After his party won the October 2004 elections again, he was elected to a second term as president in December that year and redoubled his call for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.
Nakon što je njegova stranka na izborima u listopadu 2004. godine ponovno odnijela pobjedu, Rugova je u prosincu iste godine dobio drugi predsjednički mandat i udvostručio svoje pozive na neovisnost Kosova od Srbije.