2006 Serbian local elections

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A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2006 for mayors, assembly members, or both. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the term of the municipal assembly had expired.

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Serbia had introduced the direct election of mayors in 2002. This practice was abandoned with the 2008 Serbian local elections, but it was still in effect in 2006, and some mayor by-elections took place during the year. The constituent municipalities of Belgrade did not have directly elected mayors, and in these jurisdictions mayors were chosen by the elected assembly members. [1]

All assembly elections were held under proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold. Successful lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes, not only of valid votes.

Results

Belgrade

Barajevo

An election for the Barajevo municipal assembly was held on 1 October 2006, with repeat voting in some polls on 8 October.

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic PartyBoris Tadić 2,77824.329
Democratic Party of Serbia–Dr. Vojislav Koštunica 2,42121.208
Serbian Radical PartyTomislav Nikolić 1,74115.245
Socialist Party of Serbia 1,19810.494
New Serbia–Mr. Velimir Ilić 1,19510.464
Strength of Serbia MovementBogoljub Karić–Dr. Igor Elez3813.341
Serbian Democratic Renewal MovementVojislav MihailovićVeroljub Stevanović 3643.191
G17 PlusMlađan Dinkić 3543.101
Movement for Barajevo–Vladeta Vićentijević2422.12
"PUPS"–Nebojša Brkić1921.68
Citizens' Group: Zdravko Ilić1821.59
Liberal Democratic PartyČeda Jovanović 1201.05
Citizens' Group: Milan Gvozdić770.67
Serbian Renewal Movement–Ivan Petković670.59
Democratic Orthodox Party–Dr. Mihailo Petković650.57
Citizens' Group: Petar Tešić300.26
Citizens' Group: Slaviša Stanković–Settlement "Gaj"–Step to the City150.13
Total11,422100.0033
Source: [2]

Incumbent mayor Rade Stevanović of the Democratic Party of Serbia was selected for another term in office on 8 December 2006. [3] He was dismissed from office on 12 February 2007 but was reinstated nine days later. [4] Branislav Đurić of the Radical Party appears to have been acting mayor during the brief time Stevanović was out of office.

Stevanović was again dismissed on 30 April 2007. [5] Igor Jevtić of New Serbia was initially dismissed as deputy mayor at the same time; however, his dismissal was overturned on 15 May and he appears to have served as acting mayor prior to the appointment of Branka Savić of the Democratic Party on 25 June. [6] [7]

Vojvodina

Bečej

Former Bečej mayor Đorđe Predin had been defeated in a 2005 recall election, and a by-election to replace him was held over two rounds on 5 and 19 February 2006. Peter Knezi, who had served as deputy mayor, may have been acting mayor during the election period.

2006 Municipality of Bečej local by-election: Mayor of Bečej
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Dušan Jovanović Democratic Party of Serbia 2,57117.059,14765.45
Dragan Živkov Džaja Serbian Radical Party 2,65817.634,82934.55
Peter Knezi Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 2,41716.03
Živan Gavrilović Socialist Party of Serbia 1,74311.56
Zoran Subotički G17 Plus 1,74111.55
Gordana Kovačev Democratic Party 1,54410.24
Šandor Reperger Strength of Serbia MovementBogoljub Karić 9086.02
Slobodan Borojević BataCitizens' Group6294.17
Sándor Páll Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians 5843.87
Laslo Friš Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians 2821.87
Total15,077100.0013,976100.00
Valid votes15,07798.9113,97698.05
Invalid/blank votes1661.092781.95
Total votes15,243100.0014,254100.00
Registered voters/turnout34,36544.3634,33441.52
Source: [8]

Beočin

Beočin mayor Zoran Tesić won a recall election on 3 December 2006. The preliminary results of the election were:

ChoiceVotes %
No on recall2,73153.93
Yes on recall2,33346.07
Total valid votes5,064100
Source: [9]

Kovin

A new municipal assembly election was held in Kovin on 4 June 2006, and a mayoral by-election was held in two rounds on 25 June and 9 July.

2006 Municipality of Kovin local by-election: Mayor of Kovin
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Sava Krstić Democratic Party of Serbia, Dr. Vojislav KoštunicaNew Serbia, Mr. Velimir Ilić 2,3425,32651.98
Stevan Kolarević Citizens' Group: Democratic Blok (Democratic Party, G17 Plus, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Serbian Renewal Movement, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Vojvodina, Vojvodina's Party, Reformists of Vojvodina)2,6724,92148.02
Blagoje BogdanovićThe Socialists (SPS and SNS)
Dragan MićovićCitizens' Group: For Justice and Equality
Tatjana Radenković Jakšić Serbian Radical Party
Jezdimir RankovićCitizens' Group: Reformists
Gordana Zorić Strength of Serbia MovementBogoljub Karić
Total10,247100.00
Valid votes10,24797.84
Invalid/blank votes2262.16
Total votes10,473100.00
Registered voters/turnout30,00730,00734.90
Source: [10]

Krstić was elected in the second round with the support of 17.45% of eligible voters, as against 16.41% for Kolarević. [11]

Kula

Kula mayor Tihomir Đuričić was defeated in a recall election on 7 May 2006. [12] A by-election to select a new mayor was held over two rounds on 25 June and 9 July 2006.

