2016 Serbian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in Serbia August 2016 2016 Serbian parliamentary election Serbia no 2014 2020 All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 24 April 2016 56.07% ( 2.98pp) For Our Children (Serbia) Aleksandar Vučić 158 131 49.71 SPS–JS–ZS–KP Ivica Dačić 44 29 11.28 Serbian Radical Party Vojislav Šešelj 0 22 8.34 Enough is Enough (party) Saša Radulović 0 16 6.21 DS coalition Bojan Pajtić 19 16 6.20 DSS–Dveri Sanda Rašković Ivić 0 13 5.19 SDS–LDP–LSV Boris Tadić 15 13 5.17 Minority lists VMSZ–VMDP István Pásztor 6 4 1.54 BDZS Muamer Zukorlić new 2 0.89 Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak Sulejman Ugljanin 3 2 0.82 ZES Goran Čabradi new 1 0.65 Party for Democratic Action Riza Halimi 2 1 0.44 2016 Serbian parliamentary election map.svg 0.9 Results by municipality Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić Serbian Progressive Party Aleksandar Vučić Serbian Progressive Party Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016.http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2016&mm=03&dd=04&nav_category=11&nav_id=1103685 Nikolić raspisao izbore: Želim da pobedi SNS B92 4 March 2016 Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to join the European Union". The elections were held simultaneously with provincial elections in Vojvodina and nationwide local elections. Voter turnout was 56%. Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition retained its majority, winning 131 of the 250 seats. In contrast to the 2014 elections, a record-breaking seven non-minority lists passed the 5% threshold. Several parties returned to the National Assembly, including the Serbian Radical Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia, while three parties entered for the first time; the liberal Enough is Enough, the conservative Dveri (in coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia) and the Green Party (as a Slovak ethnic minority list). Vučić announced formation of the new government by early June.http://rs.n1info.com/a155066/Video/Vucic-najavio-formiranje-vlade-u-junu.html https://archive.today/20160802134110/http://rs.n1info.com/a155066/Video/Vucic-najavio-formiranje-vlade-u-junu.html dead August 2, 2016 Vučić najavio formiranje vlade u junu 25 April 2016 He stated that the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians were the only certain partners in the cabinet, and remained ambiguous about the future cooperation with the Socialist Party of Serbia, the coalition partners in the previous government.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=04&dd=29&nav_id=97858 Vucic says he won't form government with "backstabbers" B92 29 April 2016 After a two-month delay, Vučić announced the new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining the coalition with the Socialist Party.http://rs.n1info.com/a183266/Vesti/Vesti/Objavljen-sastav-nove-Vlade.html Objavljen sastav nove Vlade, osam novih imena N1 8 August 2016 17 August 2016 26 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235846/http://rs.n1info.com/a183266/Vesti/Vesti/Objavljen-sastav-nove-Vlade.html dead The government was approved by the National Assembly on 10 August.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-serbia-government-idUKKCN10M1TO https://web.archive.org/web/20160815131042/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-serbia-government-idUKKCN10M1TO dead August 15, 2016 New Serbian government gets parliament approval Reuters 11 August 2016 Electoral system The 250 members of the National Assembly are elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with a 5% electoral threshold (with the percentages calculated including the invalid and blank votes cast), although the threshold is disregarded for coalitions representing ethnic minorities. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.Electoral system IPU Election in Kosovo Serbia does not recognise Kosovo as an independent state and sees Kosovo as a province of Serbia. This meant that the Serbian government also wanted to count votes in Kosovo. However, the Kosovan government did not allow the Serbian Election Commission to organise election, deeming it a violation of its sovereignty. However, Kosovo recognises dual citizenship, which offered the possibility of its Serb citizens voting in Serbian elections. As a result, OSCE and the Kosovan government agreed that while Serbian election official would not have a role in the elections in Kosovo, five vote collection centres would be provided in different parts of Kosovo. Two of these were in the north and three in the south. OSCE guaranteed that the votes were collected accordingly in line with the rules and procedures. Corresponding arrangements had been made for previous Serbian parliamentary elections in 2012 and 2014.https://balkaninsight.com/2016/04/21/osce-takes-over-serbian-elections-operation-in-kosovo-04-20-2016/ OSCE Agrees to Run Serbian Elections in Kosovo 2016-04-21 2024-08-02 Balkan Insight Isufi Perparim Campaign In November 2014 Dveri and the Democratic Party of Serbia declared that they would contest the elections as the "Patriotic Bloc" alliance.DSS i Dveri formirali patriotski blok RTS, 18 November 