2012 Serbian local elections

The U-Turn list did not receive five per cent of the total vote and so fell below the electoral threshold.

Elections were held in fifteen of Belgrade's seventeen constituent municipalities. The exceptions were Voždovac and Zemun, where municipal elections were at the time held on different four-year cycles.

The elections generally were a victory for the Democratic Party, which claimed the mayoralties in nine of the fifteen participating municipalities. The Democratic Party also participated in grand coalition governments with the Progressives and Socialists in two other jurisdictions: Lazarevac (where the mayor was chosen from the ranks of the Socialists) and Rakovica (where the mayor was from the Progressives).

The Progressives also won the mayoralty in Grocka and formed a coalition in Surčin wherein a member of the Socialists was chosen as mayor. The United Regions of Serbia claimed the mayoralty in Obrenovac, and Živorad Milosavljević's independent list won its third consecutive victory in Sopot.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Branka Savić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election with the support of seventeen delegates. The government was supported by the Democratic Party, Our Barajevo, two delegates from New Serbia, and one delegate each from the Socialist Party and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia.[6] The DS later formed a new coalition government in 2013 that included the Progressive Party.[7]

On 16 September 2015, a new local administration was founded by Velibor Novićević of the Progressives in alliance with the Socialists and the Independent Democratic Party of Serbia.[8] Novićević was in turn replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Saša Kostić on 3 December 2015. Kostić had the support of the Democratic Party, the Social Democratic Party, and some other delegates on taking office; he was later expelled from the Progressive Party and joined the Democratic Party of Serbia.[9][10]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica were as follows:

Zoran Gajić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election; Uroš Janković of the Democratic Party of Serbia served as deputy mayor.[11] In March 2014, a new administration was formed with Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party as mayor; he was supported by the Socialist alliance and by the Democratic Party of Serbia.[12]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:

Dragoljub Simonović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[13] He was replaced in December 2012 by Zoran Markov; Markov was in turn replaced by Stefan Dilberović in May 2014. Both Markov and Dilberović were also members of the Progressive Party.[14][15]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:

Dragan Alimpijević of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[16] The local government was a grand coalition of the Socialists, the Democratic Party, and the Progressives.[17]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:

Dejan Čokić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[18] Čokić was dismissed from office in 2015, and Vladan Glišić (not to be confused with the future parliamentarian of the same name) led a provisional authority from 2015 to 2016.[19][20]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:

Aleksandar Šapić, at the time a member of the Democratic Party, was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of forty delegates. The municipal government consisted of Choice for a Better New Belgrade, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the alliance around the Socialist Party.[21]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:

Miroslav Čučković of the United Regions of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.[22]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:

Stojan Nikolić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government consisted of the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the coalition around the Socialist Party.[23]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:

The Radical Party received less than five per cent of the total vote and so fell below the electoral threshold.

Milosav Miličković of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government was a grand coalition consisting of the Progressives, the Democratic Party, and the Socialist Party's coalition.[24] Miličković was replaced as mayor by Vladan Kocić in June 2014.[25]

Zoran Krasić was the lead candidate on the Radical Party's list.[26]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:

Dušan Dinčić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. His deputy was a member of the Socialist Party.[27] Parliamentarian Nataša Vučković was elected on the Democratic Party list.[28]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Živorad Milosavljević of the For the Municipality of Sopot list was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[29]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:

Dejan Kovačević of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal government included Choice for a Better Stari Grad and the alliance around the Socialist Party.[30] Nemanja Šarović led the Radical Party's list.[31]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Surčin were as follows:

Vesna Šalović of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.[33] The municipal government was formed by the Progressives, the United Regions of Serbia, and the Socialists.

