1997 Serbian general election explained
| Country: | Serbia |
| Flag Year: | 1991 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Previous Year: | 1992 | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Type: | presidential | | Election Date: |
5 October 1997 (second round) | | Turnout: | 48.95% (15.20 pp) | | Candidate1: | Vojislav Šešelj | | Party1: | Serbian Radical Party | | Popular Vote1: | 1,733,859 | | Percentage1: | 50.62% | | Image1: | Stevan Kragujevic, Vojislav Šešelj, Skupstina Srbije, devedestih.jpg | | Candidate2: | Zoran Lilić | | Party2: | Socialist Party of Serbia | | Popular Vote2: | 1,691,354 | | Percentage2: | 49.38% | | President | | Before Election: | Dragan Tomić (acting) | | Before Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia | | After Election: | Election results annulled
Dragan Tomić (acting) | | After Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Parliamentary election | | Previous Election: | 1993 | | Next Election: | 2000 | | Election Date: | 21 September 1997 | | Leader1: | Slobodan Milošević | | Last Election1: | 128 | | Seats1: | 110 | | Percentage1: | 35.70 | | Party2: | Serbian Radical Party | | Leader2: | Vojislav Šešelj | | Last Election2: | 39 | | Seats2: | 82 | | Percentage2: | 29.26 | | Party3: | Serbian Renewal Movement | | Leader3: | Vuk Drašković | | Last Election3: | 37 | | Seats3: | 45 | | Percentage3: | 19.99 | | Party4: | Vojvodina Coalition | | Leader4: | Sándor Páll | | Last Election4: | 5 | | Seats4: | 4 | | Percentage4: | 2.83 | | Party5: | Democratic Alternative (Serbia) | | Leader5: | Nebojša Čović | | Last Election5: | New | | Seats5: | 1 | | Percentage5: | 1.53 | | Party6: | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | | Leader6: | József Kasza | | Last Election6: | New | | Seats6: | 4 | | Percentage6: | 1.28 | | Party7: | List for Sandžak | | Leader7: | Sulejman Ugljanin | | Last Election7: | New | | Seats7: | 3 | | Percentage7: | 1.25 | | Party8: | DKPB | | Leader8: | Ramadan Ameti | | Colour8: | red | | Last Election8: | New | | Seats8: | 1 | | Percentage8: | 0.36 | | Map: | Serbian parliamentary election (1997) by majority of popular vote in each district.svg | | Prime Minister | | Before Election: | Mirko Marjanović | | Before Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia | | After Election: | Mirko Marjanović | | After Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia |
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General elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 21 September 1997, to elect the president and members of the National Assembly. With no presidential candidate receiving over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on 5 October.[1] Running on a platform of nationalism and neoliberal economic reforms, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party received the most votes in the runoff. However, voter turnout was only 49%, below the required 50%.[1] [2] [3] As a result, the elections were annulled, and fresh elections were scheduled for December.[1] [4]
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.[5]
The elections were boycotted by several major opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Civic Alliance of Serbia, which claimed that the elections would not be held under fair conditions.[1] [6] Most Kosovo Albanians also boycotted the elections, who made up around 17% of the population, due to increasing ethnic tensions in Kosovo.[7]
Electoral lists
Following electoral lists are electoral lists that received seats in the National Assembly after the 1997 election:[8]
Results
Parliamentary
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-presidential-elections-since-1990 Serbian Presidential Elections Since 1990
- Book: Rosenstone, Steven J. . Forecasting Presidential Elections . 1983 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-02691-7 . 1-8.
- Web site: CNN.com - World - Election Watch . 2024-03-15 . edition.cnn.com.
- Web site: 22 January 1998 . REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: RERUN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DECEMBER 7 AND DECEMBER 21, 1997 . osce.org . OSCE.
- Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, pp434
- News: 2024-01-08 . MILOSEVIC'S PARTY CLAIMS VICTORY IN SERBIAN VOTE . 2024-03-15 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
- Web site: CNN - Many boycott Serbia ballot - Sept. 21, 1997 . 2024-03-15 . www.cnn.com.
- Web site: Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1997. . 2022-10-08 . arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs.
