As with the republic and provincial elections, the local elections were boycotted by several opposition parties, most notably those in the Alliance for Serbia, which charged that the process was neither free nor fair.[2] Some parties that boycotted the parliamentary election nonetheless chose to participate in the local elections in a limited capacity.[3]
Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members were elected on a different four-year cycle (although assembly elections were held in all of the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other jurisdictions also did not hold local elections in 2020, for the same reason.
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. For this election, the electoral threshold was lowered from five to three per cent (of all votes, not only of valid votes). Parties representing national minority communities are exempt from the threshold requirement.
Outcome
As expected, the results were a victory for the Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which finished first in most cities and municipalities, often with more than fifty per cent of the vote.
Parties representing the Hungarian, Bosniak, and Albanian national minority communities won the elections in some jurisdictions. The predominantly Serb municipalities where the SNS coalition did not win in 2020 included:
Beočin, where the Socialist Party of Serbia won a narrow majority victory.[4] After a political re-alignment in mid-2022, a new coalition government was formed that included the Progressives and the Socialists.[5]
Čajetina, where Healthy Serbia leader Milan Stamatović led his coalition to a majority victory.[6] In late 2023, Healthy Serbia formed an alliance with the Progressives at the republic level.[7]
New Belgrade, where Serbian Patriotic Alliance leader and incumbent mayor Aleksandar Šapić led his party to a narrow victory over the Progressive Party's alliance and was afterward confirmed for a third term in office.[8] Šapić's party later joined the coalition government led by the Progressives at the republic level.[9] In 2021, the Serbian Patriotic Alliance merged into the Progressive Party.[10]
Ražanj, where an independent list led by incumbent mayor Dobrica Stojković won a plurality victory. Stojković and his entire assembly group joined the Progressives in November 2021.[11]
Svilajnac, where incumbent mayor Predrag Milanović led an independent list to victory and was confirmed afterward for another term in office.[12]
Topola, where Better Serbia leader Dragan Jovanović led his party to a narrow victory over the Progressive Party's alliance. The Progressives initially formed a coalition government with smaller parties, although the defection of some Progressive delegates in April 2021 led to a new coalition dominated by Better Serbia.[13][14] In April 2023, Better Serbia merged into the Progressive Party.[15]
Results
Belgrade
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities. The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won in every jurisdiction except New Belgrade, where Aleksandar Šapić's Serbian Patriotic Alliance won a narrow victory. The only other municipality where the Progressive Party and its allies did not win an outright majority was Stari Grad, where they fell two seats short.
Results of 2020 Serbian local elections in Belgrade by municipality. Darker shade means stronger vote share.
Barajevo
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo:
Incumbent mayor Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the local administration.[19]
Nikola Dragićević, a future parliamentarian, appeared in the fifteenth and final position on the Oathkeepers list.[20]
Grocka
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka:
Incumbent mayor Vladan Glišić of the Progressive Party (not to be confused with the former national assembly member of the same name) was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[27]
New Belgrade
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Šapić of the Serbian Patriotic Alliance was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[8] The Serbian Patriotic Alliance merged into the Serbian Progressive Party in 2021.[10]
Šapić stood down as mayor of New Belgrade in June 2022 after becoming the mayor of the City of Belgrade. He was replaced by Bojan Bovan, a longtime ally of Šapić who had been elected on the list of the Serbian Patriotic Alliance and participated in the party's merger into the Progressives.[29]
Marija Zdravković was elected to the municipal assembly from the lead position on the Progressive Party's list.[30][31]
Obrenovac
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac:
Incumbent mayor Miroslav Čučković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a third term in office after the election.[33] He resigned in July 2022 after being appointed as manager of the City of Belgrade. Miloš Stanojević, also from the Progressive list, was chosen as his replacement.[34]
Palilula
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Jovičić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[36] He resigned on 28 June 2021 after being arrested on suspicion of enabling illegal construction in the municipality. Miroslav Ivanović, also elected on the For Our Children list, was chosen as his replacement on 26 July 2021.[37]
Rakovica
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica:
Živorad Milosavljević of the Progressive Party, the longest continuously serving mayor in Serbia, was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[17]
Stari Grad
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad:
Ivana Tomić Ilić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor following the election.[51] The new municipal administration included the Socialist Party and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, and was supported by forty-seven members of the assembly.[52]
Vračar
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar:
Incumbent mayor Milan Nedeljković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, by a vote of forty-eight to six. The Socialist Party participated in the municipality's coalition government, which was also supported by the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, the Association for the Beautification of Vračar, and the Green Movement Vračar. The United Opposition and DSS were in opposition.[54]
Zemun
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun:
Gavrilo Kovačević of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.[56]Aleksandar Šešelj was elected to the assembly at the head of the Radical Party list; he resigned on 10 September 2020.[57][58]
Zvezdara
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara:
Vladan Jeremić of the Progressive Party was chosen as after following the election, with the support of forty-six of the fifty delegates in attendance. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the new administration.[60]
Marija Leković was elected from the lead position on the Victory for Zvezdara list.[61] She was also elected to the national assembly and resigned her seat in the municipal assembly on 4 September 2020.[62]
Vojvodina
Results of local elections in Vojvodina by district
Results of local elections in Vojvodina by municipality
Central Banat District
Local elections were held in the one city (Zrenjanin) and all four of the municipalities in the Central Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions.