There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Voždovac in 2012. The previous election had taken place in 2009, and the next election took place in 2013.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Branimir Kuzmanović of the Democratic Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election, receiving the support of thirty-eight delegates.[34] He was replaced by Tijana Blagojević, also of the Democratic Party, on 4 June 2015.[35]

There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun in 2012. The previous election had taken place in 2009, and the next election took place in 2013.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:

Edip Šerifov of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The municipal coalition consisted of the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the coalition around the Socialist Party.[37]

Marija Leković was elected to the assembly from the third position on the Democratic Party list.[38] She took her seat on 11 June 2012 and resigned on the same day upon being re-appointed to the municipal council (i.e., the executive branch of the municipal government).[39] Her term in the latter role was brief; she resigned on 26 June 2012, having been appointed to the Belgrade city council.[40][41]

Local elections were held in the one city (Zrenjanin) and all four municipalities in the Central Banat District. The Progressives won the city election in Zrenjanin and remained in power for the full term. The Democrats finished first in three of the municipalities, with the Liberal Democrats winning the other. There were many changes in government in the latter jurisdictions over the next four years. The Progressives held the mayoralties in two of these communities by the 2016 election, with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina holding another; the fourth mayor was an independent who later joined the Progressives.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin were as follows:

Goran Knežević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of the Socialists, as well as of a single delegate from the League of Social Democrats and a delegate from the Serbian Renewal Movement (who had been elected on the League of Social Democrats list).[43] Knežević resigned on 21 August 2012 after being appointed to a cabinet position in the government of Serbia and was replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Ivan Bošnjak.[44] Bošnjak, in turn, resigned on 12 June 2014 after being appointed as a state secretary in the Serbian government; he was replaced by Čedomir Janjić, also of the Progressives.[45]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Pera Milankov of the Democratic Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.[47] He was arrested in October 2012 on suspicion of giving and accepting bribes and was replaced by Mile Todorov of the Socialist Party, who formed a coalition government with the Progressives and other parties on 20 November 2012.[48][49] The Socialist-Progressive alliance subsequently broke down, and on 31 May 2013 Todorov was replaced by Danica Stričević of the Progressives, who formed an administration in alliance with the United Regions of Serbia (which had gained members by defections).[50]

After spending a year in custody, Pera Milankov (by this time an independent) was again chosen as mayor on 28 December 2013 at the head of a new governing alliance that included the Democratic Party, the Socialists, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.[51] Shortly after the 2016 elections, Milankov joined the Progressive Party.[52]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Bečej were as follows:

Saša Šućurović of the Liberal Democratic Party (one of the parties in the Preokret coalition) was chosen as mayor after the election, governing in a coalition with the Democratic Party and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.[53] A new coalition government was formed in May 2013, led by the Liberal Democratic Party and the Progressives; Šućurović continued as mayor, and local Progressive Party leader Saša Maksimović became speaker of the assembly.[54]

In September 2015, Šućurović left the Liberal Democrats and joined the League of Social Democrats.[55] Once again, he continued to serve as mayor.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sečanj were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Predrag Milošević, at the time a member of the Democratic Party, was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He joined the Progressive Party in 2014, taking most of the local Democratic Party organization with him.[56][57]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žitište were as follows:

Dušan Milicev of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[58] Milicev was succeeded by Ljubinko Petković of the Democratic Party in June 2013, and Petković was in turn succeeded by Mitar Vučurević of the Progressive Party (which had gained several members by defections) two months later.[59][60][61]

Local elections were held in the one city (Subotica) and both of the municipalities in the North Bačka District. The Democratic Party's coalition won a plurality victory in Subotica and initially claimed the city's mayoralty. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won the most votes in the other two municipalities and claimed the mayoralty in Baćka Topola, while the Democratic Party took the mayoralty in Mali Iđoš. In 2013, both Democratic Party mayors were replaced; the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians took the mayoralty in Subotica, with the Socialist Party taking the office in Mali Iđoš.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Subotica were as follows:

Modest Dulić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The governing majority consisted of the Democratic Party, the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Serbia, the League of Social Democrats, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Socialist Party.[62] Following a recalibration of the city's political forces, Jenő Maglai of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians became mayor on 21 November 2013. The new parliamentary majority consisted of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Progressives, the Socialists, the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, and some smaller parties and independents.[63]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Topola were as follows:

