title: 2004 Macedonian presidential election
text: # 2004 Macedonian presidential election
  
  Presidential elections were held in Macedonia on 14 April 2004, with a second round on 28 April. They followed the death in an air crash in February of incumbent President Boris Trajkovski.
  
  Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski of the Social Democratic Union won the first round. As he failed to cross the 50% threshold, a second round was held in which he defeated Saško Kedev of Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity. In the immediate aftermath, Kedev alleged massive electoral fraud.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Branko Crvenkovski | Social Democratic Union | 385,347 | 42.47 | 550,317 | 62.57 |
  | | Saško Kedev | VMRO-DPMNE | 309,132 | 34.07 | 329,179 | 37.43 |
  | | Gëzim Ostreni | Democratic Union for Integration | 134,208 | 14.79 | | |
  | | Zidi Xhelili | Democratic Party of Albanians | 78,714 | 8.67 | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | 907,401 | 100.00 | 879,496 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 907,401 | 97.01 | 879,496 | 96.72 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 27,971 | 2.99 | 29,793 | 3.28 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 935,372 | 100.00 | 909,289 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,695,103 | 55.18 | 1,695,103 | 53.64 |
  | Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||||
  