Serbian general election, 1997

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Serbian parliamentary election, 1997

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All 250 seats to the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 57.47%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Slobodan Milošević Vojislav Šešelj Vuk Drašković
Party SPS - JUL - ND SRS SPO
Leader since 1990 1991 1990
Seats before 128 39 37
Seats won
110 / 250
82 / 250
45 / 250
Seat change Decrease 18 Increase 43 Increase 8
Popular vote 1,418,036 1,162,216 793,988
Percentage 34.26% 28.08% 19.18%

PM before election

Mirko Marjanović
SPS

Elected PM

Mirko Marjanović
SPS

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General elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on 21 September 1997 to elect the President and National Assembly. With no presidential candidate receiving over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on 5 October.[1] Although Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party received the most votes, voter turnout was only 48%, below the requirement of 50%.[1] As a result, the elections were annulled, and fresh elections were scheduled for December.[1]

In the National Assembly elections, the Socialist Party of SerbiaYugoslav LeftNew Democracy coalition emerged as the largest in the Assembly, winning 110 of the 250 seats.[2]

The elections were boycotted by several parties, including the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Civic Alliance, which claimed that the elections would not be held under fair conditions.[1]

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Zoran Lilić Socialist Party of Serbia 1,474,924 37.70 1,691,354 47.90
Vojislav Šešelj Serbian Radical Party 1,126,940 27.28 1,733,859 49.10
Vuk Drašković Serbian Renewal Movement 852,800 20.64
Mile Isakov Vojvodina Coalition 111,166 2.43
Vuk Obradović Social Democratic Party 100,523 2.43
Nebojša Čović Democratic Alternative 93,133 2.23
Sulejman Ugljanin List for Sandžak 68,446 1.66
Milan Paroški 27,100 0.66
Miodrag Vidojković 14,105 0.34
Predrag Vuletić 11,463 0.27
Dragan Djordević 10,864 0.26
Milan Mladenović 10,112 0.24
Djordje Drlajcić 9,430 0.22
Branko Cicić 7,097 0.17
Gvozden Sakić 3,293 0.06
Invalid/blank votes 104,223
Total 3,921,396 100 3,529,436 100
Registered voters/turnout 57.47 48.97
Source: Bugajski, Balkan Insight

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats +/–
SPSJULND 1,418,036 34.26 110 –19
Serbian Radical Party 1,162,216 28.08 82 +43
Serbian Renewal Movement 793,988 19.18 45 +8
Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians 112,589 2.72 4 –1
Democratic Alternative 60,855 1.47 1 New
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 50,960 1.23 4 New
List for Sandžak 49,486 1.20 3 New
Democratic Coalition Preševo-Bujanovac 14,179 0.34 1 New
Total 4.139.080 100 250 0
Source: [1]

Seats

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  SPS−JUL−ND  (110)
  SRS  (82)
  SPO  (45)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Serbian Presidential Elections Since 1990 Balkan Insight, 1 April 2012
  2. Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, pp434

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