2004 Serbian presidential election
13 June 2004 (first round)
27 June 2004 (second round)
Turnout48.35 (Increase 9.56 pp)
 
Candidate Boris Tadić Tomislav Nikolić
Party DS SRS
Popular vote 1,681,528 1,434,068
Percentage 53.97% 46.03%
Results by district
President before election

Predrag Marković (acting)
G17+

 Elected President

Boris Tadić
DS

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on Sunday, 27 June. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor with 54% of the vote.

Candidates

The surprise of this election was the success shown by one of the wealthiest businessmen in Serbia, Bogoljub Karić. The Government's candidate, Dragan Maršićanin, finished in 4th place, which opened the question of new parliamentary elections in Serbia.

In the second round, the democratic candidate Boris Tadić gained the support of every government party as well as of Bogoljub Karić.

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Tomislav NikolićSerbian Radical Party954,33930.971,434,06846.03
Boris TadićDemocratic Party853,58427.701,681,52853.97
Bogoljub KarićCitizens' Group[1]568,69118.46
Dragan MaršićaninDSS–G17 Plus–SPO–NS414,97113.47
Ivica DačićSocialist Party of Serbia125,9524.09
Jelisaveta KarađorđevićCitizens' Group: Initiative for a More Beautiful Serbia62,7372.04
Milovan DrecunSerbian Revival16,9070.55
Vladan BatićChristian Democratic Party16,7950.55
Borislav PelevićParty of Serbian Unity14,3170.46
Branislav IvkovićSocialist People's Party13,9800.45
Ljiljana AranđelovićUnited Serbia11,7960.38
Marijan RističevićPeople's Peasant Party10,1980.33
Dragan ĐorđevićParty of Serbian Citizens5,7850.19
Mirko JovićPeople's Radical Party, Serbia and Diaspora, European Blok5,5460.18
Zoran MilinkovićPatriotic Party of Diaspora5,4420.18
Total3,081,040100.003,115,596100.00
Valid votes3,081,04098.783,115,59698.64
Invalid/blank votes38,0471.2242,9751.36
Total votes3,119,087100.003,158,571100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,532,26347.756,532,94048.35
Source: RIK

References

  1. ↑ Karić was the leader of the Strength of Serbia Movement.
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