Parties in the governing coalition led by Boyko Borisov lost seats and no party was able to form a coalition government within thee time limit, which triggered another election in July 2021.

(Prime Minister eventually selected November 2021, Kiril Petkov, from the Centrist PP Party, who is more in favour of accepting North Macedonia as an EU candidate than his predecessor, Boyko Borisov,  see 14th November 2021 for update).