Zrenjanin
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin:
Simo Salapura of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.[64]Dubravka Kralj was elected from the second position on the Socialist Party's list; she was also elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election.[65]
Nova Crnja
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja:
Incumbent mayor Predrag Rađenović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[67] He resigned from the position on 1 January 2022.[72] Miomira Milošević of the Progressives was appointed leader of a provisional authority pending new elections in 2022.[73]
Žitište
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žitište:
Incumbent mayor Mitar Vučurević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[67]
North Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Subotica) and both of the municipalities in the North Bačka District. The Progressive Party won plurality victories in Subotica and Mali Iđoš, while the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won a majority victory in Bačka Topola. In all three jurisdictions, the Progressives and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians formed coalition governments after the election.
Subotica
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Subotica:
The Progressives and their allies formed a coalition government with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians after the election. Stevan Bakić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor. Bálint Pásztor, who led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians list, was chosen as president of the city assembly.[76][77][78]
Tomislav Žigmanov, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, was re-elected to the assembly from the lead position on the Vojvodina Front's list.[79] He resigned on 3 November 2022 after being appointed as a minister in the Serbian government.[80]
Bačka Topola
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Topola:
Adrián Szatmári of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election. A member of the Progressive Party was chosen as president of the municipal assembly.[82]
Parliamentarian Árpád Fremond was elected to the local assembly from the sixth position on the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians list.[83] He resigned on 13 December 2022, three days before he was elected as leader of Serbia's Hungarian National Council.[84][85]
Mali Iđoš
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Iđoš:
Incumbent mayor Marko Lazić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. A member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as deputy mayor.[87]
North Banat District
Local elections were held in the one city (Kikinda) and all five municipalities in the North Banat District. The Progressive Party won majority victories in all but two jurisdictions: Kanjiža (where the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won a majority) and Senta (where the Alliance won a plurality victory). The Progressive Party participated in coalition governments in both of the latter jurisdictions.
Kikinda
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kikinda:
Incumbent mayor Zoltán Bilicki of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[91]József Tóbiás was elected at the head of the VMSZ list and afterward became president (i.e., speaker) of the local assembly.[92][93]
Čoka
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čoka:
Incumbent mayor Róbert Fejsztámer of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Progressive Party participated in the local coalition government.[97]
Zsombor Újvári was elected on the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians list and was appointed to the municipal council on 21 August 2020.[98][99] He was elected to the national assembly in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election and resigned from council on 22 July 2022, as he could not hold a dual mandate as a parliamentarian and a member of the local executive.[100]
Novi Kneževac
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Kneževac:
Incumbent mayor Radovan Uverić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He resigned in July 2021 and was replaced by Irena Slavković from the same party.[102] Slavković, in turn, stood down as mayor on 11 May 2022, and Uverić returned to office.[103]
Senta
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Senta:
Incumbent mayor Rudolf Czegledi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for another term in office after the election. His deputy was from the Progressive Party.[105] Former mayor Zoltán Pék was re-elected to the assembly after an absence of eight years from the third position on the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians list.[106]
South Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and all eleven of the separate municipalities of the South Bačka District. The Progressive Party and its allies won all cities and municipalities except Beočin, where the Socialist Party won a narrow majority victory. The only other jurisdiction where the Progressives and their allies did not win an outright majority was Bački Petrovac.
