Country: | Serbia |
Flag Year: | 1991 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | September–October 2002 Serbian presidential election |
Next Election: | 2003 Serbian presidential election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Election Date: | 8 December 2002 |
Turnout: | 45.16% (0.29 pp) |
Image1: | Vojislav Koštunica 2004.jpg |
Candidate1: | Vojislav Koštunica |
Party1: | Democratic Party of Serbia |
Popular Vote1: | 1,699,098 |
Percentage1: | 59.28% |
Candidate2: | Vojislav Šešelj |
Party2: | Serbian Radical Party |
Popular Vote2: | 1,063,296 |
Percentage2: | 37.10% |
President | |
Before Election: | Milan Milutinović (acting) |
Before Party: | Socialist Party of Serbia |
After Election: | Election results annulled Nataša Mićić (acting) |
After Party: | Civic Alliance of Serbia |
Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 8 December 2002.[1] They followed elections in September and October which were invalidated due to voter turnout not meeting the 50% requirement.[2] Although the legal requirement of a turnout of at least 50% of registered voters was dropped for the second round of this election, turnout in the first round was below 50%, invalidating the election before a second round.[3] [4]
During the election the Socialist Party of Serbia supported Vojislav Šešelj, the leader of Serbian Radical Party, while New Serbia supported Vojislav Koštunica and the Democratic Party of Serbia.