1997 Serbian general election

1997 Serbian general election

21 September 1997 (first round) 5 October 1997 (second round)

Presidential election

Candidate Vojislav Šešelj Zoran Lilić Party SRS SPS Popular vote 1,733,859 1,691,354 Percentage 49.10% 47.90%

President before election Slobodan Milošević SPS Elected President None (results annulled)

Parliamentary election

Party Leader % Seats +/– SPS–JUL–ND Slobodan Milošević 34.26 110 −18 SRS Vojislav Šešelj 28.08 82 +43 SPO Vuk Drašković 19.18 45 +8 VMDK Sándor Páll 2.72 4 −1 DA Nebojša Čović 1.47 1 New VMSZ József Kasza 1.23 4 New List for Sandžak Sulejman Ugljanin 1.20 3 New DKPB 0.34 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mirko Marjanović SPS Mirko Marjanović SPS

General elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on 21 September 1997 to elect the President and National Assembly. With no presidential candidate receiving over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on 5 October. Running on a platform of Serbian nationalism and neoliberal economic reforms, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party received the most votes. However voter turnout was only 48%, below the required 50%. As a result, the elections were annulled, and fresh elections were scheduled for December.

In the National Assembly elections, the Socialist Party of Serbia–Yugoslav Left–New Democracy coalition emerged as the largest in the Assembly, winning 110 of the 250 seats.

The elections were boycotted by several parties, including the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Civic Alliance, which claimed that the elections would not be held under fair conditions. Most Kosovo Albanians also boycotted the elections.

Results

President (annulled)

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Zoran Lilić	Left Coalition	1,474,924	37.70	1,691,354	47.90
Vojislav Šešelj	Serbian Radical Party	1,126,940	27.28	1,733,859	49.10
Vuk Drašković	Serbian Renewal Movement	852,800	20.64
Mile Isakov	Vojvodina Coalition	111,166	2.43
Vuk Obradović	Social Democratic Party	100,523	2.43
Nebojša Čović	Democratic Alternative	93,133	2.23
Sulejman Ugljanin	List for Sandžak	68,446	1.66
Milan Paroški		27,100	0.66
Miodrag Vidojković		14,105	0.34
Predrag Vuletić		11,463	0.27
Dragan Djordević		10,864	0.26
Milan Mladenović		10,112	0.24
Djordje Drlajcić		9,430	0.22
Branko Cicić		7,097	0.17
Gvozden Sakić		3,293	0.06
Invalid/blank votes			–	104,223	–
Total		3,921,396	100	3,529,436	100
Registered voters/turnout			57.47		48.97
Source: Bugajski, Balkan Insight

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Left Coalition	1,418,036	34.26	110	–19
Serbian Radical Party	1,162,216	28.08	82	+43
Serbian Renewal Movement	793,988	19.18	45	+8
Vojvodina Coalition	112,589	2.72	4	–1
Social Democracy	105,068	2.54	0	New
Democratic Alternative	60,855	1.23	1	New
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	50,960	1.20	4	New
List for Sandžak	49,486	1.20	3	New
Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians	16,986	0.41	0	New
Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians	16,812	0.41	0
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia	16,222	0.39	0
Radical Party "Nikola Pasic"	15,986	0.39	0
People's Party	15,232	0.37	0
Democratic Coalition Preševo-Bujanovac	14,179	0.34	1	New
Natural Law Party	8,957	0.22	0
League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia	5,760	0.14	0
Party of Serbian Unity	5,590	0.14	0	New
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina	5,375	0.13	0	0
Vojvodina's Party	4,790	0.12	0
Party of Serbian Citizens	4,508	0.11	0
Rebirth Coalition–Foreign Currency Savers Party	3,727	0.09	0
Council of Citizens of Subotica	3,647	0.09	0
Sandžak Coalition	3,606	0.09	0
Serbian Resistance Movement–Democratic Movement	3,299	0.08	0
Pensioners Democratic Party of Serbia	2,956	0.07	0
Christian Democratic Movement of Vojvodina Hungarians	2,702	0.07	0
Rebirth Coalition	2,652	0.06	0
Serbian Peasant Party	2,197	0.05	0
Civic Movement of Vojvodina Hungarians	2,181	0.05	0
Workers' Party of Yugoslavia	2,141	0.05	0
New Radical Party–People's Party	2,116	0.05	0
Foreign Currency Savers Party	1,895	0.05	0
Movement for the Protection of Human Rights	1,849	0.04	0
Christian Democratic Union	1,772	0.04	0
Serbian Peasant Party–People's Party	1,489	0.04	0
Alliance of Independent Citizens "For Zemun"	1,243	0.03	0
Independent Radical Party	1,225	0.03	0
Vojvodina Green Party	1,125	0.03	0
League of Communists of Yugoslavia	1,026	0.02	0
Solidarity	891	0.02	0
Green Party	772	0.02	0
Communist Party of Yugoslavia	749	0.02	0
Sandžak Workers Social Democratic Party	674	0.02	0
Liberal Party	503	0.01	0
"Serbian Citizens" – Serbian Citizens Party	477	0.01	0
Unified Opposition	440	0.01	0
Rebirth Coalition–Foreign Currency Savers Party–Radical Party	355	0.01	0
Yugoslav Working Class "Josip Broz Tito"	351	0.01	0
Rebirth Coalition–Monarchist Party of Serbia	296	0.01	0
KP Yugoslavia	283	0.01	0
Universalist Movement	124	0.00	0
Citizens Groups	40,110	0.97	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	166,612	4.03	–	–
Total	4,139,080	100	250	0
Registered voters/turnout	7,210,386	57.40	–	−
Source: RIK

See also

• December 1997 Serbian presidential election

External links

• The Fourth Republican Election (1997)