The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Niš, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.
Novi Sad
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad:
Incumbent mayor Miloš Vučević of the Progressive Party led the For Our Children list.[108] He was subsequently confirmed for a third term as mayor by an assembly vote of seventy to six (with two invalid votes). The local government included the Progressives, the Socialists, the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, while the Radicals and the Democratic Party of Serbia were in opposition.[109]
Future parliamentarian Mirka Lukić Šarkanović was re-elected to the assembly from the third position on the Socialist Party's list. Milorad Mirčić, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected from the second position on the Radical Party list.[110]
Vučević stood down as mayor in October 2022 after being appointed as a minister in the Serbian government and was replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Milan Đurić.[111]
Bač
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bač:
Jasna Šproh of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, by a vote of fourteen to eleven. The Socialists supported the administration.[117]
Bečej
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej:
Incumbent mayor Dragan Tošić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office following the election, with the votes of thirty-five delegates. (The thirty-sixth delegate was absent).[119] Former mayor Vuk Radojević was elected at the head of the Progressive list.[120]
Tošić died on 29 March 2023.[121] The following month, Radojević was chosen as his replacement as mayor.[122]
Beočin
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beočin:
Mirjana Malešević Milkić of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[124] She resigned in May 2022, and the Socialists lost their majority in the assembly after the defection of two delegates.[125][126] The Progressives and Socialists formed a new coalition government in June 2022, with Biljana Janković of the Progressives as mayor.[5]
Srbobran
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran:
Predrag Rojević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. Milan Glušac, who had previously served two terms as mayor between 2016 and 2020, was chosen as deputy mayor. The government was supported by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the Radicals.[136]
Glašuc resigned as deputy mayor on 18 May 2021 and returned as a member of the municipal assembly on 30 June.[137]
Žabalj
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žabalj:
Incumbent mayor Čedomir Božić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election, with the support of nineteen delegates. (The other two delegates were not present.)[139] He was succeeded by Uroš Radanović of the same party on 30 October 2020.[140]
South Banat District
Local elections were held in both cities (i.e., Pančevo and Vršac) and all six municipalities of the South Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions.
Pančevo
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Pančevo:
Incumbent mayor Dragana Mitrović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[156]
Srem District
Local elections were held in the one city (Sremska Mitrovica) and the six other municipalities of the Srem District. The Progressives and their allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions.
Incumbent mayor Slađan Mančić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[166] He resigned in December 2021 and was replaced by Aleksandra Ćirić of the same party.[167][168]
Šid
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Šid:
Incumbent mayor Đorđe Radinović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[172]
West Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Sombor) and two of the three municipalities of the West Bačka District; the exception was Kula, where the last local election had taken place in 2018. The Progressives and their allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions that held elections.
Sombor
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Sombor:
Future parliamentarian Emese Úri appeared in the sixth position on list of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians. She had the opportunity to enter the assembly later in 2020 as the replacement for another delegate, but she declined her mandate, and the next candidate on the list received it in her place.[175][176]
Apatin
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Apatin:
Goran Nikolić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[180]
Šumadija and Western Serbia
Kolubara District
Local elections were held in the one city (Valjevo) and four of the five other municipalities of the Kolubara District; the exception was Mionica, where the last election had been held in 2017. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories and formed government in all jurisdictions that held elections.
Valjevo
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Valjevo:
Lazar Gojković, elected on the Serbian Progressive Party's list, was chosen as the new mayor of Valjevo after the election.[182] Initially a non-party delegate, he became the leader of the local Progressive Party organization in 2022.[183]
Lajkovac
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lajkovac:
Incumbent mayor Dragan Lazarević of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[188] He resigned in October 2023 to permit a new election in December of that year. Milomir Starčević, who had been elected to the assembly as a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, was appointed as president of a provisional administration.[189] In the election that followed, Starčević led the list of the Progressive Party.[190]
Mionica
There was no municipal election in Mionica in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2017, and the next election took place in 2021.
Osečina
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Osečina:
Incumbent mayor Darko Glišić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[192]Ivana Nikolić was elected from the fifth position on the Progressive list and was chosen afterward as president of the assembly.[196][197]
Glišić resigned in October 2023 in order to prompt a new election in December and was appointed as president of a provisional authority.[198] Nikolić was appointed as a member of the authority.[199]
Mačva District
Local elections were held in both cities (i.e., Šabac and Loznica) and all six municipalities of the Mačva District. The Progressive Party and its allies won in all jurisdictions, taking majority victories everywhere except Ljubovija (where they fell one seat short). In each jurisdiction, a Progressive Party delegate was chosen as mayor after the elections.
