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'''Elections in Serbia''' are mandated by the [[Constitution of Serbia|Constitution]] and legislation. The [[President of Serbia|President of the Republic]], [[National Assembly of Serbia|National Assembly]], provincial ([[Vojvodina]]) and local ([[Municipalities and cities of Serbia|municipalities and cities]]) assemblies are all elective offices. Since 1990, twelve presidential, fourteen parliamentary and ten provincial elections were held.
'''Serbia''' elects a [[legislature]] and a president on a national level. The '''[[National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia|National Assembly of Serbia]]''' (''Narodna skupština Republike Srbije'') has 250 members elected for a four-year term. Serbia has a [[multi-party]] system, with numerous [[political parties|parties]] in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and [[political parties|parties]] must work with each other to form [[coalition government]]s. A party must receive at least 5% of the votes in the entire country to qualify for any seats, except for national minorities' parties, who only have to reach 0.4%.


==Electoral procedures==
==Results==
===Presidential elections===
{{main|Serbian presidential election, 2012}}
{{Serbian presidential election, 2012}}


Any Serbian citizen over age 18 may be a candidate in presidential, parliamentary, provincial or local elections, provided that a sufficient number of endorsements by Serbian voters is obtained beforehand. At least five days before the election, citizens are notified about the election, receive information about the day and time of the election, and the address of the polling station where they could vote. Voting takes place in polling stations in Serbia and abroad, monitored by an electoral board and observers at each station. During the election day, registered voters could vote from 07:00 ([[UTC+01:00]]) to 20:00, though if the polling station is opened later than 07:00, voting is then extended by the amount of time for which the opening of the polling station was delayed. Ballots consist of an election list with ordinal numbers (which are circled to indicate a vote). All votes are counted by hand by the members of polling boards. Depending on the type of the elections, national, provincial or local electoral commission publishes official results and handles complaints. Decisions of the electoral commissions may be appealed at the [[Constitutional Court of Serbia|Constitutional Court]].
===Parliamentary elections===
{{main|Serbian parliamentary election, 2016}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|align=left|Serbia is Winning ([[Serbian Progressive Party|SNS]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Serbia|SDPS]]–[[Party of United Pensioners of Serbia|PUPS]]–[[New Serbia|NS]]–[[Serbian Renewal Movement|SPO]]–[[Movement of Socialists|PS]]–[[Strength of Serbia Movement|PSS]]–NDSS–[[Nenad Popović|SNP]])||1,823,147||48.25||131||–39
|-
|align=left|[[Socialist Party of Serbia|SPS]]–[[United Serbia|JS]]–[[Greens of Serbia|ZS]]–[[Communist Party (Serbia)|KP]]||413,770||10.95||29||–4
|-
|align=left|[[Serbian Radical Party]]||306,052||8.10||22||+22
|-
|align=left|[[Enough is Enough (party)|Enough is Enough]]||227,626||6.02||16||+16
|-
|align=left|For a Just Serbia ([[Democratic Party (Serbia)|DS]]–[[New Party (Serbia)|NS]]–[[Reformist Party (Serbia)|RS]]–[[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina|DSHV]]–[[Together for Serbia|ZZS]]–[[Together for Šumadija|ZZŠ]])||227,589||6.02||16||–5
|-
|align=left|[[Dveri]]–[[Democratic Party of Serbia|DSS]]||190,530||5.03||13||+13
|-
|align=left|Alliance for a Better Serbia ([[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)|LDP]]–[[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina|LSV]]–[[Social Democratic Party (Serbia)|SDS]])||189,564||5.02||13||–2
|-
|align=left|[[Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians|VMSZ]]–[[Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians|VMDP]]||56,620||1.50||4||–2
|-
|align=left|Serbia for All of Us (PLS–PZP–NUPS–[[Social Democratic Union (Serbia)|SDU]])||35,710||0.94||0||New
|-
|align=left|Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak||32,526||0.86||2||+2
|-
|align=left|[[Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak]]||30,092||0.80||2||–1
|-
|align=left|For A Free Serbia – Oathkeepers||27,690||0.73||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Green Party (Serbia)|Green Party]]||23,890||0.63||1||New
|-
|align=left|Out of spite – United for Serbia – National Alliance||17,528||0.46||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Party for Democratic Action]]||16,262||0.43||1||–1
|-
|align=left|Russian Party||13,777||0.36||0||0
|-
|align=left|Citizen's Group – For Serb Revival||13,260||0.35||0||New
|-
|align=left|Serbo-Russian Movement||10,016||0.27||0||New
|-
|align=left|Dialogue – Youth with a Stance||7,744||0.20||0||New
|-
|align=left|Republican Party||4,522||0.12||0||New
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||111,008||2.86||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''3,778,923'''||'''100'''||'''250'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||6,739,441||56.07||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: [http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2016&mm=05&dd=05&nav_category=11&nav_id=1128062 B92]
|}


