Serbian presidential election, 2004

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Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday, 27 June 2004. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor. The Democratic Party formed part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia during the 2000 elections, and played a key role in ousting former President Slobodan Milošević.

[edit] Candidates

Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић), Democratic Party
Tomislav Nikolić (Томислав Николић), Serbian Radical Party

Dragan Maršićanin (Драган Маршићанин), Democratic Party of Serbia
Bogoljub Karić (Богољуб Карић), BK Group
Ivica Dačić (Ивица Дачић), Socialist Party of Serbia
Jelisaveta Karađorđević (Јелисавета Карађорђевић)
Vladan Batić (Владан Батић), Democratic Christian Party of Serbia
Borislav Pelević (Борислав Пелевић), Party of Serbian Unity
Branislav Ivković (Бранислав Ивковић), Socialist People's Party
Zoran Milinković (Зоран Милинковић), Patriots of Serbian Diaspora
Marjan Rističević (Марјан Ристичевић), People's Peasant Party
Ljiljana Aranđelović (Љиљана Аранђеловић), United Serbia
Dragan Đorđević (Драган Ђорђевић), Party of Serbian Citizens
Milovan Drecun (Милован Дрецун), Serbian Revival
Mirko Jović (Мирко Јовић), People's Radical Party

The surprise of this election was the success shown by one of the wealthiest businessmen in Serbia, Bogoljub Karić. The Government's candidate, Dragan Maršićanin, finished in 4th place, which opened the question of new parliamentary elections in Serbia.

In the second round, the democratic candidate Boris Tadić gained the support of every government party as well as of Bogoljub Karić.

[edit] Results

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Summary of the 13 and 27 June Serbian presidential **election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Boris Tadić	Democratic Party	853,584	27.37	1,681,528	53.24
Tomislav Nikolić	Serbian Radical Party	954,339	30.6	1,434,068	45.4
Bogoljub Karić	none	568,691	18.23
Dragan Maršićanin	Democratic Party of Serbia, G17 Plus, Serbian Renewal Movement, New Serbia	414,971	13.3
Ivica Dačić	Socialist Party of Serbia	125,952	4.04
Jelisaveta Karađorđević	Initiative for Prettier Serbia	62,737	2.1
Milovan Drecun	Serbian Revival	16,907	0.54
Vladan Batić	Democratic Christian Party of Serbia	16,795	0.54
Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	14,317	0.46
Branislav Ivković	Socialist People's Party	12,672	0.4
Ljiljana Aranđelović	United Serbia	11,796	0.38
Marjan Rističević	People's Peasant Party	10,198	0.33
Dragan Đorđević	Party of Serbian Citizens	5,785	0.19
Mirko Jović	People's Radical Party, Serbia and Diaspora, European Bloc	5,546	0.18
Zoran Milinković	Patriotic Party of Diaspora	5,442	0.17
Total (turnout 47.75% and 48.7%)		3,117,339	100.0	3,115,596	100.0
Registered Voters		6,532,263		6,532,940
Total		3,119,087		3,159,194
Valid		3,081,040		3,115,596
Invalid		38,047		42,975
Source: Cesid