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 oktobru 2004. godine ponovo odnela pobedu, Rugova je u decembru iste godine dobio drugi predsednički mandat i udvostručio svoje pozive za nezavisnost Kosova od Srbije.