1997_Serbian_general_election

1997 Serbian general election

1997 Serbian general election

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General elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 21 September 1997, to elect the president and members of the National Assembly. With no presidential candidate receiving over 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held on 5 October.[1] Running on a platform of nationalism and neoliberal economic reforms, Vojislav Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party received the most votes in the runoff. However, voter turnout was only 49%, below the required 50%.[1][2][3] As a result, the elections were annulled, and fresh elections were scheduled for December.[1][4]

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In the National Assembly elections, the Socialist Party of Serbia–Yugoslav Left–New Democracy coalition emerged as the largest in the Assembly, winning 110 of the 250 seats.[5]

The elections were boycotted by several major opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Serbia and the Civic Alliance of Serbia, which claimed that the elections would not be held under fair conditions.[1][6] Most Kosovo Albanians also boycotted the elections, who made up around 17% of the population, due to increasing ethnic tensions in Kosovo.[7]

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists are electoral lists that received seats in the National Assembly after the 1997 election:[8]

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Results

Presidential

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Parliamentary

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References

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    Serbian Presidential Elections Since 1990 Balkan Insight, 1 April 2012
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    Rosenstone, Steven J. (1983). Forecasting Presidential Elections. Yale University Press. pp. 1–8. ISBN 978-0-300-02691-7.
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    "CNN.com - World - Election Watch". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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    "REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: RERUN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DECEMBER 7 AND DECEMBER 21, 1997" (PDF). osce.org. OSCE. 22 January 1998.
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    Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, pp434
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    "MILOSEVIC'S PARTY CLAIMS VICTORY IN SERBIAN VOTE". Washington Post. 2024-01-08. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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    "CNN - Many boycott Serbia ballot - Sept. 21, 1997". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  8. [8]
    "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1997". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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