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1997 Serbian general election

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FieldValue
countrySerbia
flag_year1991
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
previous_year1992
next_yearDec 1997
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
election_date21 September 1997 (first round)
5 October 1997 (second round)
image_size130x130px
turnout48.95% ( 15.20 pp)
candidate1Vojislav Šešelj
party1Serbian Radical Party
popular_vote11,733,859
percentage150.62%
image1Stevan Kragujevic, Vojislav Šešelj, Skupstina Srbije, devedestih.jpg
candidate2Zoran Lilić
image23x4.svg
party2Socialist Party of Serbia
popular_vote21,691,354
percentage249.38%
titlePresident
before_electionDragan Tomić (acting)
before_partySocialist Party of Serbia
after_electionElection results annulled
Dragan Tomić (acting)
after_partySocialist Party of Serbia
module{{Infobox legislative election
embedyes
election_nameParliamentary election
previous_election1993
next_election2000
election_date21 September 1997
turnout
party1SPS–JUL–ND
colour1
leader1Slobodan Milošević
last_election1128
seats1110
percentage135.70
party2Serbian Radical Party
leader2Vojislav Šešelj
last_election239
seats282
percentage229.26
party3Serbian Renewal Movement
leader3Vuk Drašković
last_election337
seats345
percentage319.99
party4Vojvodina Coalition
leader4Sándor Páll
last_election45
seats44
percentage42.83
party5Democratic Alternative (Serbia)
leader5Nebojša Čović
last_election5New
seats51
percentage51.53
party6Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
leader6József Kasza
last_election6New
seats64
percentage61.28
party7List for Sandžak
leader7Sulejman Ugljanin
last_election7New
seats73
percentage71.25
party8DKPB
leader8Ramadan Ameti
colour8red
last_election8New
seats81
percentage80.36
mapSerbian parliamentary election (1997) by majority of popular vote in each district.svg
map_captionResults of the presidential election by district
titlePrime Minister
before_electionMirko Marjanović
before_partySocialist Party of Serbia
after_electionMirko Marjanović
after_partySocialist Party of Serbia

5 October 1997 (second round)

Dragan Tomić (acting)

General elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 21 September 1997, to elect the president and members of the National Assembly. With no presidential candidate receiving over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on 5 October. Running on a platform of nationalism and neoliberal economic reforms, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party received the most votes in the runoff. However, voter turnout was only 49%, below the required 50%. As a result, the elections were annulled, and fresh elections were scheduled for December.

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.

The elections were boycotted by several major opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Civic Alliance of Serbia, which claimed that the elections would not be held under fair conditions. Most Kosovo Albanians also boycotted the elections, who made up around 17% of the population, due to increasing ethnic tensions in Kosovo.

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists are electoral lists that received seats in the National Assembly after the 1997 election:

Ballot nameRepresentativeMain ideologyPolitical position
Socialist Party of Serbia}}"Slobodan Milošević
Serbian Radical Party}}"Vojislav Šešelj
Serbian Renewal Movement}}"Vuk Drašković
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina}}"Nenad Čanak
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians}}"József Kasza
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak}}"Sulejman Ugljanin
Democratic Alternative (Serbia)}}"Nebojša Čović
Ramadan Ameti

Results

Presidential

Parliamentary

References

References

  1. [http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-presidential-elections-since-1990 Serbian Presidential Elections Since 1990] Balkan Insight, 1 April 2012
  2. Rosenstone, Steven J.. (1983). "Forecasting Presidential Elections". Yale University Press.
  3. "CNN.com - World - Election Watch".
  4. Janusz Bugajski (2002) ''Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era'', pp434
  5. "CNN - Many boycott Serbia ballot - Sept. 21, 1997".
  6. "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1997.".
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