The local government was formed by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party, and the Socialist Party. Melinda Kokai Mernjak of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor.[64] She was replaced by her own party in 2014 and replaced by Gabor Kišlinder. By the time of this change, the Socialists had left the government and the Progressives had joined.[65][66]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Iđoš were as follows:

Eržebet Celuška-Frindik of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[67] She was replaced by Marko Rovčanin of the Socialist Party in 2013.[68]

Local elections were held in all six municipalities of the North Banat District. The Progressive Party's alliance won a narrow victory over the Democratic Party in Kikinda; the Democrats initially formed a local coalition government, but a shift in political alliances the following year saw the Progressives come to power. The Democratic Party won in Ada and Novi Kneževac, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won in Čoka, Kanjiža, and Senta.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kikinda were as follows:

Savo Dobranić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election; his deputy was a member of the Socialist Party.[69] Pavle Markov of the Progressive Party succeeded Dobranić in September 2013, after a shift in the municipality's political alliances.[70][71]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ada were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Zoltán Bilicki of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He left the party in early 2016.[72]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čoka were as follows:

Ferenc Balaž of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians served as mayor after the election.[73]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kanjiža were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Mihály Nyilas of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[74] He was succeeded on 10 July 2014 by fellow party member Mihály Bimbó.[75]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Kneževac were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Dragan Babić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[76]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Senta were as follows:

Rudolf Czegledi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election.[77]

Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and ten of the eleven separate municipalities of the South Bačka District. The exception was Vrbas, which was on a different four-year electoral cycle at the time.

The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Niš, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.

Most of the local elections in South Bačka did not produce clear winners. The Democratic Party's lists technically won plurality victories in eight of the eleven jurisdictions that held elections, but they were only able to claim the mayoralties in Novi Sad (temporarily) and five other municipalities (including two where the party actually lost the popular vote). Progressive Party candidates won the mayoralties in three other municipalities, and candidates of the Socialist Party were chosen as mayor in Bačka Palanka and Srbobran.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Igor Pavličić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[78] He lost his majority later in the year, and Miloš Vučević of the Serbian Progressive Party became mayor on 14 September 2012. The local coalition government (after Vučević became mayor) consisted of the Progressives, the Democratic Party of Serbia, Dveri, the Roma Democratic Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, and the Socialist Party of Serbia.[79] Milorad Mirčić, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected to the assembly on the Radical Party list.[80]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bač were as follows:

Mirko Pušara of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives and the Socialists; an individual delegate from the LSV and a delegate from the Radical Party also voted to approve the government.[81] In December 2012, a new administration was formed by the Democratic Party in alliance with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and the Radical Party. Ognjen Marković of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor; Pušara initially refused to stand down, claiming the change in government was illegal.[82]

Another change in administration took place in April 2014, with the Progressives returning to office in alliance with the Socialists and the League of Social Democrats. Dragan Stašević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor.[83]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Palanka were as follows:

Bojan Radman of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[84] Aleksandar Đedovac of the Progressive Party was chosen as deputy mayor. In 2013, Radman and Đedovac rotated positions. The local governing coalition consisted of delegates of the Progressives, the Socialists, the Democratic Party of Serbia, Dveri, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.[85]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bački Petrovac were as follows:

Pavel Marčok of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[86]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej were as follows:

Vuk Radojević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[87]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beočin were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Bogdan Cvejić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[89]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran were as follows:

Zoran Mladenović of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local governing coalition consisted of the Socialists, the Movement for Change list, and the LSV.[90]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Milenko Filipović of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[91] The governing coalition consisted of the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. The United Regions of Serbia later joined the government, and the Progressive Party joined in October 2013.[92]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin were as follows:

The municipal government of Srbobran changed several times between 2012 and 2016.

