December 2002 Serbian presidential election

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December 2002 Serbian presidential election
Flag of Serbia (1992-2004).svg
  Sept–Oct 2002 8 December 2002 2003  
Turnout45.16% (Decrease2.svg 0.29 pp)
  Vojislav Kostunica 2004.jpg Vojislav Seselj.jpg
Candidate Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Šešelj
Party DSS SRS
Popular vote1,699,0981,063,296
Percentage59.28%37.10%

President before election

Milan Milutinović (acting)
SPS

Elected President

Election results annulled
Nataša Mićić (acting)
GSS

Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 8 December 2002. [1] They followed elections in September and October which were invalidated due to voter turnout not meeting the 50% requirement. [2] Although the legal requirement of a turnout of at least 50% of registered voters was dropped for the second round of this election, turnout in the first round was below 50%, invalidating the election before a second round. [3] [4]

During the election the Socialist Party of Serbia supported Vojislav Šešelj, the leader of Serbian Radical Party, while New Serbia supported Vojislav Koštunica and the Democratic Party of Serbia. [3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Vojislav Koštunica Democratic Party of SerbiaNew Serbia 1,699,09859.28
Vojislav Šešelj Serbian Radical PartySocialist Party of Serbia 1,063,29637.10
Borislav Pelević Party of Serbian Unity 103,9263.63
Total2,866,320100.00
Valid votes2,866,32097.27
Invalid/blank votes80,3962.73
Total votes2,946,716100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,525,76045.16
Source: CeSID

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