2003 Serbian parliamentary election

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2003 Serbian parliamentary election
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All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.74% Increase 1.12 pp
Party Leader % Seats +/–
SRS Tomislav Nikolić 27.98 82 +59
DSS Vojislav Koštunica 17.96 53 +8
DSGSSSDU Boris Tadić 12.75 37 −25
G17+ Miroljub Labus 11.61 34 New
SPONS Vuk Drašković 7.76 22 +14
SPS Slobodan Milošević 7.72 22 −15
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by municipalities
  SRS   DSS   DS   G17+   SPONS   SPS   ZZT   DA
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Zoran Živković
DS
Vojislav Koštunica
DSS

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly.[1]

Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2001. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica, have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% turnout. The assassination in March 2003 of reformist Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić was a major setback.

At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party and the G17 Plus group of liberal economists led by Miroljub Labus.

Opposing them were the nationalist Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj and Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (descended from the former Communist Party). At the time of the election, both Šešelj and Milošević were in detention at ICTY, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.

The remaining candidate was the monarchist Serbian Renewal MovementNew Serbia (SPO–NS) coalition, led by Vuk Drašković.

Following the election the three former DOS parties (DSS, DS and G17+) fell two seats short of a parliamentary majority, holding 124 seats between them. After months of coalition talks Koštunica, Labus and Drašković's parties reach an agreement with the outside support of the Socialist Party in March 2004 which enabled Koštunica of the DSS to become prime minister.[2]

Electoral lists[edit]

Following electoral lists took part in the 2003 parliamentary election:[3]

No. Ballot name Ballot carrier Main ideology Political position
1
Mlađan Dinkić Liberal conservatism Centre-right
2
  • Serbian Radical Party – dr Vojislav Šešelj
  • SRS
Vojislav Šešelj Ultranationalism Far-right
3
  • Democratic Party of Serbia – Vojislav Koštunica
  • DSS, SLS, SDS, NDS
Vojislav Koštunica Conservatism Centre-right
4
  • Democratic Alternative – Nebojša Čović
  • DA
Nebojša Čović Social democracy Centre-left
5
Dragoljub Mićunović Social democracy Centre-left
6
Vuk Drašković Conservatism Centre-right
7
Čedomir Čupić Anti-corruption Centre
8
Dragan Marković National conservatism Right-wing
9
  • Socialist Party of Serbia – Slobodan Milošević
  • SPS
Slobodan Milošević Socialism Left-wing
10
  • Independent Serbia – dr Vladan Batić (Christian Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Party "Fatherland", Democratic Movement of Romanians of Serbia, Peasants Party, Serbian Justice)
  • DHSS, DSO, SS, DPRS, SP
Vladan Batić Christian democracy Centre
11
  • Defense and Justice – Vuk Obradović and Borivoje Borović (Social Democracy, People's Party "Justice", Pensioners and Workers' Party, Social Democratic Party of Greens)
  • SD, NSP, SRP, SDPZ
Mila Živojinović Social democracy Centre-left
12
Branislav Cole Kovačević Social democracy Centre-left
13
  • Liberals of Serbia – Dušan Mihajlović
  • LS
Dušan Mihajlović Liberalism Centre
14
  • Reformists – Social Democratic Party of Vojvodina – Serbia, Miodrag Mile Isakov
  • RV
Mile Isakov Vojvodina autononism Centre-left
15
Dobrivoje Budimirović Social democracy Centre-left
16
  • Business Force of Serbia and the Diaspora – Branko Dragaš
  • PSSD
Zoran Milinković Economic liberalism Centre-right
17
  • Labour Party of Serbia – Dragan Milovanović
  • LPS
Dragan Milovanović Social democracy Centre-left
18
Miroljub Milić Regionalism Centre
19
  • Yugoslav Left – JUL
  • JUL
Desimir Stanojević Neocommunism Far-left

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Serbian Radical Party1,056,25627.9882+59
Democratic Party of Serbia coalition678,03117.9653+8
Democratic Party coalition481,24912.7537–25
G17 PlusSDP438,42211.6134New
Serbian Renewal MovementNew Serbia293,0827.7622–14
Socialist Party of Serbia291,3417.7222–15
Together for Tolerance161,7654.290–19
Democratic Alternative84,4632.240–6
For National Unity68,5371.820–10
Otpor62,5451.660New
Independent Serbia45,2111.200–7
Socialist People's Party27,5960.730New
Liberals of Serbia22,8520.6100
Reformists – Social Democratic Party of Vojvodina–Serbia19,4640.520–4
Defense and Justice18,4230.490–9
Business Force of Serbia and the Diaspora14,1130.370New
Labour Party of Serbia4,6660.120New
Yugoslav Left3,7710.1000
Alliance of Serbs of Vojvodina3,0150.080New
Total3,774,802100.002500
Valid votes3,774,80298.70
Invalid/blank votes49,7551.30
Total votes3,824,557100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,511,45058.74
Source: Republican Electoral Commission

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1715 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Timeline: After Milosevic BBC News, 6 June 2006
  3. ^ "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 2003". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 2022-10-08.