===[[Vojvodina]] provincial elections===
==Presidential elections==
{{main|Vojvodina provincial elections, 2016}}
{{main|2022 Serbian general election}}
The President of the Republic is elected for a five-year term by a direct vote of all citizens in a [[Majority voting|majority system]], requiring [[runoff election]]s if no candidate wins more than 50 percent of votes in the first round.


==Past elections==
{{Serbian elections}}


{{Election results
==References==
| party1 = [[Serbian Progressive Party]]
{{Reflist}}
| cand1 = [[Aleksandar Vučić]]
| votes1 = 2224914

| party2 = [[United Serbia (coalition)|United for the Victory of Serbia]]
| cand2 = [[Zdravko Ponoš]]
| votes2 = 698538

| party3 = [[National Democratic Alternative (Serbia)|National Democratic Alternative]]
| cand3 = [[Miloš Jovanović]]
| votes3 = 226137

| party4 = [[Dveri]]–[[POKS]]
| cand4 = [[Boško Obradović]]
| votes4 = 165181

| party5 = [[Serbian Party Oathkeepers]]
| cand5 = [[Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski]]
| votes5 = 160553

| party6 = [[We Must (Serbia)|We Must]]
| cand6 = [[Biljana Stojković]]
| votes6 = 122378

| party7 = [[Sovereignists (Serbia)|Sovereignists]]
| cand7 = [[Branka Stamenković]]
| votes7 = 77031

| party8 = [[Serbian Right]]
| cand8 = [[Miša Vacić]]
| votes8 = 32947

| invalid = 89933
| turnout = 58.62
| electorate = 6502307
| source = [https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/tekst/284079 RIK]
}}

==Parliamentary elections==
{{main|2023 Serbian parliamentary election}}
The deputies for the National Assembly are elected for a four-year term by [[closed-list]] [[proportional representation]] from a single nationwide constituency.

Eligible voters vote for electoral lists, on which the registered candidates are present. A maximum of 250 candidates could be present on a single electoral list. An electoral list could be only submitted by a registered political party. To submit an electoral list, at least 10,000 valid signatures must be collected, though [[Minority group|ethnic minority]] parties only need to collect 5,000 signature to qualify on ballot. At least 40 percent of candidates on electoral lists must be female.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2022 |title=Cenzus tri odsto, na listama 40 procenata žena |trans-title=Three percent threshold, 40 percent of women on the lists |url=https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/politika/3844903/cenzus-tri-odsto-na-listama-40-procenata-zena.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128233232/https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/politika/3844903/cenzus-tri-odsto-na-listama-40-procenata-zena.html |archive-date=28 January 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Radio Television of Serbia |language=sr}}</ref>

Seats are allocated using the [[d'Hondt method]] with an [[electoral threshold]] of 3 percent of all votes cast, although the threshold is waived for [[Political parties of minorities|ethnic minority lists]].<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Bjelotomić |first=Snežana |date=13 January 2020 |title=Electoral threshold reduced to 3% |url=https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/electoral-threshold-reduced-to-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514235617/https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/electoral-threshold-reduced-to-3/ |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Serbian Monitor}}</ref> Seats are awarded to candidates from electoral lists according to their order, starting with the first candidate from an electoral list.

It is possible for a snap election to take place.

