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Serbia, FRY (Presidential)
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ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Serbia, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia |
Presidential |
First Round: December 7, 1997
Second Round: December 21, 1997 |
At stake
in this election:
- The office of the president of Serbia
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Candidates for
president in second round of balloting:
- Presidential
Candidate: Milan MILUTINOVIC
Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
Votes Received in this election: 2,049,900
Percent of Valid Votes in this Election: 60.56%
- Presidential
Candidate: Vojislav SESELJ
Party: Serbian Radical Party (SRS)
Votes Received in this election: 1,332,648
Percent of Valid Votes in this Election: 39.37%
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Background on first two
rounds of 1997 election:
- In the first round of the
presidential election on September 21, 1997, no candidate received the required 51% of the
vote to be elected president. As a result, the two candidates who received the most votes,
Vojislav SESELJ and Zoran LILIC, participated in a second round of balloting. In the
second round on October 5, 1997, Vojislav SESELJ received a majority of the vote, but
voter participation was below the 50% needed to elect a president.
- With the October 5 result, an
entirely new election was scheduled for December 7, 1997, as required by Serbia's election
law. Because no candidate received a majority of votes in the December 7 balloting,
a second round was required to elect the president. This round of balloting occurred
on December 21, 1997.
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When was
the last presidential election?
- A presidential election was
last held on December 20, 1992.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 9,894,000 (1996 estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 6,967,857
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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