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Serbs vote at a polling station in their isolated village of Priluzja in Kosovo January 20, 2008. Serbs voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could decide future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Serbs vote at a polling station in their isolated village of Priluzja in Kosovo January 20, 2008. Serbs voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could decide future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province.

Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

BELGRADE | Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:16pm EST

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hardliner Tomislav Nikolic won the first round of Serbia's presidential vote on Sunday, setting up a second-round contest that will shape Serbian ties with the West after the expected loss of Kosovo.

Results from the state election commission showed Nikolic at 39.6 percent of the vote, while pro-Western President Boris Tadic took 35.5 percent. The decisive run-off is on Feb 3.

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