2022 Belgrade City Assembly election
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Local elections will be held in Belgrade on 3 April 2022 to elect members of the City Assembly.[1] Alongside the election, national-level general elections[1] and local elections in 12 other towns and municipalities will be held on the same day.[2]
Background[]
Following the vote of no confidence in 2013, Dragan Đilas was dismissed as mayor,[3] and a temporary body was set up by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), who has ruled Belgrade since then.[4] The current session of the City Assembly was elected in 2018, after SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and United Serbia (JS) formed a majority.[5] Zoran Radojičić, an independent endorsed by SNS, was elected mayor, succeeding Siniša Mali, while Goran Vesić was elected deputy mayor.[6] The 2018 election also marked the return of Đragan Đilas to politics,[7] and his list ended up gaining 26 seats, while the list led by Aleksandar Šapić won 12 seats.[5][8]
Later that year, the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) was formed by Đilas, along with Vuk Jeremić, Zoran Lutovac, and Boško Obradović.[9] It was a major opposition alliance, that also played a key role in the 2018–2020 protests,[10] and it boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election.[11] Municipal elections were held in Belgrade after the parliamentary election, in which, SNS won a majority in all 16 Belgrade municipalites except New Belgrade,[12] where the Serbian Patriotic Alliance (SPAS), which was led by Aleksandar Šapić, managed to form a local government, third time in a row.[13] During that period, protests erupted in Belgrade over the announcement of the reimplementation of the curfew and government's allegedly poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The demonstrators took to the streets, stormed the National Assembly building, and clashed with the police.[14] The clashes and riots continued for the next few days, while the police used excessive force.[15]
In May 2021, Šapić merged his party into SNS, after which he was promoted to vice president of the party.[16] A series of environmental protests have been held in Belgrade as early as January 2021, although since September 2021, the protests have garnered greater attention,[17] which led to roadblocks on the Gazela Bridge in November and December 2021.[18]
Electoral system[]
Local elections in Belgrade are held under a proportional representation system.[19] Voters in Belgrade will determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the mayor.[20] Shortly prior the election, parties must submit a ballot list and their ballot leader.[21] One mandate of a mayor and an elected member of the City Assembly lasts four years.[21]
On 15 February 2022, Ivica Dačić, the president of the National Assembly, called the local elections.[22]
Political parties[]
The table below lists political parties represented in the City Assembly of Belgrade after the 2018 election.
Name | Ideology | Political position | Leader | 2018 result | ||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SNS–led coalition | Populism | Big tent | Zoran Radojičić | 44.99% | 64 / 110
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Dragan Đilas list | Anti-corruption | Centre | Dragan Đilas | 18.93% | 26 / 110
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Aleksandar Šapić – Mayor | National conservatism | Right-wing | Aleksandar Šapić | 9.01% | 12 / 110
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SPS–JS | Populism | Centre-left | Aleksandar Antić | 6.13% | 8 / 110
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Pre-election composition[]
Party | Seats | |||||
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Serbian Progressive Party | 76 | |||||
Party of Freedom and Justice | 13 | |||||
SPS–JS | 8 | |||||
Civic Democratic Forum | 6 | |||||
People's Party | 5 | |||||
Movement of Free Citizens | 2 |
Electoral lists[]
The following are the official electoral lists published by the Belgrade City Electoral Commission (GIK).[23]
# | Ballot name | Ballot carrier | Main ideology | Political position | |
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Aleksandar Šapić | Populism | Big tent | ||
2
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Toma Fila | Populism | Big tent | |
3
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Miljko Ristić | Ultranationalism | Far-right | |
4
