1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election

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1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election
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Presidential election
12 December 1993 (first round)
23 January 1994 (second round)
  Milan Martic ICTY.png Milan Babic crop.jpg
Candidate Milan Martić Milan Babić
Party SPS SDS
Popular vote104,23497,377
Percentage51.70%48.30%

President before election

Goran Hadžić
SDS

Elected President

Milan Martić
SPS

A flyer advertising Milan Babic during the election Hrvatski povijesni muzej 27012012 Domovinski rat 11.jpg
A flyer advertising Milan Babić during the election

General elections were held in the Republic of Serbian Krajina on 12 December 1993, with a second round of the presidential election on 23 January 1994.

Contents

Campaign

Martić was supported by Slobodan Milošević during the presidential election in Serbian Krajina. [1] Martić ran for the Serb Party of Socialists which received significant financial support from Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia. [2] On 21 January, Martić stated that he would “speed up the process of unification” and “pass on the baton to our all Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević." [3]

Results

President

Martić received 54,000 fewer votes than Babić in the first round, but went on to win the second round with 104,234 votes. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan Babić Serb Democratic Party 114,76749.397,37748.30
Milan Martić Serb Party of Socialists 60,38625.9104,23451.70
Rade Leskovac Serbian Radical Party 26,52311.4
Four other candidates
Total201,611100.00
Valid votes201,61197.17
Invalid/blank votes5,8642.83
Total votes207,475100.00
Source: UPI

Parliament

PartySeats
Serb Democratic Party 33
Serbian Democratic Party of the Serbian Lands17
Serbian Radical Party 16
Civic Union8
Serb Party of Socialists 6
Social Democratic Party5
Total85
Source: Gulić

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