Kosovo: Serb List wins in 9 out of 10 Serb municipalities

Kosovo: Serb List wins in 9 out of 10 Serb municipalities

"There will be a runoff, but in four years," said Rakic.

Serb List representatives told RTV Pink that Rakic won 80 percent of votes in northern Kosovska Mitrovica, while this political grouping also won in all ten municipalities in Kosovo with a Serb majority, said the website KoSSev.

Beta reported later on Monday that according to the Central Electoral Commission's preliminary results, the Serb List had won in nine out of then Serb municipalities, while the second round in the mayoral race will be held in one, Klokot.

In Albanian majority municipalities, former Kosovo PM Isa Mustafa's LDK received the most votes, followed by the ruling DPK and the opposition Self-Determination, the Pristina-based Albanian language daily Zeri is reporting.

Serb List celebrated victory with champagne and music last night in Kosovska Mitrovica, and President Aleksandar Vucic called in to congratulate.

Speaking to the Serb List campaign headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica via the phone of Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Vucic said he wished to send greetings to everyone and congratulate them on "a huge success."

"Our people in Kosovo and Metohija have shown once again they know to fight for their own survival, but also for their country, Serbia, that they know how to do this when it's the hardest, when they are under pressure both from the outside and in every possible way," he said, adding that he also congratulated "all those others in all ten municipalities."

The president said that "those who wanted to divide us and defeat us did not succeed."

"We've won once again," he stressed, and said it was "now important to continue to work in the interest of our people, for our people to see the benefit from today's victory."

"I am rejoicing tonight, you can tell by my voice, perhaps equally, perhaps more than each of you. Some, it seems to me - I'm not sure if they understand the importance of this victory. Many were trying to undermine the Serb List after the parliamentary election. The united Serb approach and a united Serb List have shown once again that they cannot be beaten easily," said Vucic.