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Mladen Kočica | Ultranationalism | Far-right | |
5
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Vladeta Janković | Anti-corruption | Big tent | ||
6
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Vojislav Mihailović | National conservatism | Right-wing | |
7
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Dobrica Veselinović | Green politics | Centre-left to left-wing | |
8
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Duško Vujošević | Social liberalism | Centre to centre-left | |
9
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Nemanja Šarović | National conservatism | Right-wing | |
10
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Vojin Biljić | Right-wing populism | Right-wing | |
11
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Radmila Vasić | Serbian nationalism | Right-wing |
Campaign[]
Slogans[]
Party/coalition | Original slogan | English translation | Source | |
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United Serbia | Beograd te zove | Belgrade's Calling | [33] | |
We Must | Za dobar grad! | For a good city! |
Party campaigns[]
Serbian Progressive Party[]
In January 2022, the Serbian Progressive Party chose Aleksandar Šapić as their candidate for mayor,[34] and GIK confirmed their ballot list on 17 February.[35]
Opinion polls[]
Polling organization | Date published | SNS—led coalition | SPAS | SPS—JS | United Serbia | Moramo | Dveri | DJB | NADA | SSZ | Others | Lead | |||||
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PSG | SSP | NS | DS | ||||||||||||||
Nova S | 14 Mar 2022 | 45.9 | 3.8 | 19.3 | 20.3 | – | – | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.4[b] | 21.7 | ||||||
NSPM | 12 Mar 2022 | 41.8 | 8.2 | 21.6 | 10.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 20.2 | ||||||
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NSPM | 11 Feb 2022 | 36.6 | 7.4 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 20.9[c] | 22 | ||||||
Stata.rs | 11 Feb 2022 | 29.3 | 28.2 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 21.6[d] | 1.1 | |||||||
ŠSM | 10 Dec 2021 | 47.9 | 25.3 | 13.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 22 | |||||||
Demostat | 2 Dec 2021 | 46.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | – | 4.0 | with Dveri | 10.0 | 24 | |||||||
United Serbia coalition formed, escalation of the environmental protests | |||||||||||||||||
Faktor plus | 31 Oct 2021 | 44.3 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 14.5 | 34.6 | |||
Demostat | 26 Oct 2021 | 38.9 | 6.2 | 26.5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||||||
Demostat | 17 Aug 2021 | 31.8 | – | 31.8[e] | – | – | – | 36.4[f] | Tossup | ||||||||
Faktor plus | 5 Aug 2021 | 45.1 | 7.1 | – | 10.0 | 4.0 | – | 6.5 | – | 4.3 | – | – | 23.0 | 35.1 | |||
ŠSM | 18 Jul 2021 | 44.6 | 8.8 | 15.6 | 5.8 | – | 10.8 | 3 | 2.3 | – | 9.1 | 29 | |||||
NSPM | 3 June 2021 | 34.5 | 11.7 | 6.7 | – | 22.6[g] | – | – | – | 24.5[h] | 11.9 | ||||||
SPAS merges with SNS | |||||||||||||||||
NSPM | 20 June 2019 | 40.7 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 18.2[i] | 1.9 | (SzS) | – | 1.0 | – | 28.5[j] | 22.5 | ||||
2018 election | 4 Mar 2018 | 44.9 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | [k] | 20.9 | 26.0 | ||||||
Mayor preferences[]
Polling organization | Date of publishment | Šapić SNS |
Janković US |
Lead |
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Stata.rs | 11 Feb 2022 | 44.5 | 49.4 | 4.9 |
Notes and references[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b Due to a dispute between Vojislav Mihailović and Žika Gojković, Mihailović had to register under the "For Kingdom of Serbia" organization because Gojković still legally represents the leadership of POKS
- ^ Without 8.3% undecided and 6.9% refused to answer
- ^ Including 14.9% for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom
- ^ Including 13.7% undecided and 5.7% that would not vote
- ^ Includes all opposition parties that boycotted last parliamentary election
- ^ Including 21.2 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom and 15.1 for "constructive opposition".
- ^ Includes all opposition parties that boycotted last parliamentary election
- ^ Including 15.9 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom, 7.1 for "constructive opposition"
- ^ For later dissolved Alliance for Serbia (SzS)
- ^ Including 18.7 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom.
- ^ DSS: 1.1; POKS: 0.5
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