2007 Serbian parliamentary election explained

Country:Serbia
Flag Year:2004
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2003
Next Election:2008
Majority Seats:126
Election Date:21 January 2007
Turnout:60.61% 1.87 pp
Party1:Serbian Radical Party
Leader1:Tomislav Nikolić
Last Election1:82
Seats1:81
Percentage1:29.07
Party2:Democratic Party (Serbia)
Leader2:Boris Tadić
Last Election2:26
Seats2:64
Percentage2:23.08
Party3:DSSNS
Leader3:Vojislav Koštunica
Last Election3:62
Seats3:47
Percentage3:16.83
Party4:G17 Plus
Leader4:Mlađan Dinkić
Last Election4:31
Seats4:19
Percentage4:6.93
Party5:Socialist Party of Serbia
Leader5:Ivica Dačić
Last Election5:22
Seats5:16
Percentage5:5.74
Party6:LDPGSSSDULSV
Leader6:Čedomir Jovanović
Last Election6:7
Seats6:15
Percentage6:5.40
Heading7:Minority lists
Party7:Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Leader7:József Kasza
Last Election7:0
Seats7:3
Percentage7:1.32
Party8:List for Sandžak
Leader8:Sulejman Ugljanin
Last Election8:2
Seats8:2
Percentage8:0.85
Party9:Roma Union of Serbia
Leader9:Rajko Đurić
Last Election9:New
Seats9:1
Percentage9:0.43
Party10:Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley
Leader10:Riza Halimi
Last Election10:New
Seats10:1
Percentage10:0.43
Party11:Roma Party
Leader11:Srđan Šajn
Last Election11:New
Seats11:1
Percentage11:0.37
Map:File:Results of 2007 Serbian parliamentary election by municipalities.png
Map Size:280px
Prime Minister
Before Election:Vojislav Koštunica
Before Party:Democratic Party of Serbia
After Election:Vojislav Koštunica
After Party:Democratic Party of Serbia

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly.[1] [2] The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of DS; DSS & G17+ to continue.

Electoral system

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 allotted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.

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.[3]

Electoral lists

Twenty party lists registered with the electoral commission before the deadline of 5 January 2007:[4]

Ballot nameBallot carrierMain ideologyPolitical positionNote
Ružica ĐinđićSocial liberalismCentre to centre-left
Mlađan DinkićLiberal conservatismCentre-right
Čedomir JovanovićLiberalismCentre
Vojislav ŠešeljUltranationalismFar-right
Vojislav KoštunicaConservatismRight-wing
Milanka KarićConservatismCentre-right
Vuk DraškovićLiberalismCentre-right
József KaszaMinority politicsCentre-right
Jovan KrkobabićSocial democracyCentre-left
Sulejman UgljaninMinority politicsCentre
Ivica DačićDemocratic socialismLeft-wing
Branko PavlovićYouth politicsCentre
Dušica KarabenčVojvodina autonomismLeft-wing
Rajko ĐurićMinority politicsCentre
Aleksandar VišnjićReformismCentre
Obren JoksimovićRight-wing populismFar-right
Riza HalimiMinority politicsCentre-right
Vuk ObradovićSocial democracyCentre-left
Gyula LászlóMinority politics
Srđan ŠajnMinority politics

Campaign

Slogans

The parties' campaign slogans for the 2007 election:

 PartyEnglish sloganSerbian slogan
   Democratic PartyBecause life can't wait Zato što život ne može da čeka
Зато што живот не може да чека
   G17 PlusExpertise before politics Stručnost ispred politike
Стручност испред политике
   Liberal-Democratic Party-Civic Alliance of Serbia-Social Democratic Union-League of Social Democrats of VojvodinaIt depends on us Od nas zavisi
Од нас зависи
   Serbian Radical PartySo that things become better already today Da već danas bude bolje
Да већ данас буде боље
   Democratic Party of Serbia / New SerbiaLong live Serbia Živela Srbija
Живела Србија
   Strength of Serbia MovementSerbia has strength Srbija ima snage
Србија има снаге
   Serbian Renewal MovementIt's worth fighting for Vredi se boriti
Вреди се борити
   Socialist Party of SerbiaSerbia, Chin UpSrbijo, glavu gore
Србијо, главу горе
   Alliance of Vojvodina HungariansNew chanceNova šansa
Új esély (*)
   List for SandžakFor Sandžak in European SerbiaZa Sandžak u evropskoj Srbiji
За Санџак у европској Србији
   Albanian Coalition from Preševo ValleyZa bolji život Albanaca u Preševskoj dolini
За бољи живот Албанаца у Прешевској долини

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 Hungarians in 2003. The Coalition List for Sandžak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.

Results

The Republican Electoral Commission finally published the final results after the repetition of voting in several places:

Reactions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serbian President Calls Early Elections. 2007-01-21.
  2. [Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]
  3. Web site: 6,652,105 citizens eligible to vote. 2007-01-21.
  4. Web site: Izborne liste . 2022-10-08 . Republic Electoral Commission . sr.
  5. News: Solana puts brave face on results . CNN . January 22, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070129102214/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/22/serbia.election.eu.reut/ . January 29, 2007 .
  6. News: International reactions to election results . B92 . January 22, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122146/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=01&dd=22&nav_category=90&nav_id=39190%2F . September 29, 2007 .
  7. News: Reakcije iz sveta na ishod izbora. B92. January 22, 2007.