{{Election results|image=[[File:2023 Serbian parliamentary election results composition.svg]]|partytitle=Party, alliance, or citizens' group|party1=[[Serbia Must Not Stop]]|votes1=1783701|seats1=129|sw1=+3.8|sc1=+9|party2=[[Serbia Against Violence (coalition)|Serbia Against Violence]]|votes2=902450|seats2=65|sw2=+5.39|sc2=+25|party3=[[Socialist Party of Serbia|SPS]]–[[United Serbia|JS]]–[[Greens of Serbia|ZS]]|votes3=249916|seats3=18|sw3=–5.06|sc3=–13|party4=[[National Democratic Alternative (Serbia)|National Democratic Alternative]]|votes4=191431|seats4=13|sw4=–0.38|sc4=–1|party5=[[We–The Voice from the People]]|votes5=178830|seats5=13|sw5=New|sc5=1|party6=[[National Gathering (Serbia)|National Gathering]]|votes6=105165|seats6=0|sw6=–4.91|sc6=–16|party7=[[Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians]]|votes7=64747|seats7=6|sw7=+0.11|sc7=+1|party8=[[Serbian Radical Party]]|votes8=55782|seats8=0|sw8=–0.72|sc8=0|party9=[[Good Morning Serbia]]|votes9=45079|seats9=0|sw9=–3.69|sc9=0|party10=[[People's Party (Serbia, 2017)|People's Party]]|votes10=33388|seats10=0|sw10=New|sc10=–12|party11=[[Justice and Reconciliation Party|SPP]]–[[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina|DSHV]]|color11={{party color|United for Justice}}|votes11=29066|seats11=2|sw11=–0.84|sc11=–3|party12=[[Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak]]|votes12=21827|seats12=2|sw12=+0.03|sc12=0|party13=[[Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley|Political Battle of the Albanians Continues]]|votes13=13501|seats13=1|sw13=+0.08|sc13=0|party14=[[Russian Party (Serbia)|RS]]–[[New Communist Party of Yugoslavia|NKPJ]]|votes14=11369|seats14=1|sw14=New|sc14=New|party15=[[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)|It Must Be Different]]|votes15=9243|seats15=0|sw15=New|sc15=New|party16=[[Coalition for Peace and Tolerance]]|votes16=6786|seats16=0|sw16=New|sc16=–1|party17=[[New Party (Serbia)|Nova–D2SP]]–[[Civic Democratic Forum|GDF]]–Libdem–Glas|color17={{party color|Serbia in the West}}|votes17=5462|seats17=0|sw17=New|sc17=0|party18=[[Alternative for Changes|Albanian Democratic Alternative]]|votes18=3235|seats18=0|sw18=0|sc18=0|total_sc=0|invalid=109768|turnout=58.77|electorate=6500666|source=Republic Electoral Commission,<ref>{{cite web |title=Rezultati izbora |trans-title=Election results |url=https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/542645/rezultati/ |website=Republic Electoral Commission |access-date=17 December 2023 |language=sr |date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://n1info.rs/vesti/konacan-izvestaj-rik-a-broj-glasova-koje-su-osvojile-liste-i-koliko-ce-poslanika-imati-u-skupstini/ | title=Konačan izveštaj RIK-a: Broj glasova koje su osvojile liste i koliko će poslanika imati u Skupštini | publisher=N1| accessdate=12 January 2024|date=12 January 2024}}</ref>}}

==Provincial elections==
{{main|2023 Vojvodina provincial election}}

The deputies for the [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] are elected for a four-year term by [[closed-list]] [[proportional representation]] from a single province-wide constituency.<ref name=":02">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Electoral system of Serbia |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2355_B.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306025850/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2355_B.htm |archive-date=6 March 2016 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2014 |title=Statut Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine |trans-title=Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvovina |url=https://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana.aspx?s=statut |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Assembly of Vojvodina}}</ref>

