Nikollë Perkaj

Nikollë Perkaj (fl. 2024 - died 21 September 2025) was a Kosovar politician and chairman of the Albanian Democratic National Front, who ran as a candidate for mayor of Gjakova in the 2025 local elections. He died during the election campaign, leading several political parties to suspend campaign activities in Gjakova in his honor.

Nikollë Perkaj was a Kosovar politician active in 2024 and 2025 as the founder and leader of the Albanian Democratic National Front Party (Partia Balli Kombëtar Demokrat Shqiptar), a small nationalist and conservative political party registered in Kosovo in February 2024. He served as the party's first chairman during its formative period and led its organizational development and participation in Kosovo's political landscape. The party positioned itself on national-conservative principles.^[1]

Perkaj was also a candidate in the 2025 local elections, running for mayor of Gjakova under the banner of the Albanian Democratic National Front Party.^[2]

Nikollë Perkaj had a sudden death on 21 September 2025 during the campaign for the Gjakova mayoral election. Following his death, the Democratic Party of Kosovo and other political groups canceled scheduled campaign events in Gjakova as a signof respect. Because Perkaj died shortly before the election, it was too late to remove his name from the official ballot. As a result, voters who supported him still cast their votes for him. According to reports, these votes were legally counted, even though he had passed away.^[3]