2013 Serbian local elections

A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2013. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2009.

All local elections in 2013 were held under proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles in 2013, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.

Results[]

Belgrade[]

Voždovac[]

An election was held in Voždovac on 15 December 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which was elected in 2009.

The results of the election were as follows:

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	SNS list: "Aleksandar Vučić–Serbian Progressive Party"	28,258	53.23	36
	DS list: "Đilas Democratic"	6,140	11.57	7
	SPS coalition: "Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)–United Serbia (JS)"	4,334	8.16	5
	DSS list: "Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica"	3,216	6.06	4
	SDPS list: "Rasim Ljajić–Social Democratic Party of Serbia"	3,126	5.89	3
	LDP list: "Čedomir Jovanović–Liberal Democratic Party"	2,290	4.31	–
	Dveri coalition: "Dveri–New Power of Voždovac, Serbian Movement Oathkeepers, Serbian Krajina, Veterans' Movement of Serbia, Movement for Serbia, Citizens' Association: Free Serbia – Čačak, Movement: Women Creators for Serbia, National Consciousness–Branimir Nešić"	1,881	3.54	–
	SNP 1389 list: "1389–Fight for Voždovac–Miša Vacić"	952	1.79	–
	SRS list: "Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	911	1.72	–
	NOVA list: "New Party–Zoran Živković"	793	1.49	–
	URS list: "Belgrade Initiative–Zoran Ostojić–URS–Miroslav Čučković"	601	1.13	–
	"None of the Above" list	536	1.01	–
	"European Democracy" list	53	0.10	–
Total		53,091	100.00	55
Valid votes		53,091	97.21
Invalid/blank votes		1,526	2.79
Total votes		54,617	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		156,962	34.80
Source: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 56 Number 60 (4 December 2013), pp. 1-10; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 57 Number 71 (22 December 2013), pp. 2-4.

Aleksandar Savić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.^[1]

Zemun[]

An election was held in Zemun on 2 June 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which was elected in 2009.

The results of the election were as follows:

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	SNS coalition: "Serbian Progressive Party–Aleksandar Vučić (Serbian Progressive Party–SNS, New Serbia–NS, Movement of Socialists–PS)"	29,071	53.22	39
	SPS coalition: "Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)–United Serbia (JS)–Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS)–Veterans' Movement (PV)"	6,473	11.85	8
	DS list: "Democratic Party–Sava Jerković"	5,016	9.18	6
	DSS coalition: "Democratic Party of Serbia–Dveri–Vojislav Koštunica"	3,727	6.82	4
	SRS list: "Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	2,369	4.34	–
	LDP list: "Liberal Democratic Party–Čedomir Jovanović"	2,354	4.31	–
	PRS coalition: "Zemun Movement–Movement of Workers and Peasants, Prof. Miša Krstić"	1,312	2.40	–
	Citizens' Group list: "For Zemun–Batajnica Development Movement"	803	1.47	–
	TS list: ""Zemun Story–Our Cause–Third Serbia"	800	1.46	–
	"My City of Zemun–Milan Nadoveza Naja" list	766	1.40	–
	"Socialdemocratic Alliance–Prof. Dr. Danica Grujičić" list	646	1.18	–
	URS coalition: "Zemun Our City–Zemun Citizens' Movement–United Regions of Serbia–Serbian Renewal Movement"	550	1.01	–
	"Citizens' Alternative–Dr. Goran Mandić" list	446	0.82	–
	SNP 1389 list: "SNP 1389–Serbian Zemun–Miša Vacić"	294	0.54	–
Total		54,627	100.00	57
Valid votes		54,627	97.38
Invalid/blank votes		1,467	2.62
Total votes		56,094	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		160,036	35.05
Source: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 56 Number 19 (22 May 2013), pp. 1-12; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 57 Number 27 (5 June 2013), p. 1.

Dejan Matić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.^[2] Aleksandar Šešelj, the son of Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, appeared in the fifth position on the Radical list.^[3]

Vojvodina[]

Kovin[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Serbian Progressive Party	6,910	44.07	14
	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians - Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség	798	5.09	12
	Movement for Revival-URS coalition	2,272	14.49	8
	SPS-JS-SDPS coalition	1,920	12.24	6
	Democratic Party	1,473	9.39	5
	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	749	4.78	–
	League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina	574	3.66	–
	Democratic Party of Serbia	459	2.93	–
	Group of citizens - total	323	2.06	–
	Serbian Radical Party	202	1.29	–
Total		15,680	100.00	45
Valid votes		15,680	96.26
Invalid/blank votes		610	3.74
Total votes		16,290	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,524	55.18

Odžaci[]

An election was held in Odžaci on 15 December 2013, at what was effectively the expiration of the term of the previous assembly elected in January 2010.

Dušan Marijan of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor when the new assembly convened in January 2014.^[4]

Vrbas[]

An election was held in Vrbas on 13 October 2013 due to the expiration of the term of the previous municipal assembly, which had been elected in 2009.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	SNS coalition: "Aleksandar Vučić–Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Renewal Movement, Rusyn Democratic Party)"	8,958	40.24	18
	SPS coalition: "Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)–United Serbia (JS)–Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM)–Krajišnik Association"	5,400	24.26	10
	DS list: "Democratic Party–Dr. Bojan Pajtić"	4,065	18.26	8
	SRS list: "Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj"	993	4.46	–
	Citizens' Group list: "SVI Together–Socialdemocratic Alliance–Branislav Petrović"	883	3.97	–
	LDP-LSV coalition: "Liberal Democratic Party–League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina"	773	3.47	–
	Dveri list: "Dveri–For the Life of Vrbas–Ivan B. Kostić"	596	2.68	–
	DSS coalition: "Democratic Party of Serbia–Vrbas Youth Association–Dr. Vojislav Koštunica"	594	2.67	–
Total		22,262	100.00	36
Valid votes		22,262	95.75
Invalid/blank votes		988	4.25
Total votes		23,250	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		36,804	63.17
Source: Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 48 Number 14 (7 November 2013), p. 436.

Bratislav Kažić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.^[5] Kažić resigned in July 2016 and was replaced by Milan Glušac of the same party.^[6] Glušac, in turn, resigned in January 2017 to prompt new local elections ahead of schedule (coinciding with the 2017 Serbian presidential election) and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority that governed the municipality in advance of the vote.^[7][8]

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