Elections in Serbia

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Elections in Serbia are mandated by the Constitution and legislation. The President of the Republic, National Assembly, provincial (Vojvodina) and local (municipalities and cities) assemblies are all elective offices. Since 1990, twelve presidential, fourteen parliamentary and ten provincial elections were held.

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Any Serbian citizen over age 18 may be a candidate in presidential, parliamentary or local government elections, provided that a sufficient number of endorsements by Serbian voters is obtained beforehand. Voting takes place in polling stations in Serbia and abroad, monitored by an electoral board and observers at each station. Ballots consist of an election list with ordinal numbers (which are circled to indicate a vote). All votes are counted by hand. Depending on the type of the elections, national, provincial or local electoral commission publishes official results and handles complaints, supported by county, city and town electoral commissions during local elections. Decisions of the electoral commissions may be appealed at the Constitutional Court.

Presidential elections

The President of the Republic is elected for a five-year term by a direct vote of all citizens in a majority system, requiring runoff elections if no candidate wins more than 50 percent of votes in the first round.


CandidatePartyVotes%
Aleksandar Vučić Serbian Progressive Party 2,224,91460.01
Zdravko Ponoš United for the Victory of Serbia 698,53818.84
Miloš Jovanović National Democratic Alternative 226,1376.10
Boško Obradović DveriPOKS 165,1814.46
Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski Serbian Party Oathkeepers 160,5534.33
Biljana Stojković We Must 122,3783.30
Branka Stamenković Sovereignists 77,0312.08
Miša Vacić Serbian Right 32,9470.89
Total3,707,679100.00
Valid votes3,707,67997.63
Invalid/blank votes89,9332.37
Total votes3,797,612100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,502,30758.62
Source: RIK

Parliamentary elections

The deputies are elected for a four-year term. The whole country is one electoral district. The 250 seats are then distributed between the lists using d'Hondt method. There is a minimum voting threshold of 3% so that only the party lists which get more than 3% of the votes are awarded the seats. There is no threshold for the ethnic minority lists.


2023 Serbian parliamentary election results composition.svg
Party, alliance, or citizens' groupVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Serbia Must Not Stop 1,783,70148.07+3.8129+9
Serbia Against Violence 902,45024.32+5.3965+25
SPSJSZS 249,9166.73–5.0618–13
National Democratic Alternative 191,4315.16–0.3813–1
We–The Voice from the People 178,8304.82New131
National Gathering 105,1652.83–4.910–16
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 64,7471.74+0.116+1
Serbian Radical Party 55,7821.50–0.7200
Good Morning Serbia 45,0791.21–3.6900
People's Party 33,3880.90New0–12
SPPDSHV 29,0660.78–0.842–3
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak 21,8270.59+0.0320
Political Battle of the Albanians Continues 13,5010.36+0.0810
RSNKPJ 11,3690.31New1New
It Must Be Different 9,2430.25New0New
Coalition for Peace and Tolerance 6,7860.18New0–1
Nova–D2SPGDF–Libdem–Glas5,4620.15New00
Albanian Democratic Alternative 3,2350.09000
Total3,710,978100.002500
Valid votes3,710,97897.13
Invalid/blank votes109,7682.87
Total votes3,820,746100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,500,66658.77
Source: Republic Electoral Commission, [1] [2]

Provincial elections

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References

  1. "Rezultati izbora" [Election results]. Republic Electoral Commission (in Serbian). 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. "Konačan izveštaj RIK-a: Broj glasova koje su osvojile liste i koliko će poslanika imati u Skupštini". N1. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.