2017 Macedonian local elections
October 15, 2017 (first round)
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80 municipalities and Skopje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local elections were held on October 15 and 29, 2017, in the Republic of Macedonia to elect mayors and members of municipality councils of the 80 municipalities in Macedonia. These were the sixth local elections since the independence of Macedonia.
The local elections were held as scheduled, on October 15, 2017. Only 45 municipalities elected a mayor in the first round, and 35 had to vote again on October 29. Before both of the first two rounds, voting was held a day early (October 14 and 28) for hospitalized and disadvantaged persons, and those in home detention or prison. A re-vote was held on November 12 in the municipality of Čair only.