Šabac
The final results of election for the City Assembly of Šabac were not announced until 17 October 2020, due to two separate repeat votes taking place in the city. Both the process and the elections themselves were extremely acrimonious.[200]
Aleksandar Pajić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor of Šabac after the election. The new city assembly was boycotted by Zelenović's list, after Zelenović charged that the assembly was improperly constituted.[202]
Milan Damnjamović of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, and a new local administration was formed by the Progressives, the Radicals, and the European Green Party. The Socialists, who had been in power locally for several years prior to the 2020 election, abstained from voting on the new administration. Former parliamentarian Dragan Aćimović was elected from the lead position on the Serbian Radical Party's list and was appointed afterward as deputy speaker of the assembly.[205][206]
Damnjamović resigned as mayor in October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[207] Aćimović also served on the authority.[208]
Koceljeva
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Koceljeva:
Incumbent mayor Ivan Isailović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[213]Ivana Popović, who was elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election, was also elected to the municipal assembly after receiving the fifth position on the Progressive list.[214]
Milan Jovanović of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives, the SDPS, and the Radicals.[217]
Sreto Perić was the candidate elected on the Radical Party's list.[218][219] He resigned his seat on 21 April 2021.[220]
Jovanović resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[221]
Loznica
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Loznica:
Local elections were held in the one city (Čačak) and two of the three other municipalities in the Moravica District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions that held elections.
Čačak
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Čačak:
Incumbent mayor Dejan Kovačević of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office with the support of thirty-four delegates. The members of the Win and Save the Municipality of Gornji Milanovac list did not participate in the vote.[234]
Ivanjica
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ivanjica:
Momčilo Mitrović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[236]
Lučani
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Lučani in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2018, and the next election took place in 2022.
Pomoravlje District
Local elections were held in the one city (Jagodina) and all five other municipalities of the Pomoravlje District. United Serbia won a majority victory in its home base of Jagodina in an alliance with the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia. The Progressive alliance won majority victories in all other jurisdictions except Svilajnac, where incumbent mayor Predrag Milanović led his independent list to a plurality victory.
Jagodina
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Jagodina:
Incumbent mayor Nikola Nikolić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[244] He was replaced by fellow Progressive Zlatko Marjanović in July 2023.[245] Marjanović in turn resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[246]
Paraćin
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Paraćin:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Đorđević of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[252] Đorđević resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[253]
Svilajnac
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Svilajnac:
Party
Votes
%
Seats
Citizens' Group: Predrag Milanović–Svilajnac Protects the Future
Incumbent mayor Mirko Mihajlović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[260] Mihajlović resigned in October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[261]
Brus
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Brus:
Valentina Milosavljević of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[263] Milosavljević resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new local election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[264]
Ćićevac
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ćićevac:
Mirjana Krkić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of the Radical Party and the Socialist Party.[266] Krkić resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election local later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[267]
Trstenik
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Trstenik:
Incumbent mayor Nihat Biševac of the Sandžak Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, leading a coalition government that also included the Serbian Progressive Party's alliance.[280]
Incumbent mayor Ignjat Rakitić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[287] He was dismissed from office in October 2022 following a mutiny in the Progressive Party and was replaced by fellow party member Nemanja Popović, who received the votes of thirty-one out of thirty-three delegates who were present.[288]
Tutin
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Tutin:
Salih Hot sought to resign as mayor in October 2023 in order for Tutin to participate in the off-year 2023 Serbian local elections, but he was advised that his resignation letter arrived too late. In January 2024, Hot was dismissed as mayor and Bajro Gegić was chosen as his replacement by a narrow majority. Gegić's election was supported by his own group as well as the Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP), Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP), the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), and a former SDA member. For the first time since 1996, the SDA moved into opposition in the municipality.[292] The local SPP leadership clarified afterward that the party was not joining the government but had supported Gegić to remove the previous municipal leadership from power.[293]
The SDA was able to form a new majority with two former SPP members in April 2024. Gegić was dismissed as mayor, and Refadija Ademović of the SDA was chosen in his place.[294]
Vrnjačka Banja
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrnjačka Banja:
Incumbent mayor Boban Đurović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[296]
Šumadija District
Local elections were held in the one city (Kragujevac) and five of the six other municipalities of the Šumadija District. The exception was Aranđelovac, where the last election had been held in 2018.
