Serbian general election, 1997

Serbian parliamentary election, 1997

21 September 1997

All 250 seats to the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority Turnout 57.47%   First party Second party Third party   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 18 43 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

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 Serbia–Yugoslav Left–New 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	+/–
SPS–JUL–ND	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:

Seats

  SPS−JUL−ND  (110)

  SRS  (82)

  SPO  (45)

  National minorities  (13)

References

1. 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