2018 Serbian local elections

A small number of cities and municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2018. 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 2014.

All local elections in Serbia in 2018 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 2017, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.

Results

City of Belgrade

See: 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election

Kula

An election was held in Kula on 16 December 2018. The municipality's mayor Velibor Milojičić had resigned in September 2018, at which time he was appointed leader of a provisional administration.[1]

PartyVotes%Seats
SNS coalition: Aleksandar Vučić–Because We Love Kula (Serbian Progressive Party, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians)10,62961.7826
SPS list: Socialist Party of Serbia–Ivica Dačić2,00811.675
Citizens' Group: Critical Mass1,6319.484
POKS list: Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia–Marko Košutić1,2026.992
PS list: Movement of Socialists–Aleksandar Vulin6924.02–
RS list: Russian Party–Dušan Hajduković–Kekini principi3882.26–
PUPS list: Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–Milan Krkobabić–Kula Is Also Serbia3592.09–
SRS list: Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj2961.72–
Total17,205100.0037
Valid votes17,20596.34
Invalid/blank votes6543.66
Total votes17,859100.00
Registered voters/turnout35,92049.72
Source: Službeni List (Opštine Kula), Volume 51 Number 40 (17 December 2018), pp. 568-569.

Damjan Miljanić of the Progressive Party was appointed as mayor after the election.[2] He resigned in January 2022 in order to harmonize that year's scheduled municipal election with the 2022 Serbian general election and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority.[3][4]

Aranđelovac

An election was held in Aranđelovac on 5 March 2018, due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly election in 2014.

PartyVotes%Seats
SNS list: Aleksandar Vučić–Because We Love Aranđelovac–Serbian Progressive Party11,90158.7826
BS et al coalition: People for a Better Aranđelovac–Dragon Jovanović (Serbian Radical Party–Dr. Vojislav Šešelj, People's Freedom Movement, Better Serbia)2,68413.266
SPS coalition: Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia–United Serbia–Dragan Marković Palma2,48612.285
Citizens' Group: Dr. Radosav Švabić–The Right Way1,1205.532
DS coalition: Together to Victory–Democratic Party, Liberal Democratic Party, People's Party, New Party, Social Democratic Party–Slobodan Jaredić1,0805.332
Citizens' Group: Choose Aranđelovac9744.81–
Total20,245100.0041
Valid votes20,24596.75
Invalid/blank votes6813.25
Total votes20,926100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,71555.48
Source: Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Aranđelovac), Volume 11 Number 95 (12 March 2018), pp. 1-2.

Incumbent mayor Bojan Radović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[5]

Lučani

An election was held in Lučani on 16 December 2018, due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2014. Several opposition parties that chose to boycott other local elections held in late 2018 nonetheless participated in the Lučani vote.[6]

PartyVotes%Seats
SNS coalition: Aleksandar Vučić–Because We Love Lučani and Dragačevo (Serbian Progressive Party, Serbian People's Party)7,85268.3727
DS et al coalition: Alliance for Serbia–Alliance for Dragačevo–Milan Radičević–Dveri–Democratic Party–People's Party–Together for Serbia–Healthy Serbia–Serbian Left–Movement for Reversal–Sloga–Otadžbina1,1379.904
Citizens' Group: One Team–Ivica Vukićević8267.192
SPS coalition: Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Better Serbia (BS)6685.822
POKS list: Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia–Dragan Jovičić3483.03–
JS list: United Serbia–Dragan Marković Palma2762.40–
SRS list: Dr. Vojislav Šešelj–Serbian Radical Party2061.79–
PUPS list: Milan Krkobabić–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–Lučani Is Also Serbia1711.49–
Total11,484100.0035
Valid votes11,48497.87
Invalid/blank votes2502.13
Total votes11,734100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,47371.23
Source: Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Lučani), Volume 35 Number 23 (17 December 2018), p. 5.

Milivoje Dolović of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor in January 2019.[7] He resigned in January 2022, as a means of harmonizing the municipality's schedule for the 2022 local election with the 2022 Serbian general election and was appointed as leader of a provisional administration.[8][9]

Užice: Sevojno

An election was held for the Municipal Assembly of Sevojno (in the city of Užice) on 3 April 2018, due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2014. The results were as follows:

PartyVotes%Seats
SNS coalition: Aleksandar Vučić—Because We Love Sevojno–Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–Serbian People's Party2,36863.6610
United We Win, For Sevojno, For Serbia1,11529.975
SRS list: Dr. Vojislav Šešelj–Serbian Radical Party1313.52–
Serbian Movement Dveri1062.85–
Total3,720100.0015
Valid votes3,72097.64
Invalid/blank votes902.36
Total votes3,810100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,88164.78
Source: Službeni List (Grada Užica), 2018 Number 13 (4 March 2018), p. 1.

Ivan Marić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[10]

Doljevac

An election was held in the municipality of Doljevac on 16 December 2018. The vote was precipitated by the resignation of the municipality's mayor, Goran Ljubić of the Progressive Party, on the grounds that he objected to the constant criticisms of Nenad Stojiljković (Dveri), the only opposition member of the previous assembly, and wanted to test the mood of the electorate. The election was boycotted by opposition parties and was criticized by some as a waste of money.[11][12] Ljubić served as the leader of Doljevac's provisional government in 2018–19, before a new administration was established.[13]

The results of the election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Seats
SNS coalition: Aleksandar Vučić–Because We Love Doljevac (Serbian Progressive Party, Social Democratic Party of Serbia)9,14985.2033
JS list: United Serbia–Dragan Marković Palma6826.352
SPS list: Ivica Dačić–Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)6055.632
SRS list: Dr. Vojislav Šešelj–Serbian Radical Party1391.29–
PUPS list: Milan Krkobabić–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia–Doljevac Is Also Serbia1221.14–
Citizens' Group: Alliance for a Democratic Doljevac410.38–
Total10,738100.0037
Valid votes10,73897.90
Invalid/blank votes2302.10
Total votes10,968100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,71474.54
Source: Извештај о резултатима избора за одборнике Скупштине општине Дољевац, Lokalni Izbori 2018, Municipality of Doljevac, accessed 18 December 2021; Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2020; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 15.[14]

Goran Ljubić was confirmed for a new term as mayor when the assembly convened in January 2019.[15] He resigned in January 2022 in order to harmonize that year's municipal election with the 2022 Serbian general election and was appointed as leader of an interim administration.[16]

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