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.

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1997 Serbian presidential election

← Sept–Oct 1997 7 December 1997 (first round) 21 December 1997 (second round) Sept–Oct 2002 →
Turnout	50.94% ( 1.99 pp)
Candidate Milan Milutinović Vojislav Šešelj Party SPS SRS Popular vote 2,181,808 1,383,868 Percentage 61.19% 38.81%
President before election Dragan Tomić (acting) SPS Elected President Milan Milutinović SPS

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