Eligible voters vote for electoral lists, on which the registered candidates are present. A maximum of 120 candidates could be present on a single electoral list.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=6 June 2014 |title=Odluka o izboru poslanika u Skupštinu Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine |trans-title=Decision on the election of deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina |url=https://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana.aspx?s=aktapv15 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Assembly of Vojvodina |language=sr}}</ref> An electoral list could be only submitted by a registered political party.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=4 October 2023 |title=Promena izbornih zakona u Vojvodini: Šta će biti drugačije na novim izborima |trans-title=Change of election laws in Vojvodina: What will be different in the new elections |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/izbori-skupstina-apv-vojvodina-izborni-zakoni-promena/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=Danas |language=sr}}</ref> To submit an electoral list, at least 4,000 valid signatures must be collected, though [[Minority group|ethnic minority]] parties only need to collect 2,000 signature to qualify on ballot. At least 40 percent of candidates on electoral lists must be female.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2022 |title=Cenzus tri odsto, na listama 40 procenata žena |trans-title=Three percent threshold, 40 percent of women on the lists |url=https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/politika/3844903/cenzus-tri-odsto-na-listama-40-procenata-zena.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128233232/https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/9/politika/3844903/cenzus-tri-odsto-na-listama-40-procenata-zena.html |archive-date=28 January 2022 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Radio Television of Serbia |language=sr}}</ref> The electoral list is submitted by its chosen ballot representative.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=7 February 2022 |title=Zakon o izboru narodnih poslanika |trans-title=Law on Election of People's Deputies |url=https://www.pravno-informacioni-sistem.rs/SlGlasnikPortal/eli/rep/sgrs/skupstina/zakon/2022/14/2 |access-date=29 May 2023 |website=Pravno-informacioni sistem |language=sr}}</ref> An electoral list could be declined, after which those who had submitted can fix the deficiencies in a span of 48 hours, or rejected, if the person is not authorised to nominate candidates.<ref name=":3" /> The name and date of the election, names of the electoral lists and its ballot representatives, and information on how to vote are only present on the voting ballot.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" />

Seats are allocated using the [[d'Hondt method]] with an [[electoral threshold]] of 3 percent of all votes cast, although the threshold is waived for ethnic minority parties.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Bjelotomić |first=Snežana |date=13 January 2020 |title=Electoral threshold reduced to 3% |url=https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/electoral-threshold-reduced-to-3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514235617/https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/electoral-threshold-reduced-to-3/ |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=2 June 2022 |website=Serbian Monitor}}</ref> Seats are awarded to candidates from electoral lists according to their order, starting with the first candidate from an electoral list.

It is possible for a snap election to take place.

{{Election results
| image = [[File:2023 Vojvodina provincial election results composition.svg]]
| partytitle = Electoral list

| party1 = [[Serbia Must Not Stop|Vojvodina Must Not Stop]]
| votes1 = 466035
| seats1 = 66
| sw1 = –12.76
| sc1 = –10

| party2 = [[Serbia Against Violence (coalition)|Serbia Against Violence]]
| votes2 = 215197
| seats2 = 30
| sw2 = New
| sc2 = New

| party3 = [[Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians]]
| votes3 = 63721
| seats3 = 9
| sw3 = –2.61
| sc3 = –3

| party4 = [[National Democratic Alternative (Serbia)|National Democratic Alternative]]
| votes4 = 50582
| seats4 = 7
| sw4 = –3.29
| sc4 = –3

| party5 = [[Socialist Party of Serbia|SPS]]–[[United Serbia|JS]]–[[Greens of Serbia|ZS]]
| votes5 = 49775
| seats5 = 7
| sw5 = –5.97
| sc5 = –4

| party6 = [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina|LSV]]–[[Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians|VMDK]]–[[Together for Vojvodina (party)|ZZV]]
| votes6 = 24625
| seats6 = 0
| sw6 = –2.54
| sc6 = –6

| party7 = [[National Gathering (Serbia)|National Gathering]]
| votes7 = 22487
| seats7 = 0
| sw7 = New
| sc7 = New

| party8 = [[Serbian Radical Party]]
| votes8 = 21135
| seats8 = 0
| sw8 = –1.06
| sc8 = –4

| party9 = [[Good Morning Serbia]]
| votes9 = 14715
| seats9 = 0
| sw9 = New
| sc9 = New

| party10 = [[Russian Party (Serbia)|Russian Party]]
| votes10 = 9907
| seats10 = 1
| sw10 = New
| sc10 = New

| party11 = [[People's Party (Serbia, 2017)|People's Party]]
| votes11 = 8140
| seats11 = 0
| sw11 = New
| sc11 = New

