zidi XheliliDemocratic Party of Albanians78,7148.67
Total907,401100.00879,496100.00
Valid votes907,40197.01879,49696.72
Invalid/blank votes27,9712.9929,7933.28
Total votes935,372100.00909,289100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,695,10355.181,695,10353.64
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1278 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7