The Progressive Party and its allies won in all jurisdictions that held elections except Topola, where Better Serbia won a narrow victory. The Progressives formed government in Topola after the election with support from smaller parties, but a political realignment in April 2021 brought Better Serbia back to power.
The only other jurisdiction where the Progressives did not win a majority was Batočina, where they fell one seat short.
Kragujevac
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kragujevac:
Nikola Dašić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of seventy delegates.[298]
Future parliamentarian Nikola Nešić, the leader of the local party New Strength (Nova Snaga), was re-elected from the second position on the independent "An Alternative" list.[299] New Strength merged into Together for Serbia in 2021, and that party in turn merged into Together in 2022.[300][301]
Mirko Čikiriz of the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia was elected at the head of the For the Kingdom of Serbia list.[302] He was subsequently appointed as an assistant mayor on 5 November 2020 with responsibility for co-operation with churches and religious communities.[303][304][305] By virtue of holding this role, he resigned from the city assembly on 27 November.[306]
Future parliamentarian Slađana Radisavljević of the Democratic Party of Serbia appeared in the fourth position on the METLA list. Military trade union official Novica Antić, who entered political life in an individual capacity, received the largely symbolic twenty-ninth position out of thirty on the same list.[307]
Nikola Dašić resigned as mayor on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[308]
Aranđelovac
There was no municipal election in Aranđelovac in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2018, and the next election took place in 2022.
Batočina
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Batočina:
Incumbent mayor Zdravko Mladenović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[310] Mladenović resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year; a provisional administration was established with Dejan Aranđelović, also of the Progressive Party, as its leader.[311]
Knić
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Knić:
Incumbent mayor Boban Miličić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[316] Miličić resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[317]
Rača
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rača:
Incumbent mayor Nenad Savković of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[319] Savković resigned on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[320]
Topola
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Topola:
Igor Petrović of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, with support from the Socialists and the "New People" list. Dragan Jovanović was elected from the lead position on the Better Serbia list and initially served as leader of the opposition in the assembly.[322][13]
Jovanović was expelled from the assembly in November 2020, on the grounds that he had changed his residence from Topola to Belgrade and was no longer on the local voters list. He responded that this decision was based on falsified information and that he had actually been expelled for being a "thorn in the side" of the local authorities.[323]
Two members of the local Progressives subsequently left the party's assembly group, and a new majority was established in April 2021 by Better Serbia, with support from the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia, the Serbian People's Party, and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia. Igor Petrović left the Progressives to join Healthy Serbia and initially continued to serve as mayor. Dragan Jovanović was appointed to the city council with responsibility for infrastructure and the economy.[13][14][324]
In March 2022, Petrović was replaced as mayor by Vladimir Radojković of Better Serbia.[325]
Dragan Jovanović stood down from city council on 10 September 2022, having by this time been re-elected to the national assembly.[326]
Better Serbia merged into the Progressive Party in April 2023.[15]
Vladimir Radojković resigned as mayor on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year. Dragan Jovanović was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[327]
Zlatibor District
Local elections were held in the one city (i.e., Užice) and eight of the nine separate municipalities of the Zlatibor District. The exception was Kosjerić, where the previous local election had taken place in 2017.
The city of Užice is divided into two municipalities: Užice and Sevojno. The municipality of Užice does not have direct assembly elections: members of the city assembly also serve at the municipal level. Delegates to the Municipal Assembly of Sevojno are directly elected, although there was no election in 2020; the previous vote had taken place in 2018.
Užice
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Užice:
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Sevojno in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2018, and the next election took place in the 2022.
Arilje
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Arilje:
Bojana Božanić of Healthy Serbia was elected from the fourth position on the Healthy Serbia–Democratic Party of Serbia list.[337] She resigned shortly after the new assembly was convened.
Đorđe Dabić was re-elected from the third position on the Progressive Party's list.[338]
Kosjerić
There was no municipal election in Kosjerić in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2017, and the next election took place in 2021.
Nova Varoš
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Varoš:
Incumbent mayor Radosav Vasiljević from the New People for Nova Varoš citizens' group[340] was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[341]New People for Nova Varoš was part of the Serbian Progressive Party's alliance, and its delegates in the municipal assembly were elected with endorsements from the Progressives.
