2005 Serbian local elections

A few municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2005 for mayors, assembly members, or both. 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 term of the municipal assembly had expired.

Serbia had introduced the direct election of mayors in 2002. This practice was abandoned with the 2008 Serbian local elections, but it was still in effect in 2005, and some mayor by-elections took place during the year. The constituent municipalities of Belgrade did not have directly elected mayors, and in these jurisdictions mayors were chosen by the elected assembly members.[1]

All assembly elections were held under proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold. Successful lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes, not only of valid votes.

Results

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Vojvodina

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Bačka Palanka

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The Bačka Palanka municipal assembly was not properly constituted after the 2004 Serbian local elections, and a new election took place in December 2005. The full results do not appear to be available online. The preliminary results were:

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Serbian Radical Party6,57427.78-2.7614-2
Democratic Party3,61715.28-1.478-1
Socialist Party of Serbia2,47410.45-1.365-1
Strength of Serbia Movement2,42210.23+3.615+2
Democratic Party of Serbia1,8177.68-0.94–
G17 Plus1,5916.72+4.334+4
Serbian Renewal Movement7403.13−1.22–
Others4,43018.72––
Total23,665100.00–4242
Registered voters/turnout47,70249.61%
Source: OODS Bačka Palanka [a][2]

Bečej

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Bečej mayor Đorđe Predin was defeated in a recall election in December 2005.

Choice Votes %
Yes on recall 4,350 53.55
No on recall 3,773 46.45
Total valid votes 8,123 100
Source: Službeni List [3]

A by-election to selection Predin's replacement was held in early 2006. Peter Knezi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians had previously served as deputy mayor and may have been acting mayor during the election period.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

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Niš

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Niš mayor Smiljko Kostić remained in office following a recall election on 4 December 2005.

Choice %
No on recall 62.52
Yes on recall 35.95
Total valid votes 100
Source: CeSID [4]

Smederevo

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Smederevo mayor Jasna Avramović was defeated in a recall election on 25 December 2005. The preliminary results were:

Choice Votes %
Yes on recall 9,450 52.95
No on recall 8,397 47.05
Total valid votes 17,847 100
Source: CeSID [5]

An election to determine her successor as mayor was held in 2006.

Preševo

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On Sunday, November 20, voters in the municipality of Preševo to vote on the initiative Preševo Municipal Assembly for the recall of the president of municipality Riza Halimi. Riza Halimi lost election with 53 per cent for recall and 47 against.[6] After elections Municipal Assembly elected Ragmi Mustafa as his successor.[7]

Recall elections of Riza Halimi, president of the municipality of Preševo
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Yes 7289 53.22
No 6407 46.78
Invalid or blank votes 151 0.09
Total votes 13,696 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 29775 46.51
Source: CeSID[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Only parties or allies that won seats are listed. Total number of voters is estimated from percentages that list got.

References

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  1. ^ ZAKON O LOKALNIM IZBORIMA, Lokalni Izbori 2004, B92, accessed 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Rezultati izbora u Bačkoj Palanci". Demokratska stranka. 2005-12-18. Archived from the original on 2006-01-06. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Bečej), Volume 41 Number 13 (19 December 2005), p. 8.
  4. ^ Izjašnjavanje građana po pitanju za opoziv Gradonačelnika Niša 04.12.2004., "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 23 December 2005, accessed 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ Izjašnjavanje građana po pitanju za opoziv Gradonačelnika Niša 04.12.2004., "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 23 December 2005, accessed 11 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Izjašnjavanje građana opštine Preševo o opozivu predsednika opštine Rize Halimija" (PDF). CeSID. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-12. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  7. ^ "Riza Halimi". Južne vesti (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  8. ^ "Izjašnjavanje građana opštine Preševo o opozivu predsednika opštine". CeSID. 2006-05-23. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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