Vladislav Capik of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[93] The government consisted of the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia alliance, the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, and the "For the Prosperity of the Municipality of Temerin" group.[94]

On 12 March 2014, a new administration was formed with Gustonj Andraš of the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians as mayor. The new administration included the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia alliance, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party. The Radicals were not part of the governing coalition but provided support on a motion of confidence.[95][96]

Following another political realignment, Đuro Žiga of the Progressive Party became mayor in October 2014. The new governing coalition included the Progressives and Socialist Movement, the Socialist Party and United Pensioners, the Serbian Renewal Movement, and two groups of independent representatives.[97]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Titel were as follows:

Dragan Božić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor following the election.[98] In 2014, the Democratic Party formed a new assembly majority with the United Regions of Serbia and the Socialist Party (also supported by individual members of other parties), and Milan Nastasić became the municipality's new mayor. Božić returned to office in December 2014 via an alliance of the Progressives and Radicals, also supported by the Socialists.[99][100]

There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas in 2012. The previous election had taken place in 2009, and the next election took place in 2013.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žabalj were as follows:

Čedomir Božić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The Democrats originally governed in an alliance that included the Socialist Party of Serbia.[101][102][103]

Local elections were held in the one city (Sombor) and two of the other three municipalities in the West Bačka District. The exception was Odžaci, where the most recent local election had taken place in 2010. The Democratic Party won plurality victories in Sombor and Kula and initially formed government in both jurisdictions; by 2014, however, shifting political alliances had brought the Serbian Progressive Party to power in both areas. In Apatin, longtime Socialist Party mayor Živorad Smiljanić led his party to another victory.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Sombor were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Nemanja Delić of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[104] He was removed from office in April 2014 amid shifting political alliances in the city and was replaced by Saša Todorović of the Progressive Party.[105][106]

Parliamentarian Žika Gojković was elected to the city assembly from the first position on the SPO list.[107] He resigned his seat on 16 February 2013.[108]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Apatin were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Živorad Smiljanić of the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He resigned in October 2013 following a conflict-of-interest warning but was re-elected as mayor on the same day.[109][110]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kula were as follows:

Lazar Greber of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[111] Following a change in government in October 2012, Greber was replaced by Dragan Trifunović of the Progressive Party.[112]

There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Odžaci in 2012. The previous election had taken place in 2010 and the next election took place in 2013.

Local elections were held in the one city (Čačak) and all three other municipalities of the Moravica District. New Serbia won an extremely narrow victory in its historical stronghold of Čačak and continued to lead a coalition government afterward. The Socialists remained in power in Gornji Milanovac, an independent list formed government in Ivanjica, and the Democratic Party led a government in Lučani (despite having finished second).

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Čačak were as follows:

Vojislav Ilić, the brother of New Serbia leader Velimir Ilić (and himself a member of the same party), was chosen as mayor after the election.[113] Future parliamentarian Biljana Rubaković was elected from the sixth position on the Dveri list.[114]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Gornji Milanovac were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Milisav Mirković of the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[115]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ivanjica were as follows:

Independent candidate Milomir Zorić was chosen as mayor after the election, in a coalition with the Progressives, the Democratic Party of Serbia, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, and the Serbian Renewal Movement. The Progressives left the coalition in December 2013, leading to a period of a political stalemate. In October 2014, Zorić formed a new coalition with the Socialists.[116]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lučani were as follows:

Mladomir Sretenović of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The Movement for the Development of Dragačevo list boycotted the inaugural session of the assembly.[117] When the Democratic Party split in early 2014, Sretenović sided with Boris Tadić's breakaway New Democratic Party (later renamed as the Social Democratic Party).[118] The local government was dissolved and new elections were held in 2014.

Local elections were held in the one city (Kragujevac) and five of the six other municipalities of the Šumadija District. The exception was Aranđelovac, where the last election had been held in 2010.

Together for Šumadija leader Veroljub Stevanović affiliated with the United Regions of Serbia in this election and won a plurality victory in Kragujevac. He remained in office for two years before a shift in local political alliances brought the Serbian Progressive Party to power.

The Democratic Party won a majority in Batočina and held power in that municipality for the term that followed. It also won a plurality victory in Lapovo and, while it narrowly lost the election to the Socialist Party of Serbia, also formed government in Knić; in both of these jurisdictions, the government proved unstable and the party fell from power.

