Serbian presidential election, December 2002

Serbian presidential election

December 8, 2002

Candidate Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Šešelj Party DSS SRS Popular vote 1.695.000 (first round) 1.068.000 (first round) Percentage 57,5% 36,3%

President before election Milan Milutinović SPS Elected President None Nataša Mićić (acting) GSS

The Serbian presidential election, held on December 8, 2002, was a repeat of the first presidential election of that year, which was invalidated because the turnout during that round was less than 50% of all eligible voters. The legal requirement of a turnout of at least 50% of registered voters was dropped for the second round of this election, also as a result of the invalidation.

 Summary of the December, 2002 Serbian presidential election results^[1]

Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes	%
Vojislav Koštunica	Democratic Party of Serbia	1,699,098	57.66
Vojislav Šešelj	Serbian Radical Party	1,063,296	36.08
Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	103,926	3.53
Invalid		80,396	2.73
Total		2.946.000	100.0
Turnout			45.17
Source: CeSID

This ballot, however, was also declared invalid because the turnout of the first round failed to reach the 50% turnout requirement. By the time the 2004 Serbian presidential election was held, this requirement was removed altogether.

1. http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/serbia/15549?download=true