Within hours of the CEC's announcement, Socialist leader Fatos Nano acknowledged his party's defeat and announced that he would step down as its leader, saying that he would take responsibility for the loss.
Nekoliko sati nakon što je CIK saopštio rezultate, lider socijalista Fatos Nano priznao je poraz svoje stranke i saopštio da podnosi ostavku na mesto njenog predsednika, ukazujući da će preuzeti odgovornost za poraz.