December 1992 Serbian local elections explained

Local elections were held in cities and municipalities across Serbia on 20 December 1992, with a second round of voting taking place on 3 January 1993. The local elections were held concurrently with parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia, presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, and elections for the Vojvodina provincial assembly.

The elections were held under a two-round system of voting in single-member constituencies. The elections resulted in a victory for the Socialist Party of Serbia in most jurisdictions, including the capital Belgrade.

This was the second local election cycle to take place while Serbia was a member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and it occurred against the backdrop of ongoing wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Results

City of Belgrade

Results of the election for the City Assembly of Belgrade:

Note: Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality:

Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality
MunicipalitySPSDEPOSSRSDSGG
Barajevo2----
Čukarica91---
Grocka4----
Lazarevac4----
Mladenovac4----
New Belgrade131---
Obrenovac5----
Palilula6-32-
Rakovica4-3--
Savski Venac-2-1-
Sopot1---1
Stari Grad-3-2-
Voždovac57---
Vračar-3-2-
Zemun7-5--
Zvezdara4411-
Total68211281
Source: [1]

Incumbent mayor Slobodanka Gruden of the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. She was replaced by Nebojša Čović of the same party on 23 June 1994.

Municipalities of Belgrade

Čukarica

Incumbent mayor Vladimir Matić was confirmed for another term in office after the election.

Grocka

Bogoljub Stevanić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.[2] He was replaced by fellow party member Milan Janković in 2005.[3]

New Belgrade

Čedomir Ždrnja of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Palilula

Slavica Tanasković of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Sopot

Incumbent mayor Živorad Milosavljević of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[4]

Stari Grad

Jovan Kažić of the Serbian Renewal Movement was chosen as mayor after the election.

Voždovac

Božidar Simatković of the Democratic Movement of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced in 1994 by Zoran Modrinić.

Vračar

Dragan Maršićanin of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.[5]

Zemun

Nenad Ribar of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Vojvodina

South Bačka District

Novi Sad

Milorad Mirčić of the Serbian Radical Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of the Socialist Party of Serbia. Mirčić was removed from power in June 1994, and an administration dominated by the Socialist Party took office.[6] Milorad Đurđević served as the city's acting mayor until January 1995, when Đuro Bajić was appointed to the position.

Bečej

Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. Endre Husag of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election.[7]

Žabalj

Dušan Pajić was chosen as mayor after the election.[8]

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Nišava District

Niš

The Socialist Party of Serbia won a majority victory in the elections for the City Assembly of Niš, taking fifty-six out of seventy seats. Incumbent mayor Mile Ilić was confirmed for another term in office when the assembly convened.[9]

Doljevac

The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Doljevac, and Aleksandar Cvetković was chosen as mayor.[10]

Gadžin Han

The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Gadžin Han, and incumbent mayor Siniša Stamenković was subsequently confirmed for another term in office.[11]

Šumadija District

Kragujevac

Incumbent mayor Živorad Nešić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[12]

Batočina

Petar Petrović served as mayor after the election.[13]

Topola

Milovan Marinković served as mayor after the election. In 1995, he was replaced by Žarko Jovanović of the Socialist Party.[14]

Kosovo and Metohija

Kosovska Mitrovica District

Vučitrn

Branko Stolić served as mayor after the election.[15]

Zubin Potok

Radiša Kostić served as mayor after the election.[16] Slaviša Ristić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was president of the assembly's executive committee.[17]

Zvečan

Desimir Petković served as mayor after the election.[18] [19]

Peć District

Peć

Jovo Popović, presumably of the Socialist Party of Serbia, served as mayor after the election.[20] He seems to have resigned in 1994, after being appointed as president of the Peć District.

Đakovica

Božidar Dimić was chosen as mayor after the election.[21] He was later replaced by Đokica Stanojević of the Socialist Party of Serbia.[22]

Istok

Mališa Perović of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor after the election.[23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 39 Number 3 (12 February 1993), pp. 39–40.
  2. https://grockainfo.com/2011/10/intervju-blazo-stojanovic/ "Intervju: Blažo Stojanović"
  3. http://www.beograd.rs/lat/gradska-vlast/1749702-milan-jankovic---zire/ Milan Janković - Žire
  4. https://www.sopot.org.rs/people/zivorad-milosavljevic/ "Живорад Милосављевић"
  5. Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 39 Number 3 (12 February 1993), p. 40.
  6. http://www.novisad.rs/dosadash-i-gradonachelnitsi-1 Досадашњи градоначелници
  7. Službeni List (Opštine Bečej), Volume 39 Number 2 (22 January 1993), p. 23.
  8. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 49 Number 37 (26 May 1993), p. 1706.
  9. Robert Thomas, Serbia Under Miloševic: Politics in the 1990s, (London: Hurst & Company), 1999, p. 271.
  10. http://nis.okrug.gov.rs/nacelnik/ Начелник округа
  11. http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2001/12/29/srpski/SR01122803.shtml "Da Zaplanje ne bude bežanje"
  12. http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/serbiandigest/206/t206-8.htm Uroš Komlenović, "Extinguishing the Light"
  13. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 49 Number 31 (27 April 1993), p. 1369.
  14. https://www.topola.com/arhiva/drustvo_2011.html "Изложба фотографија председника Општине"
  15. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 49 Number 31 (27 April 1993), p. 1356.
  16. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 16 (11 February 1994), p. 363.
  17. http://www.dss.rs/predsednistvo/ Председништво
  18. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 67 (18 November 1994), p. 2295.
  19. PeaceWatch, United States Institute of Peace, Vol. VII No. 3 (April 2001), p. 5.
  20. Peter Humphrey, "Albanian-Serb stalemate keeps the peace in Kosovo," Reuters News, 2 June 1993.
  21. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 67 (18 November 1994), p. 1706.
  22. https://www.rts.rs/lat/vesti/politika/2994501/albanci-u-djakovici-optuzuju-djokicu-stanojevica-za-zlocine-protiv-civila.html "Albanians in Đakovica accuse Đokica Stanojević of crimes against civilians"
  23. Službeni Glasnik (Republike Srbije), Volume 50 Number 11 (25 January 1994), p. 200.
  24. https://www.rferl.org/a/1141233.html "KOSOVO LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEEK TO ENFORCE LAW BANNING SALES OF LAND TO ALBANIANS"