2006 Municipality of Kula local by-election: Mayor of Kula
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Svetozar Bukvić Democratic Party 38.4653.55
Tihomir Đuričić Serbian Radical Party 32.7846.45
Smiljana Vukelić Socialist Party of Serbia
Hercen RadonjićGreen Party (Stranka Zelenih)
Stanko Studen Citizens' Group: Patriotic Alliance of Kula
Total
Source: [13]

Novi Bečej

Novi Bečej mayor Aca T. Ðukičin was defeated in a recall election on 9 April 2006.

ChoiceVotes %
Yes on recall3,16456.68
No on recall2,41843.32
Total valid votes5,582100
Source: [14]

A by-election to select a new mayor was held over two rounds on 4 and 18 June 2006.

2006 Municipality of Novi Bečej local by-election: Mayor of Novi Bečej
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milivoj Vrebalov Miša Liberal Democratic Party 1,69620.764,13650.89
Saša Maksimović Serbian Radical Party 2,01324.643,99249.11
Radoslav Čokić Democratic Party of Serbia 1,20314.72
Aca T. Ðukičin Democratic Party 1,02112.50
Zoran TrifunacCitizens' Group: Zoran Trifunac and Citizens7939.71
Branimir Lisičin Socialist Party of Serbia 5987.32
Petar KerkezCitizens' Group: Da Pobedimo Prošlost5586.83
Momir Mandić Moma Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 2883.53
Total8,170100.008,128100.00
Valid votes8,17098.54
Invalid/blank votes1211.46
Total votes8,291100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,78639.89
Source: [15]

Odžaci

Odžaci mayor Milan Ćuk won a recall election on 3 December 2006. [16]

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Despotovac

Elections were held in Despotovac on 1 October 2006 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly. [17] [18] The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 15 October 2006. [19] [20]

2006 Municipality of Despotovac local by-election: Mayor of Despotovac
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Gradimir Malešević Democratic Party of SerbiaNew SerbiaUnited Serbia 5,57642.625,52552.48
Radivoje Milanović Democratic PartyLiberals of Serbia 4,05030.965,00347.52
Slobodan Stojanović Serbian Radical Party
Momir Anđelković Socialist Party of Serbia
Total10,528100.00
Source: [21]

Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Despotovac:

PartySeats
Democratic Party of SerbiaNew SerbiaUnited Serbia 14
Democratic PartyLiberals of Serbia 13
Serbian Radical Party 7
G17 Plus 5
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 3
Socialist Party of Serbia 2
Liberal Democratic Party 1
Total45
Source: [22] Only parties or alliances that won seats are listed.

Doljevac

Elections were held in Doljevac on 1 October 2006 to elect members of the municipal assembly. [23] The results do not appear to be available online. Goran Ljubić's status as mayor was not affected, and the next local assembly elections took place as part of the regular cycle in 2008.

Ražanj

Ražanj mayor Životije Popović was defeated in a recall election on 30 April 2006.

ChoiceVotes %
Yes on recall2,34855.65
No on recall1,87144.35
Total valid votes4,219100
Source: [24]

New assembly elections had originally been scheduled for later in the year, as the previous elections had been held in 2002. Following Popović's defeat in the recall vote, the assembly elections were brought forward by a few months to coincide with the new mayoral election. Both elections took place on 25 June 2006. [25] The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 9 July 2006.

2006 Municipality of Ražanj local by-election: Mayor of Ražanj
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Dobrica Stojković Democratic Party of SerbiaNew SerbiaUnited Serbia 46.703,42565.76
Rodoljub Mitić Democratic Party 26.241,78334.24
other candidates
Total5,208100.00
Source: [26]

Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ražanj:

PartySeats
Democratic Party of SerbiaNew SerbiaUnited Serbia 11
Democratic Party 7
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 3
Socialist Party of Serbia 2
G17 Plus 2
Serbian Radical Party 2
Serbian Renewal Movement 1
Strength of Serbia Movement 1
Liberal Democratic Party 1
Citizens' Group: Verislav Velisavljević "Verče"1
Total31
Source: [27] Only parties or alliances that won seats are listed.

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