2017 Serbian local elections

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A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2017. 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 2013.

All local elections in Serbia in 2017 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 2017, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.

Results[]

Vojvodina[]

Odžaci[]

An election was held in Odžaci on 23 April 2017. The previous election had been held in December 2013; sitting mayor Dušan Marijan resigned in early 2017 to harmonize the municipal election with the 2017 Serbian presidential election.[1] Marijan initially led a provisional authority pending new elections; he was later replaced by Latinka Vasiljković.[2][3]

The results of the election for the municipal assembly were as follows:

Electoral List Votes % Seats
Aleksandar Vučić–Faster, Stronger, Better 7,734 55.70 54.40 16
Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia 2,653 19.11 18.66 5
Citizens' Group: Odžaci Can Do Better 1,185 8.54 8.33 2
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 973 7.01 6.84 2
Democratic Party–Aleksandar Dikić 967 6.96 6.80 2
Citizens' Group: Enough Is Enough–Saša Radulović 372 2.68 2.62 -
13,884 100 97.65 27
Source: Službeni List (Opštine Odžaci), Volume 52 Number 12 (24 April 2017), p. 219.

Latinka Vasiljković was chosen as mayor after the election.[4] She resigned in early 2020 to harmonize Odžaci's municipal elections with Serbia's general local election cycle; Goran Nikolić was appointed as the leader of a provisional authority pending the vote.[5]

Vrbas[]

An election was held in Vrbas on 23 April 2017, following the resignation of mayor Milan Glušac of the Progressive Party. Vrbas had held its last local elections in 2013, and the assembly's term in office was scheduled to end in October 2017; Glušac said that he resigned in order to prompt early elections, which would be held in conjunction with the 2017 Serbian presidential election as a cost-saving measure.[6]

The results of the election for the municipal assembly were as follows:

Electoral List Votes % Seats
Aleksandar Vučić–Faster, Stronger, Better 8,449 43.63 17
Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) 4,304 22.23 8
Let's Free Vrbas 2,270 11.72 4
Movement of Socialists–Aleksandar Vulin 1,906 9.84 3
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 1,414 7.30 2
Citizens' Group: Enough Is Enough–Saša Radulović 1,020 5.27 2
19,363 100 36
Source: Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 51 Number 19 (24 April 2017), p. 315.[7]

Former mayor Milan Glušac was selected for another term in office after the election. He announced his resignation in November 2019, withdrew his resignation shortly thereafter, and definitively resigned in early 2020.[8] He was subsequently appointed as the leader of a provisional authority pending new local elections in 2020.[9] It was generally accepted that the timing of these activities was coordinated to harmonize Vrbas's local elections with the country's main electoral cycle.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE ODŽACI DUŠAN MARIJAN PODNEO OSTAVKU", 025 Odžaci, 25 January 2017, accessed 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ З. РАЈИЋ, "Еври од сваке парцеле", Novosti, 13 March 2017, accessed 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Латинка Васиљковић води Оџаке", Dnevnik, 15 May 2017, accessed 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ З. РАЈИЋ, "Еври од сваке парцеле", Novosti, 13 March 2017, accessed 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Formiran Privremeni organ opštine Odžaci", Municipality of Odžaci, 20 February 2017, accessed 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Глушац поднео оставку, локални избори заједно са председничким", Municipality of Vrbas, 25 January 2017, accessed 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ This source does not provide the total number of votes cast (including blank and rejected ballots). Lists needed to receive five per cent of all votes to cross the electoral threshold.
  8. ^ "VOICE: Predsednik opštine Vrbas podneo ostavku, izvesni vanredni lokalni izbori", Danas, 29 November 2019, accessed 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ ПРЕДСЕДНИК ОПШТИНЕ ВРБАС, Municipality of Vrbas, accessed 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "PREDSEDNICI TRI VOJVOĐANSKE OPŠTINE PO DRUGI PUT U DVA MESECA PODNELI OSTAVKE", Voice, 28 January 2020, accessed 7 October 2021.
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