1997 Serbian presidential election

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1997 Serbian presidential election
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  Sept–Oct 1997 7 December 1997 (first round)
21 December 1997 (second round)
Sept–Oct 2002  
Turnout50.94% (Increase2.svg 1.99 pp)
  Milan Milutinovic 2005.png Stevan Kragujevic, Vojislav Seselj, Skupstina Srbije, devedestih.jpg
Candidate Milan Milutinović Vojislav Šešelj
Party SPS SRS
Popular vote2,181,8081,383,868
Percentage61.19%38.81%

President before election

Dragan Tomić (acting)
SPS

Elected President

Milan Milutinović
SPS

Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 7 December 1997, following the annulment of the results of the September–October elections due to low voter turnout. [1] As no candidate won over 50% of the popular vote in the first round, a runoff was scheduled for 21 December. The result was a victory for Milan Milutinović of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who defeated Vojislav Šešelj in the second round.

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan Milutinović Left Coalition (SPSJULND)1,665,82244.622,181,80861.19
Vojislav Šešelj Serbian Radical Party 1,227,07632.871,383,86838.81
Vuk Drašković Serbian Renewal Movement 587,77615.74
Vuk Obradović Social Democracy 115,8503.10
Dragoljub Mićunović Democratic Centre 86,5832.32
Miodrag Vidojković Independent29,1800.78
Predrag Vuletić Liberal Democratic Party 21,3530.57
Total3,733,640100.003,565,676100.00
Valid votes3,733,64097.983,565,67696.87
Invalid/blank votes76,9112.02115,3193.13
Total votes3,810,551100.003,680,995100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,226,94752.737,225,86050.94
Source: RIK

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