Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's leftwing party has won most seats in the weekend parliamentary election but was left without a majority in the house, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government.

The opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo was second with 21.8 per cent and the Democratic League of Kosovo party had 17.8 per cent. “Preliminary results show one true, exact and clear thing, and this is that the Vetevendosje movement has won the elections of February 9th, 2025,” Mr Kurti told supporters in the capital Pristina.

Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party is on track to come first in Sunday's parliamentary election, but it fell short of an outright majority needed to rule without coalition partners, preliminary results showed on Monday.