2014 In January 2015 PULS and SLS also joined the bloc.Uz DSS i Dveri sada i PULS i SLS Blic, 30 January 2015 On 19 February 2016, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) decided to leave the coalition with SPS, and sign an agreement with SNS,Pensioner party leaves coalition with Socialists B92, 19 February 2016 as did the SDPS.SNS IDE NA IZBORE SA SDPS Blic, 25 January 2016 DS, SDS and the LDP agreed to form a coalition called "Democratic Serbia - DS-LDP-SDS", with Dragoljub Mićunović as the leader.Dogovor opozicije - na izbore na jednoj listi B92, 27 Feb 2016 However, on 28 February DS leader Bojan Pajtić said that his party would not join the SDS and the LDP in a pre-election coalition.Opposition parties won't form single list for elections B92, 29 Feb 2016 Electoral lists The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) published an official list of competing parties and coalitions.http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php Изборне листе sr RIK 5 March 2016 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20180427083209/http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php 27 April 2018 dead Ballot name Ballot carrier Main ideology Political position Note 1 Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia is WinningProglašena prva lista Mondo/Tanjug, 06.03.2016 SNS (with NSS, USS, SDSS), SDPS, PS, PUPS, NS, PSS–BK, SNP, SPO Aleksandar Vučić Populism Big tent 2 For A Just Serbia – Democratic PartyProglašena lista "Za pravednu Srbiju" - Demokratska stranka Blic, 06.03.2016 DS, NS, RS, ŽZK I live for Krajina, DSHV, ZZS, ZZŠ Bojan Pajtić Social democracy Centre-left 3 Ivica Dačić – SPS – JS – Dragan Marković Palma"Koalicija oko SPS predala RIK-u izbornu listu B92, 08.03.2016 SPS, JS, KP, ZS Ivica Dačić Populism Big tent 4 Dr Vojislav Šešelj – Serbian Radical PartyČetvrti na glasačkom listiću Kurir, 10.03.2016 SRS Vojislav Šešelj Ultranationalism Far-right 5 Dveri – DSS – Sanda Rašković Ivić – Boško ObradovićRIK proglasila izbornu listu DSS-a i Dveri RTS, 11.03.2016 Dveri, DSS, SLS, NSPM Sanda Rašković Ivić Conservatism Right-wing tofar-right 6 Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – István PásztorRIK proglasio izbornu listu SVM - I. Pastor RTV, 12.03.2016 SVM Bálint Pásztor Minority interests Centre-right M 7 Boris Tadić, Čedomir Jovanović – Alliance for a Better Serbia – LDP, LSV, SDSProglašena lista koalicije LDP-LSV-SDS Blic, 14.03.2016 LDP, LSV, SDS, NPS Nenad Čanak Social democracy Centre-left 8 Muamer Zukorlić – Bosniak Democratic Union of SandžakProglašene još tri liste, prošao i Ugljanin Mondo, 18.03.2016 BDZS Muamer Zukorlić Minority interests M 9 Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak – Dr Sulejman Ugljanin SDAS Sulejman Ugljanin Minority interests Right-wing M 10 For a Free Serbia – Oathkeepers – Milica ĐurđevićProglašena izborna lista Za Slobodnu Srbiju - Zavetnici Večernje Novosti, 28.03.2016 SSZ Božidar Zečević Ultranationalism Far-right 11 Citizen's Group "For Serbia's Revival" – Prof Dr Slobodan KomazecCommission announces final collective election list ZSP For Serbia's Revival Jovan Deretić Conspiracy theorism Right-wing 12 Russian Party – Slobodan NikolićRIK proglasio Izbornu listu Ruska stranka B92, 05.04.2016 RS Slobodan Nikolić National conservatism Right-wing 13 Republican Party – Nikola SandulovićRIK proglasio izbornu listu Republikanska stranka B92, 06.04.2016 RS Republican Party Nikola Sandulović Minority interests M 14 Serbo-Russian Movement – Slobodan DimitrijevićProglašena lista Srpsko ruski pokret B92, 07.04.2016 IA Eastern Alternative, SL Serbian League, SDF, PV, ML Hungarian League Dragan Todorović National conservatism Right-wing 15 Borko Stefanović – Serbia for all of usBorislav Stefanović i Janko Veselinović na zajedničkoj listi RTS, 16.03.2016 SL, PZP, SDU, NPA New Pensioners Association Borko Stefanović Social democracy Centre-left 16 Dialogue – Youth with a stance – Stanko DebeljakovićProglašena i lista "Dijalog" Mondo, 09.04.2016 Dialogue Stanko Debeljaković Liberalism Centre 17 Enough is Enough – Restart – Saša RadulovićRIK: Proglašeno 18 izbornih lista B92, 09.04.2016 DJB Saša Radulović Social liberalism Centre 18 Party for Democratic Action – Ardita SinaniPDD, jedina manjinska partija Albanaca na izborima B92, 12.04.2016 PDD Ardita Sinani Minority interests Centre-right M 19 Green PartyRIK proglasio 21. listu, odbačena "Tolerancija" B92, 12.04.2016 ZS Goran Čabradi Minority interests Centre-left M 20 Out of Spite – United for Serbia – National Alliance TS, NM Vladan Glišić National conservatism Far-right M — National minority list Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election Results Serbia is Winning (SNS–SDPS–PUPS–NS–SPO–PS–PSS–NSS–SNP) 1823147 131 –39 SPS–JS–ZS 413770 29 –4 Serbian Radical Party 306052 22 +22 Enough is Enough 227626 16 +16 For a Just Serbia (DS–NS–RS–DSHV–ZZS–ZZŠ) 227589 16 –5 Dveri–Democratic Party of Serbia 190530 13 +13 Alliance for a Better Serbia (LDP–LSV–SDS) 189564 13 –2 VMSZ–VMDP 56620 4 –2 Serbia for All of Us (PLS–PZP–NUPS–SDU) 35710 0 New Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandžak 32526 2 +2 Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak 30092 2 –1 For A Free