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The candidate of the largest opposition party, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE, clearly won the first round of the presidential election in North Macedonia. The 70-year-old law professor received 39.8% of the vote after 80% of the polling stations had been counted, the state election commission said late on Wednesday in Skopje. Incumbent Stevo Pendarovski, 61, who is supported by the ruling Social Democrats (SDMS), was clearly behind Siljanovska-Davkova with 19.4% of the vote. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani appeared set to come third with 14.3% of the vote. He belongs …

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