December 1992 Serbian local elections

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Local elections were held in cities and municipalities across Serbia on 20 December 1992, with a second round of voting taking place on 3 January 1993. The local elections were held concurrently with parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia, presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, and elections for the Vojvodina provincial assembly.

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The elections were held under a two-round system of voting in single-member constituencies. The elections resulted in a victory for the Socialist Party of Serbia in most jurisdictions, including the capital Belgrade.

This was the second local election cycle to take place while Serbia was a member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and it occurred against the backdrop of ongoing wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Results

City of Belgrade

Results of the election for the City Assembly of Belgrade:

PartySeats
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)68
Democratic Movement of Serbia (DEPOS)21
Serbian Radical Party (SRS)12
Democratic Party (DS)8
Citizens' Group candidates (GG)1
Total110
Source: [1]

Note: Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality:

Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality
MunicipalitySPSDEPOSSRSDSGG
Barajevo 2----
Čukarica 91---
Grocka 4----
Lazarevac 4----
Mladenovac 4----
New Belgrade 131---
Obrenovac 5----
Palilula 6-32-
Rakovica 4-3--
Savski Venac -2-1-
Sopot 1---1
Stari Grad -3-2-
Voždovac 57---
Vračar -3-2-
Zemun 7-5--
Zvezdara 4411-
Total68211281
Source: [2]

Incumbent mayor Slobodanka Gruden of the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. She was replaced by Nebojša Čović of the same party on 23 June 1994.

Municipalities of Belgrade

Čukarica

Incumbent mayor Vladimir Matić was confirmed for another term in office after the election.

Grocka

Bogoljub Stevanić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. [3] He was replaced by fellow party member Milan Janković in 2005. [4]

New Belgrade

Čedomir Ždrnja of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Palilula

Slavica Tanasković of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Sopot

Incumbent mayor Živorad Milosavljević of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [5]

Stari Grad

Jovan Kažić of the Serbian Renewal Movement was chosen as mayor after the election.

Voždovac

Božidar Simatković of the Democratic Movement of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced in 1994 by Zoran Modrinić.

Vračar

Dragan Maršićanin of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. [6]

Zemun

Nenad Ribar of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Vojvodina

South Bačka District

Novi Sad

Milorad Mirčić of the Serbian Radical Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Mirčić was removed from power in June 1994, and an administration dominated by the Socialist Party took office. [7] Milorad Đurđević served as the city's acting mayor until January 1995, when Đuro Bajić was appointed to the position.

Bečej

Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej:

PartySeats
Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (DZVM)23
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)7
Citizens' Group: Citizens' Alliance for the Municipality of Bečej4
Citizens' Group1
Serbian Radical Party (SRS)1
Total36
Source: [8]

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. Endre Husag of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election. [9]

Žabalj

Dušan Pajić was chosen as mayor after the election. [10]

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Nišava District

Niš

The Socialist Party of Serbia won a majority victory in the elections for the City Assembly of Niš, taking fifty-six out of seventy seats. Incumbent mayor Mile Ilić was confirmed for another term in office when the assembly convened. [11]

Doljevac

The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Doljevac, and Aleksandar Cvetković was chosen as mayor. [12]

Gadžin Han

The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Gadžin Han, and incumbent mayor Siniša Stamenković was subsequently confirmed for another term in office. [13]

Šumadija District

Kragujevac

Incumbent mayor Živorad Nešić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. [14]

Batočina

Petar Petrović served as mayor after the election. [15]

Topola

Milovan Marinković served as mayor after the election. In 1995, he was replaced by Žarko Jovanović of the Socialist Party. [16]

Kosovo and Metohija

Kosovska Mitrovica District

Vučitrn

Branko Stolić served as mayor after the election. [17]

Zubin Potok

Radiša Kostić served as mayor after the election. [18] Slaviša Ristić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was president of the assembly's executive committee. [19]

Zvečan

Desimir Petković served as mayor after the election. [20] [21]

Peć District

Peć

Jovo Popović, presumably of the Socialist Party of Serbia, served as mayor after the election. [22] He seems to have resigned in 1994, after being appointed as president of the Peć District.

Đakovica

Božidar Dimić was chosen as mayor after the election. [23] He was later replaced by Đokica Stanojević of the Socialist Party of Serbia. [24]

Istok

Mališa Perović of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor after the election. [25] [26]

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