2000 Serbian parliamentary election
Serbia
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All 250 seats in the National Assembly
126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.62% (Increase 0.25 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
DOS Zoran Đinđić 65.69 176 +163
SPS Slobodan Milošević 14.10 37 −48
SRS Vojislav Šešelj 8.81 23 −59
SSJ Borislav Pelević 5.46 14 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
  DOS   SPS   SRS
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Mirko Marjanović
SPS		 Zoran Đinđić
DS

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 23 December 2000, to elect members of the National Assembly.[1] They were the first free and fair parliamentary elections since the introduction of a multi-party system in 1990 and the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. The result was a victory for the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, which won 176 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly.[1]

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists took part in the 2000 parliamentary election:[2]

# Ballot name Ballot carrier Main ideology Political position
1
  • Serbian Radical Party – dr Vojislav Šešelj
  • SRS
 Vojislav Šešelj Ultranationalism Far-right
2
  • "Serbian Renewal Movement – Vuk Drašković" – Vuk Drašković
  • SPO
 Vuk Drašković Conservatism Centre-right
3
Zoran Anđelković Populism Left-wing
4
  • Democratic Opposition of Serbia – dr Vojislav Koštunica (Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia, Social Democracy, Civic Alliance of Serbia, Christian Democratic Party of Serbia, New Serbia, Movement for Democratic Serbia, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Reformist Democratic Party of Vojvodina, Vojvodina Coalition, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, Democratic Alternative, Democratic Centre, New Democracy, Social Democratic Union, Sandžak Democratic Party, League for Šumadija, Serbian Movement of Resistance – Democratic Resistance)
  • DS, DSS, SD, GSS, DHSS, NS, LSV, RDSV, ND, VMSZ/SVM, DA, DC, SDU, KV, SDP, Otpor, LZŠ, PDS, ASNS
 Zoran Đinđić Anti-Milošević Big tent
5
  • Party of Serbian Unity – professor Borislav Pelević
  • SSJ, PSP, SS, PUP
 Borislav Pelević Ultranationalism Far-right
6
Borisav Jović Socialism Left-wing
7
  • Yugoslav Left – JUL
  • JUL
 Ljubiša Ristić Neocommunism Far-left
8
  • Serbian Social Democratic Party – Zoran Lilić
  • SSDP
 Zoran Lilić Social democracy Centre-left

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democratic Opposition of Serbia[a]2,404,75865.69176+163
Socialist Party of Serbia516,32614.1037–48
Serbian Radical Party322,6158.8123–59
Party of Serbian Unity[b]200,0525.4614New
Serbian Renewal Movement141,4013.860–45
Democratic Socialist Party31,9730.870New
Serbian Social Democratic Party29,4000.800New
Yugoslav Left14,3240.390–20
Total3,660,849100.002500
Valid votes3,660,84997.61
Invalid/blank votes89,8002.39
Total votes3,750,649100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,508,85657.62
Source: Republican Electoral Commission
  1. ^ Coalition of Democratic Party (45 seats), Democratic Party of Serbia (45), Social Democracy (9), New Democracy (9), Civic Alliance of Serbia (9), New Serbia (8), Democratic Christian Party of Serbia (7), League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (6), Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (6), Democratic Alternative (6), Movement for Democratic Serbia (5), Democratic Centre (4), Social Democratic Union (4), Vojvodina Coalition (4), Reformists of Vojvodina (4), Sanjak Democratic Party (2), Serbian Resistance Movement (1), League for Šumadija (1), and Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions (1)
  2. ^ Party list included Party of Serbian Unity (10 seats), Party of Serbian Progress (2), United Pensioners' Party (1) and Peasant Party of Serbia (1)

References

  1. ^ a b Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, pp434
  2. ^ "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 2000". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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