Požega
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Požega:
Incumbent mayor Đorđe Nikitović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[343]
Nikitović submitted his resignation on 28 September 2023 in order for the municipality to participate in the early 2023 Serbian local elections.[344] He was appointed afterward as leader of a provisional authority.[345]
Priboj
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Priboj:
Incumbent mayor Lazar Rvović of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[347]
Rvović submitted his resignation on 28 September 2023 in order for the municipality to participate in the early 2023 Serbian local elections.[348] He was appointed afterward as leader of a provisional authority.[349]
Prijepolje
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Prijepolje:
Vladimir Babić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor following the election.[351] He was replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Drago Popadić in February 2023.[352]
Popadić submitted his resignation on 28 September 2023 in order for the municipality to participate in the early 2023 Serbian local elections.[353] Izudin Santić of the Sandžak Democratic Party was appointed afterward as leader of a provisional authority.[354]
Samir Tandir was elected from the lead position on the Justice and Reconciliation Party list.[355] He left the party in May 2022, bringing the rest of its local assembly delegation with him.[356]
Sjenica
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sjenica:
In October 2020, a new coalition of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA), the Sandžak Democratic Party (SDP), and the Progressives established an apparent working majority after the municipality's election commission awarded a new mandate to the SDA. The new alliance controversially held an assembly meeting (not attended by the other delegates) that dismissed Mujagić and elected Nermin Kamberović of the SDP as mayor. The election commission's decision was later overturned in the courts, the election of Kamberović as mayor was invalidated, and the SPP-led coalition was able to remain in power.[362][363][364]
The SDP joined the municipal governing coalition in September 2022. Kurtović resigned as assembly president and was replaced by Kamberović.[365] Kurtović later resigned from the assembly on 15 December 2022, having been appointed as a secretary of state in Serbia's government.[366][367]
Mujagić was removed as mayor in November 2023.[368] Kamberović was chosen as his replacement later in the month, heading a new administration that included the SDP, the SDA, two independent delegates, and four members of the recently formed Party for the Future and Development.[369]
Mirsad Hodžić was elected to the assembly from the lead position on the SDA Sandžak list.[370] He resigned his seat on 11 June 2021.[371]
Southern and Eastern Serbia
Bor District
Results of local elections in Bor by municipality
Local elections were held in all 4 municipalities of Bor District.
Local elections were held for the City Assembly of Niš, the assemblies in all five of Niš's constituent municipalities, and the assemblies in five of the Nišava District's other six municipalities. The exception was Doljevac, where the last municipal election had been held in 2018.
The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in jurisdictions except Ražanj, where an independent list led by the incumbent mayor Dobrica Stojković won a plurality victory. Stojković was confirmed for another term in office following the election; in November 2021, he and his assembly group joined the Progressives.
A delegate from the United Peasant Party (aligned with the Progressives) was chosen as mayor in the party's home territory of Svrljig.
Incumbent mayor Miroslav Milutinović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty out of twenty-one delegates.[376]
Niš: Medijana
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Medijana:
Incumbent mayor Nebojša Kocić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-one delegates.[378]
Niš: Niška Banja
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Niška Banja:
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Doljevac in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2018 and the next election took place in 2022.
Gadžin Han
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Gadžin Han:
Milisav Filipović of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The Socialist Party and United Serbia served in opposition.[389]
Incumbent mayor Dobrica Stojković was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[396] On 3 November 2021, Stojković and his entire assembly group joined the Progressive Party.[397]
Stojković resigned as mayor on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[398]
Svrljig
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Svrljig:
Jovan Beč of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[402] Beč submitted his resignation on 28 September 2023 to prompt a a new local election later in the year.[403] His resignation became official on 30 October, at which time Jasmina Vojinović, also of the Progressive Party, was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[404]
Smederevska Palanka
There was no municipal election in Smederevska Palanka in 2020. The previous election had taken place in 2018, and the next election took place in 2022.
Velika Plana
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Velika Plana:
Incumbent mayor Igor Matković of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[406]
Notwithstanding that his name appeared on the ballot, Dejan Šulkić took the twelfth position on the METLA 2020 list and was not re-elected to the assembly.[407]
Igor Matković resigned as mayor on 30 October 2023 to prompt a new election later in the year and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[408]
Zaječar District
Results of local elections in Zaječar by municipality
^Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 64 Number 79 (22 June 2020), p. 30; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 13, 30. There is a two-vote discrepancy between these sources in the total number of votes received by the SPS–JS list. The figures from the latter source are used here, and the percentages are based on this source.
^Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 64 Number 79 (22 June 2020), p. 30; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 13, 32. The former source does not provide the vote totals for the lists that missed the threshold.
^Službeni List (Opština Novi Bečej), Volume 44 Number 17 (22 June 2020), p. 1; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 14, 40. There is a minor discrepancy between these sources as to the total number of votes; the latter source is here taken as definitive.
^Službeni List (Opśtine Novi Bečej), Volume 55 Number 21 (21 August 2020), p. 11.
^Službeni List (Opštine Novi Bečej), Volume 54 Number 13 (10 June 2020), p. 11.
^Službeni List (Opštine Bečej), Volume 55 Number 16 (1 July 2020), pp. 3-4; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 35. The latter source corrects an apparent error with the Socialist Party's vote totals.
^Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 55 Number 13 (30 June 2021), p. 461.
^Službeni List (Opštine Žabalj), Volume 46 Number 20 (22 June 2020), pp. 1-2; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 12.
^Službeni List (Opštine Alibunar), Volume 39 Number 24 (28 June 2020), pp. 1-2; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 12,, 33.
^Službeni List (Opštine Bela Crkva), 2020 Number 9 (22 June 2020), pp. 1-2; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 12, 33.
^Odluka konacni rezultati 29.06.2020, City of Jagodina; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 13, 52.
^ЗАПИСНИК О РАДУ ИЗБОРНЕ КОМИСИЈЕ НА УТВРЂИВАЊУ РЕЗУЛТАТА ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ ЋУПРИЈА ОДРЖАНИХ 21. ЈУНА 2020. ГОДИНЕ, Municipality of Ćuprija; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 13, 53.
^Službeni List (Opštine Brus), Volume 39 Number 9 (28 June 2020), pp. 160-161; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 14, 53.
^Službeni List (Opštine Ćićevac), Volume 43 Number 18 (1 November 2023), p. 10-12.
^Službeni List (Opštine Trstenik), 2020 Number 9 (23 June 2020), pp. 1-2; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 14, 53.
^Službeni List (Opštine Trstenik), 2023 Number 13 (1 November 2023), p. 10, 17.
^Službeni List (Opštine Varvarin), Volume 37 Number 21 (22 June 2020), pp. 54-55; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 14, 53.
^Službeni List (Opštine Varvarin), Volume 40 Number 16 (31 October 2023), p. 271, 278.
^Službeni List (Grada Kraljeva), 2020 Number 22 (23 June 2020), pp. 3-4; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 14, 54.
^Službeni List (Opštine Pożega), 2020 Number 5 (9 June 2020), pp. 1-7; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 13, 47.
^IZBORI 2020, Municipality of Niška Banja, accessed 17 December 2021; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 15. There is a minor discrepancy between these sources as to the total number of votes. The latter source is taken as definitive.
^The lists were "Niš My City–My Palilula" (which won a single mandate), "Ne Damo Niš–Bojan Avramović," "Sergej Trifunović–Movement of Free Citizens," "People's Blok–Honestly for Niš–General Momir Stojanović," and "Serbian Right for Our Home Palilula–Marjan Stojiljković." The municipality's provisional results with 93.75% of polls reporting gave the following totals for these lists: Niš My City 1,381; Movement of Free Citizens 713; Ne Damo Niš 636; People's Blok 351; Serbian Right 221.
^Избори 2020, City Municipality of Palilula, accessed 18 December 2021; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 15, 64.
^Službeni List (Opštine Ražanj), 2023 Number 23 (31 October 2023), pp. 1406, 1418.
^"РЕЗУЛАТАТИ ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ СВРЉИГ ОДРЖАНИХ 21.ЈУНА 2020.ГОДИНЕ," Municipality of Svrljig; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 15, 65.
^Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 13 Number 8 (10 June 2020), pp. 13-27; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 15, 66.
^Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 16 Number 6 (30 November 2023), pp. 6, 15.
^Službeni List (Opština: Velika Plana, Smederevska Palanka), Volume 54 Number 18 (10 June 2020), pp. 365-373; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 15, 66.