Serbia – Oathkeepers 27690 0 New Green Party 23890 1 New Out of spite – United for Serbia – National Alliance 17528 0 New Party for Democratic Action 16262 1 –1 Russian Party 13777 0 0 Citizen's Group – For Serb Revival 13260 0 New Serbo-Russian Movement 10016 0 New Dialogue – Youth with a Stance 7744 0 New Republican Party 4522 0 New 111008 0 6739441 RIK Aftermath After the polls closed, it soon became clear that the Serbian Progressive Party would maintain its absolute majority in the Assembly, albeit with a smaller number of MPs, and that their partners, the Socialist Party of Serbia, would maintain their standing. However, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) and organizations monitoring the election (such as CeSID) were cautious about the results of most other lists, as they hovered around the 5% threshold. For a while, it looked as if all seven main contestants would pass the threshold, but as the Commission published the final results on Thursday 28 April, the DSS-Dveri coalition ended up a single vote short. Tensions ran high, as the participants started to accuse each other and the Commission of fraud, which along with demolition of Savamala resulted in protests.http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-rightist-coalition-entered-parliament-after-repeated-elections-05-05-2016 Serbian Right-Wingers Win Seats in Poll Re-Run 5 May 2016 Balkan Insight Saša Dragojlohttp://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/igra-zivaca-dss-dveri-ispod-cenzusa-za-jedan-glas/w4rblm3 IGRA ŽIVACA: DSS-Dveri ispod cenzusa za JEDAN GLAS Game of nerves: DSS-Dveri below the threshold for one vote Blic 29 April 2016 Still, there were additional 18,000 votes to share, as voting had to be repeated at 15 polling stations due to irregularities.http://www.blic.rs/izbori-2016/18000-biraca-ponovo-na-glasanje-ponisteni-izbori-na-ukupno-15-birackih-mesta/73fd2r2 18.000 BIRAČA PONOVO NA GLASANJE Poništeni izbori na ukupno 15 biračkih mesta, neizvesna sudbina dve liste Blic 27 April 2016 In the re-run held on 4 May, DSS–Dveri comfortably won the required number of votes and ended up with 5.03% of the electorate. The Electoral Commission released the final results of the election on Thursday 5 May. Vučić announced formation of the new government by early June. He stated that the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians were the only certain partners in the cabinet, and remained ambiguous about the future cooperation with the Socialist Party of Serbia, the coalition partners in the previous government, hinting that he will "certainly not form a government with someone who can't wait to stab him in the back." Constitutive session of the new parliament was held on 3 June. Maja Gojković of Serbian Progressive Party was re-elected president, and six vice-presidents from major parliamentary clubs were elected. The seventh vice-presidential seat, reserved for Enough is Enough, was left unfilled after the movement refused to propose their candidate despite previous agreement.http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:608806-Nastavljena-konstitutivna-sednica-Skupstine-Srbije Maja Gojković na čelu parlamenta 6 June 2016 Večernje Novosti Formation of the new government, however, took much longer than announced. On 23 July PM-designate Aleksandar Vučić said he was not ruling out the possibility that Serbia's government could be "formed by somebody else at his proposal", stating that "we have problems, this is not about some kind of whim", but without elaborating the details.http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=07&dd=25&nav_id=98704 Vucic says "someone else" may have to form new government 25 July 2016 B92 Fueled by hints from Vučić and statements made by his associates, media started speculating on external pressures, pointing at Western and Russian attempts to influence personal solutions in the new cabinet.http://www.newsweek.rs/srbija/75769-pritisci-sa-istoka-i-zapada-evo-zasto-vucic-vec-3-meseca-ne-formira-vladu.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160727144102/http://www.newsweek.rs/srbija/75769-pritisci-sa-istoka-i-zapada-evo-zasto-vucic-vec-3-meseca-ne-formira-vladu.html dead 27 July 2016 Pritisci sa istoka i zapada: Evo zašto Vučić već 3 meseca ne formira vladu Pressures from West and East: Here's Why Vučić Hasn't Formed The New Government for Three Months 26 July 2016 Radio Free Europe/Newsweek Serbia President Nikolić expressed "full understanding" that the government had not been formed yet, and stated that the only important thing is that the constitutional deadlines [three months from constitution of the Assembly] are met.http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/politika/aktuelno.289.html:614396-Nikolic-Vucic-postuje-rokove-vlada-ce-biti-formirana-na-vreme Nikolić: Vučić poštuje rokove, vlada će biti formirana na vreme 10 July 2016 Večernje Novosti Vučić announced the new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining a coalition with the Socialist Party. The government was approved by the National Assembly on 10 August. References Serbia Category:2010s elections in Serbia Category:2016 in Serbia Serbia Category:Parliamentary elections in Serbia