December 2002 Serbian presidential election

December 2002 Serbian presidential election
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Turnout45.16% (Decrease 0.29 pp)
 
Candidate Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Šešelj
Party DSS SRS
Popular vote 1,699,098 1,063,296
Percentage 59.28% 37.10%
President before election

Milan Milutinović (acting)
SPS

Elected President

Election results annulled
Nataša Mićić (acting)
GSS

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.[3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Vojislav KoštunicaDemocratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia1,699,09859.28
Vojislav ŠešeljSerbian Radical Party–Socialist Party of Serbia1,063,29637.10
Borislav PelevićParty of Serbian Unity103,9263.63
Total2,866,320100.00
Valid votes2,866,32097.27
Invalid/blank votes80,3962.73
Total votes2,946,716100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,525,76045.16
Source: CeSID

References

  1. ^ "U Srbiji ponovo izbori". Voice of America (in Serbian). 6 December 2002. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Predsednički izbori 2002. godine". Vreme (in Serbian). 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Oko izbora 10 (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: CeSID. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ Milošević, Milan (12 December 2002). "Predsednik Srbije u zimskom periodu". Vreme (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.