First round of the Vojvodina provincial elections was held on September 19, 2004, at the same time when the local elections were held in the whole of Serbia (with the exception of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo).

Second round of elections was held on October 3, 2004.

Rules

There are 120 MPs in Vojvodina's Parliament. One half (60 MPs) is elected based on a proportional representation one-round system, according to which Vojvodina is one electoral unit. Voters choose between several Parties, Coalitions or Citizen Groups. The other 60 MPs are elected based on majority two-round system, according to which Vojvodina is divided into 60 electoral units in a way that every county gives at least one MP. Some larger electoral units, like the cities of Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin etc., give more (from 2 up to 7). In this case, voters choose between more candidates. A candidate can win in first round if he/she gets more than 50%+1 votes of those who voted. If none gets enough votes, the two strongest candidates go to the second round, in which the one with more votes wins.

The election threshold for Parties, Coalitions and Citizen's Groups is 5%, except for Parties of minority groups (Hungarians, Croats, etc.), for whom the threshold is smaller, but not smaller than the number of votes necessary to get one MP. According to the law, on all lists of Parties, Coalitions and Citizen's Groups at least 30% of the proposed MPs must be women.

Participants

Lists that competed in one-round system

  1. Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka) – Boris Tadić
  2. Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Savez vojvođanskih Mađara - Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség) – Kasza József
  3. Serbian Radical Party (Srpska radikalna stranka) – Tomislav Nikolić
  4. "Together for Vojvodina" ("Zajedno za Vojvodinu") – Nenad Čanak
  5. G17 Plus (G17+) – Miroljub Labus
  6. Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije) – Dušan Bajatović
  7. Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije) – Vojislav Koštunica
  8. "Clean hands of Vojvodina" ("Čiste ruke Vojvodine") – Miodrag Isakov
  9. Strength of Serbia Movement (Politički pokret „Snaga Srbije”) – Bogoljub Karić
  10. New Serbia (Nova Srbija) – Velimir Ilić

Results

PartyListConstituencyTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Serbian Radical Party187,66630.38211536
Democratic Party137,79722.31151934
Together for Vojvodina60,3899.78617
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians54,3808.806511
Democratic Party of Serbia43,0776.97437
Strength of Serbia Movement42,8136.93437
Socialist Party of Serbia37,1116.01448
G17 Plus30,9855.02022
Clean Hands of Vojvodina14,6662.37000
New Serbia8,7831.42000
Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians11
Reformists of Vojvodina22
Subotica Our City11
Citizen Groups44
Total617,667100.006060120
Valid votes617,66796.61
Invalid/blank votes21,6543.39
Total votes639,321100.00637,259–
Registered voters/turnout1,659,15238.531,659,15238.41
Source: PIK

Aftermath

A governing coalition was formed comprising the Democratic Party, Together for Vojvodina, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, and Strength of Serbia Movement, which together hold 66 seats in the Assembly - a majority of 12.

Democratic Party Vice-President Bojan Pajtić was elected President of the Executive Council and Bojan Kostreš from the League of Vojvodina Social Democrats was elected President of the Assembly.[1]

References

  1. ↑ October 2004, Rulers.org, accessed on 8 May 2019

See also

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