Country: | Serbia |
Flag Year: | 1991 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1997 Serbian general election |
Next Election: | September–October 2002 Serbian presidential election |
Election Date: | 7 December 1997 (first round) |
Turnout: | 50.94% (1.99 pp) |
Image1: | Milan Milutinović 2005.png |
Candidate1: | Milan Milutinović |
Party1: | Socialist Party of Serbia |
Popular Vote1: | 2,181,808 |
Percentage1: | 61.19% |
Candidate2: | Vojislav Šešelj |
Party2: | Serbian Radical Party |
Popular Vote2: | 1,383,868 |
Percentage2: | 38.81% |
President | |
Before Election: | Dragan Tomić (acting) |
After Election: | Milan Milutinović |
Before Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia |
After Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia |
Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 7 December 1997, following the annulment of the results of the September–October elections due to low voter turnout.[1] As no candidate won over 50% of the popular vote in the first round, a runoff was scheduled for 21 December. The result was a victory for Milan Milutinović of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who defeated Vojislav Šešelj in the second round.