2016 Vojvodina provincial election

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2016 Vojvodina provincial election
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  2012 24 April 2016 2020  

All 120 seats in the Assembly of Vojvodina
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.12%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
SNS coalition Maja Gojković 45.7863+41
SPSJS Dušan Bajatović 9.1212-1
SRS Đurađ Jakšić 7.8810+5
DS coalition Miroslav Vasin 7.4510-48
LSV Branislav Bogaroški 6.629-1
DJB Svetlana Kozić 5.707New
VMSZ István Pásztor 5.036-1
VMDKMM Tamás Korhecz1.762New
ZES Branislava Jeftić1.171New
President of the Government beforePresident of the Government after
Bojan Pajtić
DS
Igor Mirović
SNS

Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina on 24 April 2016. [1]

Contents

Electoral system

The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by proportional representation in a single provincial constituency with a 5% electoral threshold, although the threshold is disregarded for coalitions representing ethnic minorities. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method. [2]

Campaign

Electoral lists

1. Serbian Progressive Party, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Serbian Renewal Movement, New Serbia, Slovaks, Forward (Slovaci napred), Serb Democratic Party

2. Democratic Party, Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, New Party

3. Socialist Party of Serbia, United Serbia, Patriotic Movement of Serbia (Patriotski pokret Srbije)

4. League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

5. Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians

6. Serbian Radical Party

7. Dveri, Democratic Party of Serbia

8. Liberal Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party

9. Narodni pokret Dinara—Drina—Dunav – Tomislav Bokan

10. Mađarski pokret za autonomiju - Dr Tamaš Korhec - Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians - Áron Csonka

11. Green Party

12. Srpsko ruski pokret – Aleksandar Đurđev

13. Za slobodnu Srbiju – Zavetnici – Milica Đurđević

14. „Vojvođanska tolerancija" (Vojvodina's Party, Montenegrin Party, Sandžačko Raška Partija)

15. Enough is EnoughSaša Radulović

Opinion polls

DatePolling Firm SNS et al. DS SPS
JS
SRS LSV SVM Dveri DSS SDS LDP DJB OthersLead
28–31 Mar 2016 CeSID 41.26.28.57.612.08.07.62.95.429.2
17–26 Mar 2016 NSPM Archived 2016-04-11 at the Wayback Machine 41.010.38.28.28–98.55.23–44.130.7
15–25 Dec 2015 Faktor Plus 41.013.07.34.99.05.9 (All minorities combined)4.96.02.028.0
21–27 May 2015 Faktor Plus Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine 46.011.16.95.46.94.92.41.43.51.51.734.9
6 May 2012 Election result 18.321.011.3 (+PUPS+SDPS)6.311.06.24.65.94.85.82.7

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
SNSSDPSPUPSNSSPOPS 428,45245.7863
SPSJSPPS 85,3119.1212
Serbian Radical Party 73,7427.8810
DSDSHVNOVAZEP 69,7407.4510
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 61,9796.629
Enough is Enough 53,3175.707
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 47,0345.036
DveriDSS 31,2183.340
SDSLDP 26,8002.860
VMDKMM 16,4521.762
People's Movement Dinara-Drina-Dunav15,2851.630
Green Party 10,9701.171
Serbo-Russian Movement5,5740.600
For a Free Serbia – Oathkeepers5,0000.530
Vojvodina Tolerance4,9430.530
Total935,817100.00120
Valid votes935,81797.23
Invalid/blank votes26,7082.77
Total votes962,525100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,729,37655.66
Source: PIK

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