2000 Serbian parliamentary election explained

Country:Serbia
Flag Year:1991
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1997
Next Election:2003
Majority Seats:126
Election Date:23 December 2000
Turnout:57.62% (0.25 pp)
Party1:Democratic Opposition of Serbia
Leader1:Zoran Đinđić
Last Election1:13
Seats1:176
Percentage1:65.69
Party2:Socialist Party of Serbia
Leader2:Slobodan Milošević
Last Election2:85
Seats2:37
Percentage2:14.10
Party3:Serbian Radical Party
Leader3:Vojislav Šešelj
Last Election3:82
Seats3:23
Percentage3:8.81
Party4:Party of Serbian Unity
Leader4:Borislav Pelević
Last Election4:New
Seats4:14
Percentage4:5.46
Prime Minister
Before Election:Mirko Marjanović
Before Party:Socialist Party of Serbia
After Election:Zoran Đinđić
After Party:Democratic Party (Serbia)

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 23 December 2000, to elect members of the National Assembly.[1] They were the first free and fair parliamentary elections since the introduction of a multi-party system in 1990 and the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. The result was a victory for the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, which won 176 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly.[1]

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists took part in the 2000 parliamentary election:[2]

Ballot nameBallot carrierMain ideologyPolitical position
Vojislav ŠešeljUltranationalismFar-right
Vuk DraškovićConservatismCentre-right
Zoran AnđelkovićPopulismLeft-wing
Zoran ĐinđićAnti-MiloševićBig tent
Borislav PelevićUltranationalismFar-right
Borisav JovićSocialismLeft-wing
Ljubiša RistićNeocommunismFar-left
Zoran LilićSocial democracyCentre-left

Notes and References

  1. Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, pp434
  2. Web site: Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 2000. . 8 October 2022 . arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs.