Serbian parliamentary election, 2003

Serbian parliamentary election, 2003

28 December 2003

All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority Turnout 58.7%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Tomislav Nikolić[1] Vojislav Koštunica Boris Tadić Party SRS DSS DS Leader since 2003 1992 2004 Last election 23 45 45 Seats won 82 / 250 53 / 250 DSS 51, others 2 37 / 250 DS 23, others 14 Seat change 59 8 8 Popular vote 1,056,256 678,031 481,249 Percentage 27.62% 17.73% 12.58%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Miroljub Labus Vuk Drašković Ivica Dačić Party G17 Plus SPO SPS Leader since 2002 1990 2003 Last election 0 0 37 Seats won 34 / 250 G17 Plus 31, SDP 3 22 / 250 SPO 13, NS 9 22 / 250 Seat change 34 22 15 Popular vote 438,422 293,082 291,341 Percentage 11.46% 7.66% 7.62%

PM before election Zoran Živković DS Elected PM Vojislav Koštunica DSS

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The Serbian parliamentary election, 2003 was held on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly.^[2] Serbia was one of the two federal units of Serbia and Montenegro, formerly known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2001. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica, have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% turnout. The assassination in March 2003 of reformist Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić was a major setback.

At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party (now led by Boris Tadić) and the G17 Plus group of liberal economists led by Miroljub Labus.

Opposing them were the nationalist Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj and Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (descended from the former Communist Party). At the time of the election, both Šešelj and Milošević were in detention at ICTY, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.

The remaining candidate was the monarchist Serbian Renewal Movement-New Serbia (SPO-NS) coalition, led by Vuk Drašković.

Results

Seats

References

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