Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
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Parliamentary elections took place in Serbia
on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007.
Parties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanian
parties from the Preševo Valley
participated in the elections, but Kosovo Albanian
parties continued their boycott of Serbian elections.
6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote, an increase of 14,000 voters when compared to the constitutional referendum held a few months before. 31,370 of the eligible voters were living abroad, and 7,082 were in prison. Most Kosovo Albanians have not registered to vote. There were 8,441 ballot stations, 58 of which were abroad. Final election results had to be announced by midnight on January 25, 2007.
The d'Hondt method
was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their alloted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.
The change figure for the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia list is in comparison to the 2003 result for the Democratic Party of Serbia; New Serbia was aligned to the Serbian Renewal Movement in 2003. The grouping headed by the Liberal Democratic Party is new: the Liberal Democratic Party split off from the Democratic Party in 2005; Civic Alliance of Serbia and the Social Democratic Union were part of the Democratic Party list in 2003; and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina were in a list with the Alliance of Vojvodina Magyars in 2003. The Coalition List for Sandžak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.
By 19:00 (18:00 GMT), the turnout of registered voters was around 56.7% (around 3,770,000 citizens):
1 - Note that voter registration by Kosovo Albanian
s is very low so the turnout figures do not represent the non-registered voters who live in the province.http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/kosovo1/2006/1107flashpoint.htm
By 20:00 (19:00 GMT) 4,020,744 people voted which is 60.4%.
(*) This is the slogan in Hungarian language
.
, the Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina
and the People's Democratic Party of Vojvodina
, a Bunjevci
political party. Candidates on the list were members of national Councils of the Slovak
and Bunjevci national minorities as well. It promised SDP up to six seats, three guaranteed in the election. It proposed members for all 250 seats, with Ružica Đinđić, widow of former Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, as the first, followed by the party's head and President of Serbia Boris Tadić
.
The Party for Sanjak supported this list.
DS won 64 seats. It transferred 3 seats to SDP and 1 to DSHV, as per the agreement.
, Social Democratic Union
and the Social Democratic League of Vojvodina presented a list with all 250 candidates. The list also included prominent intellectuals of the Serbian society, including members of Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
. Coalition leader is Čedomir Jovanović
.
The coalition won 14 seats. 5 went to LDP, 4 to GSS, 1 to GSS, which together formed a group with 1 from DHSS. LSV formed a separate parliamentary club with its 4 seats
and Tomislav Nikolić
being the second candidate, presenting 250 candidates. It won 81 seat.
Cyrillic: Народњачка коалиција) of the center-right Democratic Party of Serbia
and New Serbia
also includes United Serbia
and Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement
. It presented a list for all 250 candidates, led by Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica
.
The coalition won 47 seats. Of them, 33 went to DSS, 10 to NS and 2 to each of SDPO and JS.
(PSS) took part as an independent list led by Milanka Karić, presenting candidates for all 250 seats. It failed to pass the election threshold.
(SPO) became a candidate party under on 4 December 2006 at 11:30am after accumulating 17,024 electoral signers. Headed by the temporary Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Drašković
, it failed to pass the election threshold.
The list includes a max total of 250 candidates, and includes members of the Serbian List for the Return of Property, People's Peasant Party
(of Marijan Rističević
), Liberals of Serbia
(represented by Radivoje Lazarević and Žarko Jokanović) and the Movement "I live for Krajina". The list's bearer is partial president Vuk Drašković
followed by the vice-presidents of the party - Vlajko Senić, Srđan Srećković, Sanja Čeković, Žika Gojković and Mirko Čikiriz.
(SVM) took part as an independent minority list led by Jožef Kasa, presenting candidates for all 250 seats of the parliament. It secured 3 seats in the parliament, not having to pass the election threshold.
of Nebojša Čović
ran in the election together with the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
of Jovan Krkobabić
. The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia was supposed to get the greatest share of the coalition's seats. The Socialist People's Party
was on this list as well. Its list included candidates for all 250 seats of the parliament. The coalition failed to pass the election threshold, albeit seemingly satisfied with its results.
included:
They submitted a list of 25 candidates. It secured its old 2 seats, one of BDSS and other of SLPS, being a minority list.
has the Movement of Veterans of Serbia
on its list led by Ivica Dačić
. Borka Vučić
as a non-partisan is also present.
