Serbian presidential election, 2004

Serbian presidential election

June 13 and June 27, 2004



Candidate	Boris Tadić	Tomislav Nikolić
Party	DS	SRS
Popular vote	1,681,528 (2nd round)	1,434,068 (2nd round)
Percentage	53.97%	46.03%

President before election

Predrag Marković (acting)
G17 Plus

Elected President

Boris Tadić
DS

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Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday, 27 June 2004. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor.

Candidates

Boris Tadić, Democratic Party (advanced to second round)
Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian Radical Party (advanced to second round)

The surprise of this election was the success shown by one of the wealthiest businessmen in Serbia, Bogoljub Karić. The Government's candidate, Dragan Maršićanin, finished in 4th place, which opened the question of new parliamentary elections in Serbia.

In the second round, the democratic candidate Boris Tadić gained the support of every government party as well as of Bogoljub Karić.

Results

**Summary of the 13 and 27 June Serbian presidential election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Boris Tadić	Democratic Party	853,584	27.38	1,681,528	53.97
Tomislav Nikolić	Serbian Radical Party	954,339	30.61	1,434,068	46.03
Bogoljub Karić	Political movement "Strength of Serbia"	568,691	18.24
Dragan Maršićanin	Government (Democratic Party of Serbia, G17 Plus, Serbian Renewal Movement, New Serbia)	414,971	13.31
Ivica Dačić	Socialist Party of Serbia	125,952	4.04
Jelisaveta Karađorđević	Initiative for Prettier Serbia	62,737	2.01
Milovan Drecun	Serbian Revival	16,907	0.54
Vladan Batić	Democratic Christian Party of Serbia	16,795	0.54
Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	14,317	0.46
Branislav Ivković	Socialist People's Party	12,672	0.41
Ljiljana Aranđelović	United Serbia	11,796	0.38
Marijan Rističević	People's Peasant Party	10,198	0.33
Dragan Đorđević	Party of Serbian Citizens	5,785	0.19
Mirko Jović	People's Radical Party, Serbia and Diaspora, European Bloc	5,546	0.18
Zoran Milinković	Patriotic Party of Diaspora	5,442	0.17
Total (turnout 47.75% and 48.7%)		3,117,339	100.0	3,115,596	100.0
Registered Voters		6,532,263		6,532,940
Total		3,119,087		3,159,194
Valid		3,081,040		3,115,596
Invalid		38,047		42,975
Source: Cesid

Boris Tadić became the new President of Serbia.

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Elections and referendums in Serbia

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Presidential elections	1990 1992 1997 (Sep–Oct) 1997 (Dec) 2002 (Sep–Oct) 2002 (Dec) 2003 2004 2008 2012 2017

Provincial elections	Vojvodina 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Kosovo 2001 2004 2007 2010 2014

Municipal and city elections	1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2014 2016

Referendums	1990 1992 (May) 1992 (Oct) 1998 2006 2012 (North Kosovo)

See also: Elections in Serbia and Montenegro Elections in Yugoslavia

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