(MENAFN -
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The initial results of parliamentary
elections in Kosovo revealed the Democratic Party of Kosovo, led by
Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, as making headway.
Thaci's party has
a 31 percent lead in votes and is edging Isa Mustafa's Democratic
League of Kosovo, with 28 percent, the country's electoral commission
revealed on local TV.
The Serbian list, which represents ethnic
Serbs who make up under 10 percent of Kosovo's 1.8 million population,
are currently third and got nine percent, added the report.
Some
1,235 candidates representing 30 parties are vying for 120 seats at the
parliament - some 20 of which are ensured for minorities under the
constitution.
These minorities include Serbs - who are ensured 10
seats - along with Bosniacs, Turks, Romans and Egyptians - who are
distributed amongst another 10 seats.