parties" led by Igor Kurjački
includes Vojvodina Party, Civic Movement of Vojvodina, Our Vojvodina, Srem Party, Party of small shareholders, pensioners, unemployed and Party of Pensioners and Workers of Serbia.
parties from the Preševo Valley
. The other two regional Albanian national minority parties were previously a part of the coalition, but changed their opinions later and called on Preševan Albanians to boycott the elections.
ran together with the Socialdemocratic Party
, the Cultural Movement of Serbia and the Serbian Kosovo-Metohijan Party on its list, headed by Nenad Vukasović
.
and Pál Sándor
also includes Democratic Community of Hungarians of Vojvodina, Democratic Union of Hungarians of Vojvodina and youth movement 64 Counties.
was supported by the Party of the Disabled.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
on 21 January 2007. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007.
Parties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanian
Albanians in Serbia
Due to dispute regarding the status of Kosovo, Albanians in Serbia may refer to:*Albanians in Central Serbia*Albanians in Kosovo...
parties from the Preševo Valley
Preševo Valley
The Preševo Valley , is an Albanian political catchphrase used to describe the two south Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, which have a majority ethnic Albanian population. Medvedja municipality is sometimes also included under this term, although it has a majority Serbian population...
participated in the elections, but Kosovo Albanian
Albanians in Kosovo
Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...
parties continued their boycott of Serbian elections.
6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote, an increase of 14,000 voters when compared to the constitutional referendum held a few months before. 31,370 of the eligible voters were living abroad, and 7,082 were in prison. Most Kosovo Albanians have not registered to vote. There were 8,441 ballot stations, 58 of which were abroad. Final election results had to be announced by midnight on January 25, 2007.
The d'Hondt method
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their alloted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.
Party lists
Twenty party lists registered with the electoral commission before the deadline of 2007-01-05:- Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Serbia)The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of...
— Boris TadićBoris TadicBoris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
(Демократска странка - Борис Тадић) - G17 PlusG17 PlusG17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party...
– Mlađan Dinkić (Г17 плус — Млађан Динкић) - Liberal Democratic Party–Civic Alliance of SerbiaCivic Alliance of SerbiaCivic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
–Social Democratic UnionSocial Democratic Union (Serbia)The Social Democratic Union is a social democratic political party in Serbia.At the last legislative elections, on January 21, 2007, the party was a member of the LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition that won 15 seats....
–League of Social Democrats of VojvodinaLeague of Social Democrats of VojvodinaThe League of Vojvodina Social Democrats is a regionalist social democratic political party in Serbia...
— Čedomir JovanovićCedomir JovanovicČedomir "Čeda" Jovanović is a Serbian politician and president of the Liberal Democratic Party .- Early life :...
(Либерално демократска партија — Грађански савез Србије — Социјалдемократска унија — Лига социјалдемократа Војводине — Чедомир Јовановић) - Serbian Radical PartySerbian Radical PartyThe Serbian Radical Party is a far-right Serbian nationalist political party in Serbia, founded in 1991. Currently the second-largest party in the Serbian National Assembly, it has branches in three of the nations that currently border Serbia – all former federal republics of Yugoslavia...
– Dr Vojislav ŠešeljVojislav ŠešeljVojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000...
(Српска радикална странка — др Војислав Шешељ) - Democratic Party of SerbiaDemocratic Party of SerbiaThe Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
–New SerbiaNew SerbiaNew Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It was created in 1997 by a number of dissidents from the Serbian Renewal Movement....
— Dr Vojislav KoštunicaVojislav KoštunicaVojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003...
(Демократска странка Србије — Нова Србија — др Војислав Коштуница) - Serbian Strength MovementSerbian Strength MovementThe Strength of Serbia Movement is a political party in Serbia led by Bogoljub Karić. He finished third in the 2004 presidential elections....
— Bogoljub KarićBogoljub KaricBogoljub Karić ) is a businessman and politician from Serbia.- Early life :Bogoljub Karić was born on January 17, 1954 in Peć, Kosovo, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, to Janićije Karić and Danica Kuzmanović. He earned a degree in Geography from Prirodno-matematički fakultet in Priština and his Master's...
(Покрет снага Србије — Богољуб Карић) - Serbian Renewal MovementSerbian Renewal MovementThe Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia....
— Vuk DraškovićVuk DraškovicVuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
(Српски покрет обнове — Вук Драшковић) - Alliance of Vojvodina HungariansAlliance of Vojvodina HungariansThe Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president...
