[3] In August 2013, members of the "Interim Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija" voted on a statement that said the election would violate Serbian law.
Right before the election day, on Saturday night, a group of people attacked and severely injured the G.I.Srpska candidate for northern Mitrovica Krstimir Pantić in front of his house in Koloshin street; he was taken to hospital.
[8][9][10] On election day, there were incidents and clashes with police, after extremists raided several polling stations and spoiled votes.
[17] Following Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj declarations that "the mayors in the north should be of Serbian ethnicity",[18][19] the Albanian opposition accused the government and DPK for having intentionally facilitated the defeat of Albanian candidates for the sake of stimulating the Serbian citizens in the north, despite their low voter turnout.
[27] The Central Election Commission reordered re-voting in three polls to be held in December 15, 2013, before finalizing the results for this municipality.
[28] Other controversies sprang in Prishtina, where a video of Isa Mustafa's son trying to buy votes were registered and distributed to the media from a VV!
Sami Cacaj of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo became acting mayor pending the 2017 Kosovan local elections.
[44] In addition to being elected mayor of Leposavić in the Republic of Kosovo's electoral system, Dragan Jablanović was also recognized by Serbia as the leader of a parallel provisional authority.
He was removed as leader of the provisional authority the following year at his own request, amid the backdrop of serious divisions in the Serb List, and was replaced by Zoran Tomić.