Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2004

First round of the Vojvodina parliamentary election 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 electorial 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 electorial 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)ndash Boris Tadić
2. Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Savez vojvođanskih Mađara - Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség)ndash Kasza József
3. Serbian Radical Party (Srpska radikalna stranka)ndash Tomislav Nikolić
4. “Together for Vojvodina” („Zajedno za Vojvodinu”)ndash Nenad Čanak
*League of Vojvodina Social Democrats (Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine)
*Democratic Vojvodina (Demokratska Vojvodina)
*Vojvodina Union - Vojvodina my home (Vojvođanska unijandash Vojvodina moj dom)
*Union of Socialists of Vojvodina (Unija socijalista Vojvodine)
*Vojvodinian Movement (Vojvođanski pokret)
*Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski savez Srbije)
*Social Democratic Union (Socijaldemokratska unija)5. G17 Plus (G17+)ndash Miroljub Labus
6. Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije)ndash Dušan Bajatović
7. Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije)ndash Vojislav Koštunica
8. “Clean hends of Vojvodina” („Čiste ruke Vojvodine”)ndash Miodrag Isakov
*Reformists of Vojvodina (Reformisti Vojvodine)
*Serbian Renewal Movement (Srpski pokret obnove)
*Resistance (Otpor)9. Serbian Strength Movement (Politički pokret „Snaga Srbije”)ndash Bogoljub Karić
10. New Serbia (Nova Srbija)ndash Velimir Ilić

Parties that competed in two-round system

Results

The results of the two rounds were:

A governing coalition was formed comprising the Democratic Party, Together for Vojvodina, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, and Serbian Strength 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. [ [http://rulers.org/2004-10.html October 2004] , "Rulers.org", accessed on 2006-12-31 ]

References

See also

*Vojvodina
*Politics of Vojvodina

External links

* [http://www.skupstinavojvodine.sr.gov.yu/ Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina]