EU Election Observation Mission headed by Chief Observer Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, center, address media during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. More than 100 EU election observers monitored Kosovo's Sunday snap vote when opposition parties won to overcome the former independence fighters who have governed the country since its war 20 years ago, considering the vote as "well-administered and transparent." (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - European Union observers say they consider Kosovo's Sunday election to have been "well-administered and transparent."
The left-wing Movement for Self-Determination, or Vetevendosje, won the election, overcoming the former independence fighters who governed post-war Kosovo.
But the party did not garner enough votes to rule on its own and has asked the ex-opposition Democratic League of Kosovo to form a coalition.
A team of 108 EU observers monitored the election countrywide and said in a preliminary report Tuesday that the voting as "orderly."
They added, however that "the electoral process for Kosovo Serbs fell short of ... international standards" due to intimidation of smaller ethnic Serb parties by the main Srpska List party, supported by Serbia's government.
Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia is not recognized by Belgrade.
Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission Viola von Cramon-Taubadel speaks during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. More than 100 EU election observers monitored Kosovo's Sunday snap vote when opposition parties won to overcome the former independence fighters who have governed the country since its war 20 years ago, considering the vote as "well-administered and transparent." (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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EU Election Observation Mission headed by Chief Observer Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, center, address media during a press conference in Kosovo capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. More than 100 EU election observers monitored Kosovo's Sunday snap vote when opposition parties won to overcome the former independence fighters who have governed the country since its war 20 years ago, considering the vote as "well-administered and transparent." (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Albin Kurti, leader of the Self-Determination movement (Vetevendosje), arrives to address a celebrating crowd in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, early Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Two Kosovo opposition parties emerged as the top-vote getters in Sunday's snap election of a new parliament held amid calls for leaders to resume dialogue with Serbia over normalizing ties. Self-Determination supporters took to the streets to celebrate. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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An employee walks past ballot boxes at Central Election Committee counting center in Fushe Kosove, Kosovo on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Kosovo's opposition parties have won a snap election, overcoming the former independence fighters who have governed the country since its war 20 years ago. With 96% of the votes counted Monday the left-wing Movement for Self-Determination Party, or LVV, has 26% of the votes, one percentage point more than the conservative Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, also formerly in opposition. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Workers carry ballot boxes at Central Election Committee counting center in Fushe Kosove, Kosovo on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Kosovo's opposition parties have won a snap election, overcoming the former independence fighters who have governed the country since its war 20 years ago. With 96% of the votes counted Monday the left-wing Movement for Self-Determination Party, or LVV, has 26% of the votes, one percentage point more than the conservative Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, also formerly in opposition. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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