An independent list aligned with United Regions of Serbia won in Rača, while incumbent mayor Dragan Jovanović led a coalition led by New Serbia to a majority victory in Topola.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Kragujevac were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Veroljub Stevanović of Together for Šumadija was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with support from the Liberal Democratic Party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, the Socialist Party of Serbia, United Serbia, the Democratic Party of Serbia, and smaller parties represented in the assembly. Over the next two years, Stevanović's allies left the government; when the Serbian Renewal Movement switched its affiliation in October 2014, the Serbian Progressive Party was able to form a new city administration with Radomir Nikolić as mayor.[119][120]

There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Aranđelovac in 2012. The previous election had taken place in 2010, and the next took place in 2014.

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Batočina were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Radiša Milošević of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.[121]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Knić were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Borislav Busarac of the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He was removed from office on 30 May 2013 and was replaced by Dragana Jovanović of the Socialist Party.[122] Jovanović was in turn removed in February 2014, and Ljubomir Đurđević of United Serbia was chosen as mayor the following month in a new alliance that included the Democratic Party.[123][124]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lapovo were as follows:

Nebojša Miletić of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced in June 2014 by Jasna Jovanović of the "For the Life of Lapovo" list.[125] Jovanović was in turn replaced by Nebojša Tasić of the Progressive Party in June 2015.[126]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rača were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Dragana Živanović of United Regions was confirmed for another term in office after the election. She was replaced in February 2015 by Dragan Stevanović of the Progressive Party.[127]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Topola were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Dragan Jovanović of New Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He resigned in August 2014 as he could not hold a dual mandate as a parliamentarian and was replaced Dragan Živanović of the same party.[128]

Seats won:

• Coalition of SNS, JS, NS, URS, DSS holding 41 out of 75 seats
• DS-22
• SPS-12

Local elections were held for the City Assembly of Niš, the assemblies in all five of Niš's constituent municipalities, and the assemblies in all six of the Nišava District's other municipalities.

The Progressive Party formed coalition governments with the Socialist Party and the United Regions of Serbia shortly after the election in the City of Niš, four of the city's five municipalities (the exception being Niška Banja), and Aleksinac. The Progressive Party's alliance won the popular vote in all of these jurisdictions except for Medijana, where the Democratic Party placed first.

The situation was different in the district's smaller municipalities. Local incumbent mayors led the Socialist Party to victory in Gadžin Han, New Serbia to victory in Ražanj, the United Regions of Serbia to victory to Doljevac, and the United Peasant Party to victory in Svrljig. The Socialists also won the popular vote in Merošina and initially formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party and the United Regions of Serbia. This alliance fell apart in December 2012, and a new coalition of the Progressive Party and the United Regions of Serbia came to power. The local Progressive organization subsequently became divided, leading to instability in the local government.

In Niška Banja, the Democratic Party of Serbia won the popular vote and formed a coalition government afterwards; the incumbent mayor later left the Democratic Party of Serbia for the United Regions of Serbia, and, after that party's dissolution, joined the Serbian People's Party.

The results of the election for the City Assembly of Niš were as follows:

Zoran Perišić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The city government was initially formed by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the United Regions of Serbia.[129]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Crveni Krst were as follows:

Darko Bulatović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the votes of nineteen delegates. The local government was formed by the Progressives, the United Regions of Serbia, and the Socialists.[130] Bulatović resigned as mayor in May 2014 and was replaced by Miroslav Milutinović, a former Socialist who crossed over to the Progressives.[131]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Medijana were as follows:

Nebojša Krstić of the United Regions of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of sixteen delegates. The government consisted of the Progressives, the Socialists, the United Regions of Serbia, and the Democratic Party of Serbia.[132] Krstić was replaced as mayor by Zoran Stojanović of the Progressive Party in August 2014.[133]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Niška Banja were as follows:

Incumbent mayor Zoran Vidanović of the Democratic Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The government initially consisted of the Democratic Party of Serbia, the Socialists, and the Reformist Party.[134] Vidanović left the Democratic Party of Serbia in September 2012 and joined the United Regions of Serbia. That party dissolved in 2015, at which time Vidanović joined the Serbian People's Party.[135][136]

The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula, Niš, were as follows: