Neđeljko Konjokrad

Neđeljko Konjokrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Неђељко Коњокрад; born 1964) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2020, originally with the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) and subsequently with the Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska napredna stranka, SNS). He is now the president (i.e., speaker) of the municipal assembly of Alibunar.

Private career

Konjokrad is an entrepreneur. He lives in the community of Ilandža in Alibunar.[1]

Politician

Assembly of Vojvodina

Konjokrad was elected to the provincial assembly for the Alibunar constituency seat as a DS candidate in the 2008 and 2012 provincial elections, in each instance in the second round of voting. The DS and its allies won both elections, and Konjokrad was a government supporter while he was a member of the party. On 2 June 2014, he left the DS to join the SNS.[2]

Vojvodina switched to a system of full proportional representation prior to the 2016 provincial election. Konjokrad appeared on the forty-fourth position on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list and was re-elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 mandates.[3] He again served as a government supporter for the next four years and did not seek re-election at the provincial level in 2020.

Municipal politics

Konjokrad has also served in the Alibunar municipal assembly. He received the fifth position on the Progressive Party's list for the 2016 local election in Alibunar and was elected when the list won a narrow majority victory with twelve out of twenty-three mandates.[4][5] He was chosen as president of the assembly on 13 July 2018.[6]

He was given the fifteenth position on the Progressive list in the 2020 local election and was narrowly re-elected when the list won sixteen mandates.[7][8] After the election, he was appointed to another term as assembly president.[9]

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

2012 Vojvodina assembly election
Alibunar (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[10]
Neđeljko Konjokrad "Meda" (incumbent) Choice for a Better Vojvodina (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 3,671 34.42 5,406 58.06
Milan Ćuruvija Socialist Party of Serbia 2,826 26.50 3,905 41.94
Zoran Maksimović "Šuca" Let's Get Vojvodina Moving 1,180 11.06
Aurel Murgu League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 1,164 10.91
Dušan Dakić Serbian Radical Party 709 6.65
Sergije Simonović Democratic Party of Serbia 698 6.54
Viorel Žura United Regions of Serbia–Mlađan Dinkić 418 3.92
Total valid votes 10,666 100 9,311 100
2008 Vojvodina assembly election
Alibunar (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[11]
Neđeljko Konjokrad "Meda" For a European Vojvodina: Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 3,386 29.87 4,511 52.51
Milan Ćuruvija Citizens' Group: Milan Ćuruvija 2,939 25.92 4,079 48.49
Nelu Ardeljan Together for Vojvodina 1,319 11.63
Marina Nikolaje Liberal Democratic Party 1,124 9.91
Zlatan Vujnović "Pale" Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia 916 8.08
Dragomir Čukić Serbian Radical Party 664 5.86
Boško Cvetić Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 386 3.40
Milivoj Petrović "Masni" Citizens' Group: Milivoj Petrović 345 3.04
Novica Radojčin Citizens' Group: Novica Radojčin 258 2.28
Total valid votes 11,337 100 8,590 100
Invalid ballots 574 277
Total votes casts 11,911 60.52 8,867 44.64

References

  1. ^ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа), Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Vlada u senci sa radom od septembra", Danas, 2 June 2014, accessed 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 1 - АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ Изборна листа), Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ Službeni List (Opśtine Alibunar), Volume 35 Number 9 (14 April 2016), p. 2.
  5. ^ Službeni List (Opśtine Alibunar), Volume 35 Number 10 (26 April 2016), p. 2.
  6. ^ "IMENOVANO NOVO OPŠTINSKO RUKOVODSTVO", Municipality of Alibunar, accessed 4 April 2021. See also "Неђељко Коњокрад, председник Скупштине општине Алибунар", Start 013, 11 December 2019, accessed 4 April 2021.
  7. ^ Službeni List (Opśtine Alibunar), Volume 39 Number 21 (9 June 2020), p. 1.
  8. ^ Službeni List (Opśtine Alibunar), Volume 39 Number 24 (28 June 2020), p. 1.
  9. ^ Službeni List (Opśtine Alibunar), Volume 39 Number 30 (15 September 2020), p. 4.
  10. ^ Source: Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (2012) (2 Алибунар), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 August 2017.
  11. ^ Source: Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (2 АЛИБУНАР), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.