| party12 = [[Justice and Reconciliation Party|SPP]]–[[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina|DSHV]]
| color12 = {{party color|United for Justice}}
| votes12 = 4979
| seats12 = 0
| sw12 = –0.14
| sc12 =

| party13 = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)|Vojvodina Must Be Different]]
| votes13 = 3221
| seats13 = 0
| sw13 = –0.24
| sc13 =

| total_sc = 0

| invalid = 30444
| turnout =
| electorate = 1669791
| source = Provincial Electoral Commission<ref>{{cite web |title=Izveštaj o sprovedenim izborima za poslanike Skupštine Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine održanim 17. i 30. decembra 2023. godine |trans-title=Report on the conducted elections for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held on December 17 and 30, 2023 |url=https://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/docs/2023Izvestaj%20PIKa%20o%20sprovedenim%20izborima%20za%20poslanike%20u%20Skupstinu%20APV%2017.%20i%2030.%20decembar%202023.%20013-13-2024_140ce784-ff16-4c56-a2cd-a232fe07eeed.pdf |website=Provincial Electoral Commission |access-date=15 February 2024 |language=sr |date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Local elections==
{{main|2024 Serbian local elections}}

All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies (city/municipality assembly). The electoral threshold for assembly representation is three per cent (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although parties representing national minority communities are exempt from this requirement.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Electoral system]]
* [[Electoral system]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/serbiamontenegro/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060824065342/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/serbiamontenegro/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
*[http://www.parties-and-elections.de/serbia.html Parties and Elections in Europe]
*[http://www.parties-and-elections.de/serbia.html Parties and Elections in Europe]


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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.

Electoral procedures

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Any Serbian citizen over age 18 may be a candidate in presidential, parliamentary, provincial or local elections, provided that a sufficient number of endorsements by Serbian voters is obtained beforehand. At least five days before the election, citizens are notified about the election, receive information about the day and time of the election, and the address of the polling station where they could vote. Voting takes place in polling stations in Serbia and abroad, monitored by an electoral board and observers at each station. During the election day, registered voters could vote from 07:00 (UTC+01:00) to 20:00, though if the polling station is opened later than 07:00, voting is then extended by the amount of time for which the opening of the polling station was delayed. Ballots consist of an election list with ordinal numbers (which are circled to indicate a vote). All votes are counted by hand by the members of polling boards. Depending on the type of the elections, national, provincial or local electoral commission publishes official results and handles complaints. Decisions of the electoral commissions may be appealed at the Constitutional Court.

Presidential elections

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Main article: 2022 Serbian general election

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 VučićSerbian Progressive Party2,224,91460.01
Zdravko PonošUnited for the Victory of Serbia698,53818.84
Miloš JovanovićNational Democratic Alternative226,1376.10
Boško ObradovićDveri–POKS165,1814.46
Milica Đurđević StamenkovskiSerbian Party Oathkeepers160,5534.33
Biljana StojkovićWe Must122,3783.30
Branka StamenkovićSovereignists77,0312.08
Miša VacićSerbian Right32,9470.89
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

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Main article: 2023 Serbian parliamentary election

The deputies for the National Assembly are elected for a four-year term by closed-list proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency.

Eligible voters vote for electoral lists, on which the registered candidates are present. A maximum of 250 candidates could be present on a single electoral list. An electoral list could be only submitted by a registered political party. To submit an electoral list, at least 10,000 valid signatures must be collected, though ethnic minority parties only need to collect 5,000 signature to qualify on ballot. At least 40 percent of candidates on electoral lists must be female.[1]

Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 3 percent of all votes cast, although the threshold is waived for ethnic minority lists.[2][3][4] Seats are awarded to candidates from electoral lists according to their order, starting with the first candidate from an electoral list.

It is possible for a snap election to take place.

Party, alliance, or citizens' groupVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Serbia Must Not Stop1,783,70148.07+3.8129+9
Serbia Against Violence902,45024.32+5.3965+25
SPS–JS–ZS249,9166.73–5.0618–13
National Democratic Alternative191,4315.16–0.3813–1
We–The Voice from the People178,8304.82New131
National Gathering105,1652.83–4.910–16
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians64,7471.74+0.116+1
Serbian Radical Party55,7821.50–0.7200
Good Morning Serbia45,0791.21–3.6900
People's Party33,3880.90New0–12
SPP–DSHV29,0660.78–0.842–3
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak21,8270.59+0.0320
Political Battle of the Albanians Continues13,5010.36+0.0810
RS–NKPJ11,3690.31New1New
It Must Be Different9,2430.25New0New
Coalition for Peace and Tolerance6,7860.18New0–1
Nova–D2SP–GDF–Libdem–Glas5,4620.15New00
Albanian Democratic Alternative3,2350.09000
Total3,710,978100.00–2500
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,[5][6]

Provincial elections

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Main article: 2023 Vojvodina provincial election

The deputies for the Assembly of Vojvodina are elected for a four-year term by closed-list proportional representation from a single province-wide constituency.[2][7]

Eligible voters vote for electoral lists, on which the registered candidates are present. A maximum of 120 candidates could be present on a single electoral list.[3] An electoral list could be only submitted by a registered political party.[3][8] To submit an electoral list, at least 4,000 valid signatures must be collected, though ethnic minority parties only need to collect 2,000 signature to qualify on ballot. At least 40 percent of candidates on electoral lists must be female.[9] The electoral list is submitted by its chosen ballot representative.[10] An electoral list could be declined, after which those who had submitted can fix the deficiencies in a span of 48 hours, or rejected, if the person is not authorised to nominate candidates.[10] The name and date of the election, names of the electoral lists and its ballot representatives, and information on how to vote are only present on the voting ballot.[3][10]

Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 3 percent of all votes cast, although the threshold is waived for ethnic minority parties.[2][3][11] Seats are awarded to candidates from electoral lists according to their order, starting with the first candidate from an electoral list.

It is possible for a snap election to take place.

Electoral listVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Vojvodina Must Not Stop466,03548.82–12.7666–10
Serbia Against Violence215,19722.55New30New
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians63,7216.68–2.619–3
National Democratic Alternative50,5825.30–3.297–3
SPS–JS–ZS49,7755.21–5.977–4
LSV–VMDK–ZZV24,6252.58–2.540–6
National Gathering22,4872.36New0New
Serbian Radical Party21,1352.21–1.060–4
Good Morning Serbia14,7151.54New0New
Russian Party9,9071.04New1New
People's Party8,1400.85New0New
SPP–DSHV4,9790.52–0.140–
Vojvodina Must Be Different3,2210.34–0.240–
Total954,519100.00–1200
Valid votes954,51996.91
Invalid/blank votes30,4443.09
Total votes984,963100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,669,79158.99
Source: Provincial Electoral Commission[12]

Local elections

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Main article: 2024 Serbian local elections

All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies (city/municipality assembly). The electoral threshold for assembly representation is three per cent (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although parties representing national minority communities are exempt from this requirement.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cenzus tri odsto, na listama 40 procenata žena" [Three percent threshold, 40 percent of women on the lists]. Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Electoral system of Serbia". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Odluka o izboru poslanika u Skupštinu Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine" [Decision on the election of deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina]. Assembly of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ Bjelotomić, Snežana (13 January 2020). "Electoral threshold reduced to 3%". Serbian Monitor. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Rezultati izbora" [Election results]. Republic Electoral Commission (in Serbian). 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Statut Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine" [Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvovina]. Assembly of Vojvodina. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Promena izbornih zakona u Vojvodini: Šta će biti drugačije na novim izborima" [Change of election laws in Vojvodina: What will be different in the new elections]. Danas (in Serbian). 4 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Cenzus tri odsto, na listama 40 procenata žena" [Three percent threshold, 40 percent of women on the lists]. Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Zakon o izboru narodnih poslanika" [Law on Election of People's Deputies]. Pravno-informacioni sistem (in Serbian). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  11. ^ Bjelotomić, Snežana (13 January 2020). "Electoral threshold reduced to 3%". Serbian Monitor. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Izveštaj o sprovedenim izborima za poslanike Skupštine Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine održanim 17. i 30. decembra 2023. godine" [Report on the conducted elections for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held on December 17 and 30, 2023] (PDF). Provincial Electoral Commission (in Serbian). January 30, 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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