2007 Serbian parliamentary election

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2007 Serbian parliamentary election
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg
  2003 21 January 2007 2008  

All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.61% Increase2.svg 1.87 pp
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
SRS Tomislav Nikolić 29.0781−1
DS Boris Tadić 23.0864+38
DSSNS Vojislav Koštunica 16.8347−15
G17+ Mlađan Dinkić 6.9319−12
SPS Ivica Dačić 5.7416−6
LDPGSSSDULSV Čedomir Jovanović 5.4015+8
Minority lists
VMSZ József Kasza 1.323+3
LZS Sulejman Ugljanin 0.8520
URS Rajko Đurić 0.431New
KSLP Riza Halimi 0.431New
RP Srđan Šajn 0.371New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of 2007 Serbian parliamentary election by municipalities.png
Results by municipalities
  SRS   DS   DSSNS   G17+   SPO   VMSZ   LZS
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Vojislav Koštunica
DSS
Vojislav Koštunica
DSS

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of DS; DSS & G17+ to continue.

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Electoral system

The d'Hondt method was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their allotted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.

Parties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanian parties from the Preševo Valley participated in the elections, but Kosovo Albanian parties continued their boycott of Serbian elections.

6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote, an increase of 14,000 voters when compared to the constitutional referendum held a few months before. 31,370 of the eligible voters were living abroad, and 7,082 were in prison. [3]

Electoral lists

Twenty party lists registered with the electoral commission before the deadline of 5 January 2007: [4]

#Ballot nameBallot carrierMain ideologyPolitical positionNote
1
Ružica Đinđić Social liberalism Centre to centre-left
2
  • G17 Plus – Mlađan Dinkić
  • G17+
Mlađan Dinkić Liberal conservatism Centre-right
3
  • Liberal Democratic Party – Civic Alliance of Serbia – Social Democratic Union – League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina – Čedomir Jovanović
  • LDP, GSS, SDU, LSV, DHSS
Čedomir Jovanović Liberalism Centre
4
  • Serbian Radical Party – dr Vojislav Šešelj
  • SRS
Vojislav Šešelj Ultranationalism Far-right
5
  • Democratic Party of Serbia – New Serbia – dr Vojislav Koštunica
  • DSS, NS, JS, SDPO
Vojislav Koštunica Conservatism Right-wing
6
Milanka Karić Conservatism Centre-right
7
  • Serbian Renewal Movement – Vuk Drašković
  • SPO, LS, NSS, ŽZK, SLPS
Vuk Drašković Liberalism Centre-right
8
  • Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – József Kasza
  • VMSZ/SVM
József Kasza Minority politics Centre-right
M
9
  • Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) – dr Jovan Krkobabić and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – dr Nebojša Čović
  • PUPS, SDP, SNP
Jovan Krkobabić Social democracy Centre-left
10
Sulejman Ugljanin Minority politics Centre
M
11
  • Socialist Party of Serbia
  • SPS
Ivica Dačić Democratic socialism Left-wing
12
  • Branko Pavlović – Because it has to be better
  • ZŠMB
Branko Pavlović Youth politics Centre
13
Dušica Karabenč Vojvodina autonomism Left-wing
14
  • Roma Union of Serbia – dr Rajko Đurić
  • URS, VDS
Rajko Đurić Minority politics Centre
M
15
  • Reformist Party – dr Aleksandar Višnjić
  • RS
Aleksandar Višnjić Reformism Centre
16
  • Democratic Community of Serbia – dr Obren Joksimović
  • DZS, PI
Obren Joksimović Right-wing populism Far-right
17
Riza Halimi Minority politics Centre-right
M
18
Vuk Obradović Social democracy Centre-left
19
Gyula László Minority politics
M
20
  • Roma Party – Srđan Šajn
  • RP
Srđan Šajn Minority politics
M

Campaign

Slogans

The parties' campaign slogans for the 2007 election:

 Party English slogan Serbian slogan
   Democratic PartyBecause life can't waitZato što život ne može da čeka
Зато што живот не може да чека
   G17 PlusExpertise before politicsStručnost ispred politike
Стручност испред политике
   Liberal-Democratic Party-Civic Alliance of Serbia-Social Democratic Union-League of Social Democrats of VojvodinaIt depends on usOd nas zavisi
Од нас зависи
   Serbian Radical PartySo that things become better already todayDa već danas bude bolje
Да већ данас буде боље
   Democratic Party of Serbia / New SerbiaLong live SerbiaŽivela Srbija
Живела Србија
   Strength of Serbia MovementSerbia has strengthSrbija ima snage
Србија има снаге
   Serbian Renewal MovementIt's worth fighting forVredi se boriti
Вреди се борити
   Socialist Party of SerbiaSerbia, Chin UpSrbijo, glavu gore
Србијо, главу горе
   Alliance of Vojvodina HungariansNew chanceNova šansa
Új esély (*)
   List for SandžakFor Sandžak in European SerbiaZa Sandžak u evropskoj Srbiji
За Санџак у европској Србији
   Albanian Coalition from Preševo ValleyFor better life of Albanians in Preševo Valley Za bolji život Albanaca u Preševskoj dolini
За бољи живот Албанаца у Прешевској долини

The change figure for the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia list is in comparison to the 2003 result for the Democratic Party of Serbia; New Serbia was aligned to the Serbian Renewal Movement in 2003. The grouping headed by the Liberal Democratic Party is new: the Liberal Democratic Party split off from the Democratic Party in 2005; Civic Alliance of Serbia and the Social Democratic Union were part of the Democratic Party list in 2003; and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina were in a list with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians in 2003. The Coalition List for Sandžak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.

Results

The Republican Electoral Commission finally published the final results after the repetition of voting in several places:

Serbian Parliament 2007.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Serbian Radical Party 1,153,45329.0781–1
Democratic Party coalition [lower-alpha 1] 915,85423.0864+41
Democratic Party of SerbiaNew Serbia coalition [lower-alpha 2] 667,61516.8347–10
G17 Plus 275,0416.9319–12
Socialist Party of Serbia 227,5805.7416–6
Liberal Democratic Party coalition [lower-alpha 3] 214,2625.4015+8
Serbian Renewal Movement coalition134,1473.380–13
PUPSSDP 125,3423.160–3
Strength of Serbia Movement 70,7271.780New
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 52,5101.323+3
List for Sandžak [lower-alpha 4] 33,8230.8520
Roma Union of Serbia 17,1280.431New
Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley [lower-alpha 5] 16,9730.431New
Branko Pavlović — Because it has to be better15,7220.400New
Roma Party 14,6310.371New
Hungarian Union Coalition 12,9400.330New
Vojvodina Parties 7,3590.190New
Democratic Community of Serbia 5,4380.140New
Social Democracy 4,9090.1200
Reformist Party 1,8810.050New
Total3,967,335100.002500
Valid votes3,967,33598.38
Invalid/blank votes65,4681.62
Total votes4,032,803100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,653,85160.61
Source: Republican Electoral Commission

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