2002 Serbian local elections

A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2002. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where the local government had fallen.

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors via two-round voting in 2002. Elections for local assemblies, which were previously held under first past the post rules in single-member constituencies, were determined by proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold.

Results
Barajevo

Elections took place in Barajevo on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly. The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003. When the next regular cycle of local elections took place in 2004, the constituent municipalities of Belgrade were exempted from the direct election of mayors.

2002 Municipality of Barajevo local election: Mayor of Barajevo
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rade Stevanović KrezaDemocratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Alternative, New Serbia, New Democracy–Vojislav Koštunica (Affiliation: Democratic Party of Serbia)1,29518.432,85851.25
Dragoslav Jovičić UčaSocialist Party of Serbia1,72624.562,71948.75
Vladeta VićentijevićMovement for Barajevo1,15616.45
Branka SavićDemocratic Party88112.54
Dragoljub Stanić (incumbent)Citizens' Group: Dragoljub Stanić–Ilija Dimitrijević5778.21
Milivoje DraganićChristian Democratic Party of Serbia–For an Independent Serbia4406.26
Biljana TiosavljevićSerbian Radical Party3044.33
Milorad MatejićCitizens' Group: Together for Barajevo2583.67
Radiša Stevanović LubeSerbian Renewal Movement2473.52
Branislav MijailovićYugoslav Left1432.04
Total7,027100.005,577100.00
Valid votes7,02797.385,57798.41
Invalid/blank votes1892.62901.59
Total votes7,216100.005,667100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,60736.8019,60728.90
Source: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 46 Number 31 (30 December 2002), p. 930; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 47 Number 3 (11 February 2003), p. 39.

The results of the municipal assembly election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Seats
Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Alternative, New Serbia, New Democracy–Vojislav Koštunica1,54522.338
Socialist Party of Serbia–Slavko Gajić1,30518.867
Democratic Party–Vladan Ninković1,26018.217
Movement for Barajevo–Vladeta Vićentijević, Dipl. Inž.6499.383
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj4686.762
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia–For an Independent Serbia3485.032
Citizens' Group: Stanić Dragoljub-Dimitrijević Ilija–Ilija Dimitrijević3344.832
Serbian Renewal Movement, Blagoje Tanasković Blaža, Dipl. Elektroinž.2423.501
Coalition: Civic Alliance of Serbia and Social Democratic Party Together for Barajevo2193.161
Citizens' Group: Ivanković–Nikolić–Vesna Ivanković1722.49–
Yugoslav Left–Branislav Mijailović1702.46–
Citizens' Group: New Barajevo–Mr. Miljan Mihajlović1632.36–
Liberal-Democratic Party[1]–Bojković Zoran450.65–
Total6,920100.0033
Valid votes6,92095.84
Invalid/blank votes3004.16
Total votes7,220100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,60736.82
Source: Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 46 Number 31 (30 December 2002), pp. 931-935; Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 47 Number 3 (11 February 2003), p. 39.
Ražanj

Elections took place in Ražanj on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly.[2] The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003.

2006 Ražanj municipal election
Mayor of Ražanj - First and Second Round Results
Candidate Party or Coalition Votes Votes  %
Životije Popović Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Christian Democratic Party of Serbia) 1,143 2,593 57.11
Dobrica Stojković not listed 976 1,947 42.89
other candidates not listed
Total valid votes 4,540 100
Sources: Sources: ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021; "DOS-u najviše poverenja", Glas javnosti, 24 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022. The first-round results, taken from the latter source, are unofficial.

The results of the municipal assembly election were as follows:

Electoral List Votes  % Seats
Democratic Opposition of Serbia (Democratic Party, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Christian Democratic Party of Serbia) 1,029 24.21 22.94 8
Citizens' Groups (three different lists) 1,021 24.02 22.76 7
Serbian Radical Party 373 8.78 8.32 3
Serbian Progressive Party[3] 346 8.14 7.71 3
Serbian Renewal Movement 309 7.27 6.89 3
Party of Serbian Unity 308 7.25 6.87 2
Democratic Party of Serbia 282 6.64 6.29 2
Socialist Party of Serbia 246 5.79 5.48 2
Yugoslav Left 139 3.27 3.10 1
United Peasant Party 87 2.05 1.94 -
Social Democracy 55 1.29 1.23 -
New Serbia 55 1.29 1.23 -
4,250 100 94.76 31
Sources: Source: Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2004; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 16, 101-102; "DOS-u najviše poverenja", Glas javnosti, 24 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022. According to the latter source, the citizens' group "M. Andrejević" won five mandates, while the group "Better Tomorrow" won two.

Životije was subsequently defeated in a recall election in 2006.

References
  1. Not to be confused with the Liberal Democratic Party formed in 2005.
  2. "Glasanje po novom zakonu", Glas javnosti, 23 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022.
  3. Not to be confused with the Serbian Progressive Party formed in 2008.
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