Kosovo election exit polls show incumbent PM Albin Kurti's party in the lead

Voting in Kosovo's parliamentary elections closed with Albin Kurti's LVV leading, but it might fall short of a majority.

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00:00Exit polls show Kosovo's ruling party is on track to win the largest number of votes in

00:07Sunday's parliamentary election, but fall short of a majority of seats.

00:12The Democratic Party of Kosovo follows, which the founder Hashim Tashi is facing an international

00:19criminal tribunal at the Hague accused of war crimes.

00:23The parliamentary election is considered a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti and

00:28his left-wing self-determination movement party, whilst the Democratic League of Kosovo

00:34is in third position.

00:36This is the first time since independence in 2008 that Kosovo's parliament has completed

00:41a full four-year mandate.

00:43The election took place on the backdrop of a deepening economic crisis and ethnic tensions.

00:50The vote will determine who will lead the Kosovo side in negotiations on normalizing

00:55ties with Serbia, which stalled again last year.

00:58Voters cast their ballots to elect 120 lawmakers from nearly 600 candidates and 27 political

01:06groupings.

01:07Twenty seats are reserved for minorities regardless of election results.