- Elections in Serbia
Serbia elects on national level a
legislature and a president. The National Assembly of Serbia ("Narodna skupština Republike Srbije") has 250 members elected for a four year term. Serbia has amulti-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to formcoalition government s. A party must receive at least 5% of the votes in the entire country to qualify for any seats, except for national minorities' parties, who only have to reach 0,4%.Results
Presidential elections
Parliamentary elections
Vojvodina parliamentary electionsConstitutional referendum
Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
The Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija is a local government created by the Serbian minority in the
Kosovo city of Mitrovica in response to the2008 Kosovo declaration of independence .Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7455737.stm |title=Serbs form rival Kosovo assembly |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-06-14 |accessdate=2008-06-14] The first elections for the Assembly took place onMay 11 ,2008 Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7478865.stm |title= Kosovo Serbs launch new assembly |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-06-28 |accessdate=2008-06-28]Composition
The seats in the Assembly are divided as follows:
*Serbian Radical Party – 17
*Democratic Party of Serbia – 13
*Socialist Party of Serbia – 4
*Democratic Party – 3
*G17 Plus – 1
*Civic Initiative of Gora – 1
*Others – 4DS is boycotting the Assembly for now, stating that it would wait until the new government is formed in Serbia which would then decide whether the Assembly is a good way of promoting the Kosovan Serbs' issues.Cite news |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/11396//7478865.stm |title= Serb Democrats not to Attend Kosovo Session |publisher=
Balkan Insight |date=2008-06-27 |accessdate=2008-06-29]International response
The elections which are basis for the assembly were not recognized by the
United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) or the Republic of Kosovo. The creation of the parliament has been condemned as an act aimed at destabilizing Kosovo by Kosovar presidentFatmir Sejdiu , while UNMIK has said the creations is not a serious issue because it will not have an operative role.Cite news |url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/06/30/feature-01 |title=Kosovo Serbs convene parliament; Pristina, international authorities object |publisher=Southeast European Times |date=2008-06-30 |accessdate=2008-07-01]Past elections
References
ee also
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Electoral calendar
*Electoral system External links
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/s/serbiamontenegro/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
* [http://www.parties-and-elections.de/serbia.html Parties and Elections in Europe]
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