— József KaszaJózsef KaszaJózsef Kasza is an ethnic Hungarian politician, economist and banker in Serbia....
(Савез војвођанских Мађара — Јожеф Каса) - Party of United Pensioners of SerbiaParty of United Pensioners of SerbiaThe Party of United Pensioners of Serbia is a political party in Serbia. Party leader is Jovan Krkobabić. The party took part in 2007 parliamentary election in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and won no seats...
(PUPS) — Dr Jovan KrkobabićJovan KrkobabicJovan Krkobabić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Party of United Pensioners of Serbia. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs appointed on July 7, 2008....
and Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Serbia)The Social Democratic Party was a political party in Serbia....
(SDP) — Dr Nebojša ČovićNebojša CovicNebojša Čović, Ph.D is a Serbian politician and businessman. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party...
(Партија уједињених пензионера Србије (ПУПС) — Др Јован Кркобабић и Социјалдемократска партија (СДП) — Др Небојша Човић) - Coalition List for Sandžak Dr Sulejman UgljaninSulejman UgljaninSulejman Ugljanin is an ethnic Bosniak politician from the Sandžak region of Serbia...
(Коалиција Листа за Санџак др Сулејман Угљанин) - Socialist Party of SerbiaSocialist Party of SerbiaThe Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
(Социјалистичка партија Србије) - Branko PavlovićBranko PavlovicBranko Pavlović is a Serbian politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the list Branko Pavlović – "Because it has to be better" on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 that won no seats. Branko Pavlović was previously a member and vice-presidentof Social Democratic Union which he had...
— "Because it has to be better" (Бранко Павловић — "Зато што мора боље") - Coalition "Vojvodina partiesVojvodina partiesCoalition Vojvodina parties was a political alliance in the last legislative elections in Serbia, on 21 January, 2007. The alliance won 0.18% of the popular vote, and no seats in the parliament...
" — Mr Igor KurjačkiIgor KurjackiIgor Kurjački is a Serbian politician and former regional agriculture secretary. He is the leader of the Vojvodina's Party and coalition "Vojvodina parties", which participated on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007. Igor Kurjački was previously a member of Social Democratic League of Vojvodina...
(Коалиција "Војвођанске партије" — мр Игор Курјачки) - Roma Union of SerbiaRoma Union of SerbiaRoma Union of Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people. It was founded in May 2004.Party president is Miloš Paunković who replaced Raјko Đurić. The party took part in the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 as an independent list and won one seat....
— Dr Raјko Đurić (Унија Рома Србије — др Рајко Ђурић) - Reformist Party — Dr Aleksandar VišnjićAleksandar VišnjicAleksandar Višnjić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Reformist Party which took part as an independent list in Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 and 2008 but won no seats. He was a member of the Democratic Party , but left in 2004/5.-References:*...
(Реформистичка странка — др Александар Вишњић) - Democratic Community of Serbia — Dr Obren JoksimovićObren JoksimovicObren Joksimović is Serbian politician and former health minister. He was the leader of Democratic Community of Serbia which emerged from the Democratic Party of Serbia and merged into Serbian Radical Party.-References:...
(Демократска заједница Србије — др Обрен Јоксимовић) - Albanian Coalition from Preševo ValleyAlbanian Coalition from Preševo ValleyThe Albanian Coalition from Preševo Valley is a coalition of groups representing the Albanian inhabitants of the Preševo Valley in South Serbia. It ran as list number 17 in the election in January 2007, winning 16,973 votes, equalling 0.42% of the national vote, and gaining one seat....
(Коалиција Албанаца Прешевске долине) - Social DemocracySocial Democracy (Serbia)Social Democracy is a political party in Serbia. The party leader is Nenad Vukasović. It took part in Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 as an independent list but won no seats with only 0.12 percent of vote or 4,903 votes...
— Nenad VukasovićNenad VukasovicNenad Vukasović is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Social Democracy which took part as an independent list on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007, but won no seats....
(Социјалдемократија — Ненад Вукасовић) - Coalition Hungarian UnionHungarian UnionHungarian Union was a political coalition in the last legislative elections in Serbia, on 21 January, 2007. The alliance won 0.32% of the popular vote, and no seats in the parliament. The alliance was formed by the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians led by Sándor Páll and Democratic...
— Andraš AgoštonAndrás ÁgostonAndrás Ágoston is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia and leader of Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians. He was one of the leaders of the coalition "Hungarian Union" on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 together with Sándor Páll that won no seats...
– Dr Pal Šandor (Коалиција Мађарска слога — Андраш Агоштон – др Пал Шандор) - Roma PartyRoma PartyRoma Party is a political party in Serbia. It is an ethnic minority party of Roma people.Party president is Šajn Srđan. The party took part in the Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 as an independent list. It won one seat....
— Šajn Srđan (Ромска партија — Шајн Срђан)
Results
The Republican Electoral Commission finally published the final results after the repetition of voting in several places:The change figure for the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia list is in comparison to the 2003 result for the Democratic Party of Serbia; New Serbia was aligned to the Serbian Renewal Movement in 2003. The grouping headed by the Liberal Democratic Party is new: the Liberal Democratic Party split off from the Democratic Party in 2005; Civic Alliance of Serbia and the Social Democratic Union were part of the Democratic Party list in 2003; and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina were in a list with the Alliance of Vojvodina Magyars in 2003. The Coalition List for Sandžak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.
Turnout
By 18:00 (17:00 GMT), the Republican Electoral Commission confirmed a figure of 3,427,402 people that have voted in the election, or 51.51% of the total electoral body:- VojvodinaVojvodinaVojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
: 51.65% - BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
: 49.77%
By 19:00 (18:00 GMT), the turnout of registered voters was around 56.7% (around 3,770,000 citizens):
- BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
: 55% (830,000) - Central SerbiaCentral SerbiaCentral Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper , was the region of Serbia from 1945 to 2009. It included central parts of Serbia outside of the autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina. The region of Central Serbia was not an administrative division of Serbia as such; it was under the...
: 56.5% (1,900,000) - VojvodinaVojvodinaVojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
: 58.9% - KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
1: 48.6%
1 - Note that voter registration by Kosovo Albanian
Albanians in Kosovo
Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...
s is very low so the turnout figures do not represent the non-registered voters who live in the province.http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/kosovo1/2006/1107flashpoint.htm
By 20:00 (19:00 GMT) 4,020,744 people voted which is 60.4%.
International Reaction
- DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
foreign minister Ben BotBen BotBernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot is a Dutch diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 3, 2003 until February 22, 2007 in the Cabinets Balkenende II and III....
congratulated Boris TadićBoris TadicBoris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
with the result, stating "the fact that Mr. Tadić has doubled his position in the parliament is of great importance, since it means that the Serbian people value a "pro-European" course". - EU foreign policy chief Javier SolanaJavier SolanaFrancisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, KOGF is a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González and Secretary General of NATO , he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary...
stated "The majority voted for forces that are democratic and pro-European", continuing "I hope very much there will be a speedy formation of a government that will be on the line of "pro-European" forces." - GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter SteinmeierFrank-Walter SteinmeierFrank-Walter Steinmeier is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , and currently the leader of the opposition in the Bundestag. Steinmeier was a close aide of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, serving as Chief of Staff in the German Chancellery from 1999 to 2005...
said "The radicals got most votes but nevertheless two thirds of the seats in parliament will go to "democratic" forces." - Michael C. PoltMichael C. PoltAmbassador Polt was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia on November 30, 2009. He presented his credentials to Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves on December 10, 2009....
, US ambassador to Serbia, congratulated Serbian people on results, stating that "the United States looks forward to continuing to work with you and your leadership as your country fulfills the promise of October 2000“. - Jean AsselbornJean AsselbornJean Asselborn is a Luxembourger politician. Since 31 July 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker....
, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, stated that EU should show support to Serbia, after "democratic" forces won the elections, as NATO did when Serbia was invited to join "Partnership for Peace" despite not cooperating with the ICTY.
- Sergey BaburinSergey BaburinSergey Nikolayevich Baburin is a Russian nationalist politician and is Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma and leader of the Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya". He was elected for the Rodina bloc. He is a member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Law.Baburin...
, Vice-president of the Russian State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
stated “the parties to form the government will soon hear Martti AhtisaariMartti AhtisaariMartti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland , Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work....
’s recommendations for the settlement of the KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
issue, and I deem their position unenviable. In my opinion, parties are making a big mistake by not letting Serbian RadicalsSerbian Radical PartyThe Serbian Radical Party is a far-right Serbian nationalist political party in Serbia, founded in 1991. Currently the second-largest party in the Serbian National Assembly, it has branches in three of the nations that currently border Serbia – all former federal republics of Yugoslavia...
partake in the government. Patriotic parties in Serbia are getting potentially stronger”.
Campaign slogans
The parties' campaign slogans for the 2007 election:| Party | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... slogan |
Serbian Serbian language Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries.... slogan |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Because life can't wait | Zato što život ne može da čeka Зато што живот не може да чека |
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| G17 Plus | Expertise before politics | Stručnost ispred politike Стручност испред политике |
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| Liberal-Democratic Party-Civic Alliance of Serbia-Social Democratic Union-League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina | It depends on us | Od nas zavisi Од нас зависи |
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| Serbian Radical Party | So that things become better already today | Da već danas bude bolje Да већ данас буде боље |
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| Democratic Party of Serbia / New Serbia | Long live Serbia | Živela Srbija Живела Србија |
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| Serbian Strength Movement | Serbia has strength | Srbija ima snage Србија има снаге |
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| Serbian Renewal Movement | It's worth fighting for | Vredi se boriti Вреди се борити |
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| Socialist Party of Serbia | Serbia, Chin Up | Srbijo, glavu gore Србијо, главу горе |
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| Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | New chance | Nova šansa Új esély (*) |
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| List for Sandžak | For Sandžak Sandžak Sandžak also known as Raška is a historical region lying along the border between Serbia and Montenegro... in European Serbia |
Za Sandžak u evropskoj Srbiji За Санџак у европској Србији |
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| Albanian Coalition from Preševo Valley | For better life of Albanians Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo... in Preševo Valley Preševo Valley The Preševo Valley , is an Albanian political catchphrase used to describe the two south Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, which have a majority ethnic Albanian population. Medvedja municipality is sometimes also included under this term, although it has a majority Serbian population... |
Za bolji život Albanaca u Preševskoj dolini За бољи живот Албанаца у Прешевској долини |
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(*) This is the slogan in Hungarian language
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
.
Democratic Party
The Democratic Party list also included the Sanjak Democratic PartySanjak Democratic Party
The Social Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia...
, the Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina
Democratic League of Croats in Vojvodina
The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina is a political party of ethnic Croats in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, Founded July 15, 1990. It is the only parliamentary ethnic Croat minority party in Serbia...
and the People's Democratic Party of Vojvodina
People's Democratic Party of Vojvodina
People's Democratic Party of Vojvodina is a political party in Serbia, led by Mirko Bajić....
, a Bunjevci
Bunjevci
Bunjevci are a South Slavic community and ethnic group living mostly in the Bačka region of Serbia and southern Hungary...
political party. Candidates on the list were members of national Councils of the Slovak
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
and Bunjevci national minorities as well. It promised SDP up to six seats, three guaranteed in the election. It proposed members for all 250 seats, with Ružica Đinđić, widow of former Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, as the first, followed by the party's head and President of Serbia Boris Tadić
Boris Tadic
Boris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
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The Party for Sanjak supported this list.
DS won 64 seats. It transferred 3 seats to SDP and 1 to DSHV, as per the agreement.
G17+
G17 Plus ran as an independent list led by Mlađan Dinkić, proposing members for all 250 seats. It won 19 seats.LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV
The Coalition list of the Liberal Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of SerbiaCivic Alliance of Serbia
Civic Alliance of Serbia was a social-liberal party in Serbia.Known widely by its three-letter acronym in Serbian, GSS was founded and registered in 1992...
, Social Democratic Union
Social Democratic Union (Serbia)
The Social Democratic Union is a social democratic political party in Serbia.At the last legislative elections, on January 21, 2007, the party was a member of the LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition that won 15 seats....
and the Social Democratic League of Vojvodina presented a list with all 250 candidates. The list also included prominent intellectuals of the Serbian society, including members of Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
The Christian Democratic Party of Serbia is a Christian democratic political party in Serbia. At the final legislative elections in Serbia and Montenegro, held December 28, 2003, the party won no seats...
. Coalition leader is Čedomir Jovanović
Cedomir Jovanovic
Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović is a Serbian politician and president of the Liberal Democratic Party .- Early life :...
.
The coalition won 14 seats. 5 went to LDP, 4 to GSS, 1 to GSS, which together formed a group with 1 from DHSS. LSV formed a separate parliamentary club with its 4 seats
Serbian Radical Party
Serbian Radical Party took part as an independent list led by Vojislav ŠešeljVojislav Šešelj
Vojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000...
and Tomislav Nikolić
Tomislav Nikolic
Tomislav "Toma" Nikolić is a Serbian politician, President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is also a former member of the Serbian Radical Party, where he served as Deputy Leader of the party and parliamentary leader during the absence of Vojislav Šešelj...
being the second candidate, presenting 250 candidates. It won 81 seat.
DSS-NS
The "People's Parties Coalition" (SerbianSerbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
Cyrillic: Народњачка коалиција) of the center-right Democratic Party of Serbia
Democratic Party of Serbia
The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March...
and New Serbia
New Serbia
New Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It was created in 1997 by a number of dissidents from the Serbian Renewal Movement....
also includes United Serbia
United Serbia
United Serbia is a political party in Serbia, centered in Jagodina. It was previously a close ally of New Serbia, and was a member of its coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia....
and Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement
Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement
Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement was a monarchist political party in Serbia...
. It presented a list for all 250 candidates, led by Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica
Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003...
.
The coalition won 47 seats. Of them, 33 went to DSS, 10 to NS and 2 to each of SDPO and JS.
Serbian Strength Movement
Serbian Strength MovementSerbian Strength Movement
The Strength of Serbia Movement is a political party in Serbia led by Bogoljub Karić. He finished third in the 2004 presidential elections....
(PSS) took part as an independent list led by Milanka Karić, presenting candidates for all 250 seats. It failed to pass the election threshold.
Serbian Renewal Movement
The Serbian Renewal MovementSerbian Renewal Movement
The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia....
(SPO) became a candidate party under on 4 December 2006 at 11:30am after accumulating 17,024 electoral signers. Headed by the temporary Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Drašković
Vuk Draškovic
Vuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
, it failed to pass the election threshold.
The list includes a max total of 250 candidates, and includes members of the Serbian List for the Return of Property, People's Peasant Party
People's Peasant Party
The People's Peasant Party was a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990, its first president being Dragan Veselinov Later it became a part of the Civic Alliance of Serbia...
(of Marijan Rističević
Marijan Rističević
Marijan Rističević is a Serbian politician and leader of the People's Peasant Party. He was a deputy in the National Assembly of Serbia for 7 years....
), Liberals of Serbia
Liberals of Serbia
The Liberals of Serbia was a political party in Serbia.The party was originally founded in 1990, when the Social Democratic Youth League reconstituted itself as New Democracy...
(represented by Radivoje Lazarević and Žarko Jokanović) and the Movement "I live for Krajina". The list's bearer is partial president Vuk Drašković
Vuk Draškovic
Vuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
followed by the vice-presidents of the party - Vlajko Senić, Srđan Srećković, Sanja Čeković, Žika Gojković and Mirko Čikiriz.
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina HungariansAlliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president...
(SVM) took part as an independent minority list led by Jožef Kasa, presenting candidates for all 250 seats of the parliament. It secured 3 seats in the parliament, not having to pass the election threshold.
PUPS-SDP
The Social Democratic PartySocial Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Social Democratic Party was a political party in Serbia....
of Nebojša Čović
Nebojša Covic
Nebojša Čović, Ph.D is a Serbian politician and businessman. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party...
ran in the election together with the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia
The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia is a political party in Serbia. Party leader is Jovan Krkobabić. The party took part in 2007 parliamentary election in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and won no seats...
of Jovan Krkobabić
Jovan Krkobabic
Jovan Krkobabić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Party of United Pensioners of Serbia. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs appointed on July 7, 2008....
. The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia was supposed to get the greatest share of the coalition's seats. The Socialist People's Party
Socialist People's Party (Serbia)
The Socialist People's Party is a political party in Serbia founded by Branislav Ivković, a former member of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Ivković was a candidate in the first round of elections for President of Serbia in 2002, winning 1.2% of the vote. In the 2003 re-run of the previous...
was on this list as well. Its list included candidates for all 250 seats of the parliament. The coalition failed to pass the election threshold, albeit seemingly satisfied with its results.
List for Sandžak
Coalition List for Sandžak led by Sulejman UgljaninSulejman Ugljanin
Sulejman Ugljanin is an ethnic Bosniak politician from the Sandžak region of Serbia...
included:
- Party of Democratic Action of SanjakParty of Democratic Action of SandzakThe Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak is a political party that represents the Bosniak ethnic minority in the Sandzak region of Serbia. It is a branch of the Party of Democratic Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-External links:*...
- Bosniac Democratic Party of SanjakBosniak Democratic Party of SandžakThe Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak is a political party in the Sandžak region of Serbia. At the final legislative elections, 28 December 2003, the party elected one seat on the list of the Democratic Party....
- Reformist Party of Sanjak
- Social-Liberal Party of SanjakSocial Liberal Party of SandzakThe Social Liberal Party of Sandžak is a former centre-left political party in Serbia from Sandžak that promoted social liberalism....
- Social Democratic Party of Sanjak
They submitted a list of 25 candidates. It secured its old 2 seats, one of BDSS and other of SLPS, being a minority list.
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of SerbiaSocialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
has the Movement of Veterans of Serbia
Movement of Veterans of Serbia
Movement of Veterans of Serbia is a minor political party in the Republic of Serbia. It has a single seat within the parliamentary club of the Socialist Party of Serbia within the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, as per the 21 January 2007 election, ratified on 14 February 2007.The...
on its list led by Ivica Dačić
Ivica Dacic
Ivica Dačić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Socialist Party of Serbia and is First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Internal Affairs....
. Borka Vučić
Borka Vucic
Borka Vučić , was a Serbian politician.She served as the acting President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, elected on the list of the Socialist Party of Serbia in the 21 January 2007 parliamentary election...
as a non-partisan is also present.
Vojvodina parties
Coalition "VojvodinaVojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
parties" led by Igor Kurjački
Igor Kurjacki
Igor Kurjački is a Serbian politician and former regional agriculture secretary. He is the leader of the Vojvodina's Party and coalition "Vojvodina parties", which participated on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007. Igor Kurjački was previously a member of Social Democratic League of Vojvodina...
includes Vojvodina Party, Civic Movement of Vojvodina, Our Vojvodina, Srem Party, Party of small shareholders, pensioners, unemployed and Party of Pensioners and Workers of Serbia.
Roma Union
The list of the Roma Union of Serbia is led by Raјko Đurić and also includes members of the party Vlachs of Democratic Serbia (see Vlachs of Serbia entry).Albanians from the Preševo Valley
This list is a Coalition of Riza Halimi's Democratic Action Party and Skender Destani's Democratic Union of the Valley, two local ethnic AlbanianAlbanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
parties from the Preševo Valley
Preševo Valley
The Preševo Valley , is an Albanian political catchphrase used to describe the two south Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Preševo, which have a majority ethnic Albanian population. Medvedja municipality is sometimes also included under this term, although it has a majority Serbian population...
. The other two regional Albanian national minority parties were previously a part of the coalition, but changed their opinions later and called on Preševan Albanians to boycott the elections.
Social Democracy
Social DemocracySocial Democracy (Serbia)
Social Democracy is a political party in Serbia. The party leader is Nenad Vukasović. It took part in Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 as an independent list but won no seats with only 0.12 percent of vote or 4,903 votes...
ran together with the Socialdemocratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Social Democratic Party was a political party in Serbia....
, the Cultural Movement of Serbia and the Serbian Kosovo-Metohijan Party on its list, headed by Nenad Vukasović
Nenad Vukasovic
Nenad Vukasović is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Social Democracy which took part as an independent list on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007, but won no seats....
.
Hungarian Union
List of the coalition Hungarian Union led by András ÁgostonAndrás Ágoston
András Ágoston is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia and leader of Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians. He was one of the leaders of the coalition "Hungarian Union" on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 together with Sándor Páll that won no seats...
and Pál Sándor
Sándor Páll
Sándor Páll was an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia and leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians....
also includes Democratic Community of Hungarians of Vojvodina, Democratic Union of Hungarians of Vojvodina and youth movement 64 Counties.
Democratic Community of Serbia
The Democratic Community of Serbia of Dr Obren JoksimovićObren Joksimovic
Obren Joksimović is Serbian politician and former health minister. He was the leader of Democratic Community of Serbia which emerged from the Democratic Party of Serbia and merged into Serbian Radical Party.-References:...
was supported by the Party of the Disabled.