2010 Serbian local elections

A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2010. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2006.

All local elections in 2010 were held under proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles in 2010, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.

Results

Note: The first percentage column refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list; the second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive five per cent of all votes cast to cross the electoral threshold.

Odžaci

Local elections were held in Odžaci on 24 January 2010.[1] The local assembly had become dysfunctional in the previous sitting, after the Socialist Party of Serbia withdrew its support from an administration led by the Serbian Radical Party.[2][3] Veroljub Marković of the Democratic Party led a provisional administration prior to the vote.[4]

The results of the election were as follows:

Electoral List Votes  % Seats
For a European Odžaci–Boris Tadić (Democratic Party, Serbian Renewal Movement, Liberal Democratic Party) 6,950 35.21 34.49 10
Serbian Progressive Party–Tomislav Nikolić 4,425 22.42 21.96 7
Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–United Serbia–Ivica Dačić 2,195 11.12 10.89 3
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 1,990 10.08 9.88 3
Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica 1,869 9.47 9.27 2
G17 Plus 1,219 6.18 6.05 1
Roma Democratic Party (Romska Demokratska Stranka)–Ranko Jovanović 716 3.63 3.55 1
People's Party–Maja Gojković 162 0.82 0.80 -
New Serbia–Velimir Ilić 114 0.58 0.57 -
Coalition Serbia: Roma Democratic Party (Romska Demokratska Partija), Vlachs Democratic Party of Serbia, Rusyn Democratic Party 96 0.49 0.48 -
19,736 100 97.94 27
Source: ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2012., Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 148, 37.

Predrag Cvetanović of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[5] He stood down in 2012 after being elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina and was replaced by Izabela Serić from the same party.[6]

Aranđelovac

Elections were held in Aranđelovac on 25 April 2010, with repeat voting in some communities on 2 May 2010. The municipality's previous mayor, Radosav Švabić of the Serbian Radical Party, had been arrested in June 2009, and the assembly had not sat for several months before the local government was dissolved in November.[7] Vlada Gajić of the Democratic Party led a provisional administration prior to the vote.[8]

The results of the election were as follows:

Electoral List Votes  % Seats
Serbian Progressive Party–Tomislav Nikolić 6,359 25.76 25.11 12
Democratic Party–Boris Tadić 5,241 21.23 20.69 10
Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–United Serbia–Ivica Dačić 3,621 14.67 14.30 6
Together for Aranđelovac–G17 Plus–Social Democratic Party of Serbia–Together for Šumadija–Dr. Aleksandar Damjanić 1,815 7.35 7.17 3
New Serbia–Velimir Ilić 1,795 7.27 7.09 3
Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica 1,597 6.47 6.31 3
Liberal Democratic Party–Čedomir Jovanović 1,367 5.54 5.40 2
Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj 1,306 5.29 5.15 2
Serbian Renewal Movement–Vuk Drašković 832 3.37 3.28 -
Citizens' Group: Let Get Aranđelovac Moving–Slobodan Đaković 575 2.33 2.27 -
Citizens' Group: Aranđelovac–Movement for the Development of Serbia 181 0.73 0.71 -
24,689 100 97.48 41
Source: Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Aranđelovac), Volume 3 Number 20 (7 May 2010), pp. 1-2.

Vlada Gajić of the Democratic Party was confirmed as mayor after the election. He was replaced by Bojan Radović of the Progressive Party in August 2012.[9]

Reference
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