2002 Serbian local elections

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A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2002. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where the local government had fallen.

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors via two-round voting in 2002. Elections for local assemblies, which were previously held under first past the post rules in single-member constituencies, were determined by proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold.

Results[]

Note: The first percentage column refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list. The second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes to cross the electoral threshold.

Belgrade[]

Municipalities of Belgrade[]

Barajevo[]

Elections took place in Barajevo on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly. The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003. When the next regular cycle of local elections took place in 2004, the constituent municipalities of Belgrade were exempted from the direct election of mayors.

2002 Barajevo municipal election
Mayor of Barajevo - First and Second Round Results
Candidate Party or Coalition Votes % Votes %
Rade Stevanović Kreza Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Alternative, New Serbia, New Democracy–Vojislav Koštunica (Affiliation: Democratic Party of Serbia) 1,295 18.43 2,858 51.25
Dragoslav Jovičić Uča Socialist Party of Serbia 1,726 24.56 2,719 48.75
Vladeta Vićentijević Movement for Barajevo 1,156 16.45
Branka Savić Democratic Party 881 12.54
Dragoljub Stanić (incumbent) Citizens' Group: Dragoljub Stanić–Ilija Dimitrijević 577 8.21
Milivoje Draganić Christian Democratic Party of Serbia–For an Independent Serbia 440 6.26
Biljana Tiosavljević Serbian Radical Party 304 4.33
Milorad Matejić Citizens' Group: Together for Barajevo 258 3.67
Radiša Stevanović Lube Serbian Renewal Movement 247 3.52
Branislav Mijailović Yugoslav Left 143 2.04
Total valid votes 7,027 100 5,577 100
Sources: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 46 Number 31 (30 December 2002), p. 930; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 47 Number 3 (11 February 2003), p. 39.

The results of the municipal assembly election were as follows:

Electoral List Votes % Seats
Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Alternative, New Serbia, New Democracy–Vojislav Koštunica 1,545 22.33 21.40 8
Socialist Party of Serbia–Slavko Gajić 1,305 18.86 18.07 7
Democratic Party–Vladan Ninković 1,260 18.21 17.45 7
Movement for Barajevo–Vladeta Vićentijević, Dipl. Inž. 649 9.38 8.99 3
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 468 6.76 6.48 2
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia–For an Independent Serbia 348 5.03 4.82 2
Citizens' Group: Stanić Dragoljub-Dimitrijević Ilija–Ilija Dimitrijević 334 4.83 4.63 2
Serbian Renewal Movement, Blagoje Tanasković Blaža, Dipl. Elektroinž. 242 3.50 3.35 1
Coalition: Civic Alliance of Serbia and Social Democratic Party Together for Barajevo 219 3.16 3.03 1
Citizens' Group: Ivanković–Nikolić–Vesna Ivanković 172 2.49 2.38 -
Yugoslav Left–Branislav Mijailović 170 2.46 2.35 -
Citizens' Group: New Barajevo–Mr. Miljan Mihajlović 163 2.36 2.26 -
Liberal-Democratic Party[1]–Bojković Zoran 45 0.65 0.62 -
6,920 100 95.84 33
Sources: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 46 Number 31 (30 December 2002), pp. 931-935; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 47 Number 3 (11 February 2003), p. 39.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)[]

Nišava District[]

Ražanj[]

Elections took place in Ražanj on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly.[2] The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003.

2006 Ražanj municipal election
Mayor of Ražanj - First and Second Round Results
Candidate Party or Coalition Votes Votes %
Životije Popović Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Christian Democratic Party of Serbia) 1,143 2,593 57.11
Dobrica Stojković not listed 976 1,947 42.89
other candidates not listed
Total valid votes 4,540 100
Sources: Sources: ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021; "DOS-u najviše poverenja", Glas javnosti, 24 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022. The first-round results, taken from the latter source, are unofficial.

The results of the municipal assembly election were as follows:

Electoral List Votes % Seats
Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Christian Democratic Party of Serbia) 1,029 24.21 22.94 8
Citizens' Groups (three different lists) 1,021 24.02 22.76 7
Serbian Radical Party 373 8.78 8.32 3
Serbian Progressive Party[3] 346 8.14 7.71 3
Serbian Renewal Movement 309 7.27 6.89 3
Party of Serbian Unity 308 7.25 6.87 2
Democratic Party of Serbia 282 6.64 6.29 2
Socialist Party of Serbia 246 5.79 5.48 2
Yugoslav Left 139 3.27 3.10 1
United Peasant Party 87 2.05 1.94 -
Social Democracy 55 1.29 1.23 -
New Serbia 55 1.29 1.23 -
4,250 100 94.76 31
Sources: Source: Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2004; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 16, 101-102; "DOS-u najvi��e poverenja", Glas javnosti, 24 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022. According to the latter source, the citizens' group "M. Andrejević" won five mandates, while the group "Better Tomorrow" won two.

Životije was subsequently defeated in a recall election in 2006.

References[]

  1. ^ Not to be confused with the Liberal Democratic Party formed in 2005.
  2. ^ "Glasanje po novom zakonu", Glas javnosti, 23 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ Not to be confused with the Serbian Progressive Party formed in 2008.
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