2022 Belgrade City Assembly election
Belgrade
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All 110 seats in the City Assembly
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.85% Increase 6.55 pp
Party Leader % Seats +/–
SNS coalition Aleksandar Šapić 38.83 48 −28
UZPB Vladeta Janković 21.78 26 0
Moramo Dobrica Veselinović 11.04 13 +13
SPS–JS–ZS Toma Fila 7.14 8 0
NADA Vojislav Mihailović 6.44 7 +7
SSZ Mladen Kočica 3.57 4 +4
Dveri–POKS Radmila Vasić 3.44 4 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by municipality
Mayor before Mayor after
Zoran Radojičić
Independent		 Aleksandar Šapić
SNS

Local elections were held in Belgrade on 3 April 2022 to elect members of the City Assembly.[1] Alongside the election, national-level general elections[1] and local elections in 12 other towns and municipalities were held on the same day.[2]

Background

Protests outside the National Assembly building in July 2020

Following the vote of no confidence in 2013, Dragan Đilas was dismissed as mayor,[3] and a temporary body was set up by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), who has ruled Belgrade since then.[4] The current session of the City Assembly was elected in 2018, after SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and United Serbia (JS) formed a majority.[5] Zoran Radojičić, an independent endorsed by SNS, was elected mayor, succeeding Siniša Mali, while Goran Vesić was elected deputy mayor.[6] The 2018 election also marked the return of Đragan Đilas to politics,[7] and his list ended up gaining 26 seats, while the list led by Aleksandar Šapić won 12 seats.[5][8]

Later that year, the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) was formed by Đilas, along with Vuk Jeremić, Zoran Lutovac, and Boško Obradović.[9] It was a major opposition alliance, that also played a key role in the 2018–2020 protests,[10] and it boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election.[11] Municipal elections were held in Belgrade after the parliamentary election, in which, SNS won a majority in all 16 Belgrade municipalities except New Belgrade,[12] where the Serbian Patriotic Alliance (SPAS), which was led by Aleksandar Šapić, managed to form a local government, third time in a row.[13] During that period, protests erupted in Belgrade over the announcement of the reimplementation of the curfew and government's allegedly poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The demonstrators took to the streets, stormed the National Assembly building, and clashed with the police.[14] The clashes and riots continued for the next few days, while the police used excessive force.[15]

In May 2021, Šapić merged his party into SNS, after which he was promoted to vice president of the party.[16] A series of environmental protests have been held in Belgrade as early as January 2021, although since September 2021, the protests have garnered greater attention,[17] which led to roadblocks on the Gazela Bridge in November and December 2021.[18]

Electoral system

Local elections in Belgrade are held under a proportional representation system.[19] Voters in Belgrade will determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the mayor.[20] Shortly prior the election, parties must submit a ballot list and their ballot leader.[21] One mandate of a mayor and an elected member of the City Assembly lasts four years.[21]

On 15 February 2022, Ivica Dačić, the president of the National Assembly, called the local elections.[22]

Political parties

See also: List of political parties in Serbia

The table below lists political parties represented in the City Assembly of Belgrade after the 2018 election.

Name Ideology Political position Leader 2018 result
Votes (%) Seats
SNS–led coalition Populism Big tent Zoran Radojičić 44.99%
64 / 110
Dragan Đilas list Anti-corruption Centre Dragan Đilas 18.93%
26 / 110
Aleksandar Šapić – Mayor National conservatism Right-wing Aleksandar Šapić 9.01%
12 / 110
SPS–JS Populism Centre-left Aleksandar Antić 6.13%
8 / 110

Pre-election composition

Party Seats
Serbian Progressive Party 76
Party of Freedom and Justice 13
SPS–JS 8
Civic Democratic Forum 6
People's Party 5
Movement of Free Citizens 2

Electoral lists

The following are the official electoral lists published by the Belgrade City Electoral Commission (GIK).[23]

# Ballot name Ballot carrier Main ideology Political position
1
Aleksandar Šapić Populism Big tent
2
Toma Fila Populism Big tent
3
Miljko Ristić Ultranationalism Far-right
4
Mladen Kočica Ultranationalism Far-right
5
Vladeta Janković Anti-corruption Big tent
6
Vojislav Mihailović National conservatism Right-wing
7
  • We Must – For a Better City – Do not let Belgrade drown – Action – Ecological Uprising – Ćuta – Choice for Our Municipality – Solidarity Platform – Forum of Romani People of Serbia – Dobrica Veselinović[29]
  • NDB, ZZS, EU, IZNO, Solidarity, FRS
 Dobrica Veselinović Green politics Centre-left to
left-wing
8
  • Duško Vujošević — Boris Tadić — Come on People — Social Democratic Party — New Party — 1 of 5 million — Tolerance of Serbia — United Green Movement of Serbia — Bosniak Civic Party — Party of Montenegrins[30]
  • SDS, Nova, #1od5m, TS, UPZS, BGS, SC
 Duško Vujošević Social liberalism Centre to
centre-left
9
Nemanja Šarović National conservatism Right-wing
10
Vojin Biljić Right-wing populism Right-wing
11
Radmila Vasić Serbian nationalism Right-wing
12
  • Russian Minority Alliance for Belgrade — Aleksandar Buhanac (Serbo-Russian Movement, Serbo-Russian Party Wolves, Movement of Greeks Srbiza)[32]
  • SRP,[b] SRPV, PGS
 Pavle Bihali Neo-fascism Far-right

Campaign

Further information: 2022 Serbian general election § Participating parties and coalitions

Slogans

Party/coalition Original slogan English translation Source
United Serbia Beograd te zove Belgrade is calling you [33]
We Must Za dobar grad! For a good city!
Dveri–POKS Srcem za Beograd For Belgrade with heart

Party campaigns

Serbian Progressive Party

In January 2022, the Serbian Progressive Party chose Aleksandar Šapić as their candidate for mayor,[34] and GIK confirmed their ballot list on 17 February.[35]

Opinion polls

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Polling organization Date published SNS—led coalition SPAS SPS—JS United Serbia Moramo Dveri DJB NADA SSZ Others Lead
PSG SSP NS DS
Results 3 April 38.83 7.14 21.78 11.04 3.44 2.18 6.44 3.57 5.57 17.05
ŠSM 28 Mar 2022 45.8 4.6 29.0 9.6 2.0 2.2 3.5 1.6 1.7 16.8
Nova S 14 Mar 2022 38.9 3.2 16.4 17.2 – – 2.9 2.5 3.7[c] 21.7
NSPM 11 Mar 2022 41.8 8.2 21.6 10.0 2.2 2.7 3.6 3.4 6.5 20.2
Elections called, beginning of official campaigning
NSPM 11 Feb 2022 36.6 7.4 14.0 12.6 1.2 1.6 3.2 2.5 20.9[d] 22
Stata.rs 11 Feb 2022 29.3 28.2 7.1 2.8 2.8 3.6 4.6 21.6[e] 1.1
ŠSM 10 Dec 2021 47.9 25.3 13.5 0.9 1.8 3.8 1.9 4.9 22
Demostat 2 Dec 2021 46.0 22.0 13.0 5.0 – 4.0 with Dveri 10.0 24
United Serbia coalition formed, escalation of the environmental protests
Faktor plus 31 Oct 2021 44.3 7.0 2.0 9.7 2.9 2.4 6.4 1.3 3.9 3.1 2.5 14.5 34.6
Demostat 26 Oct 2021 38.9 6.2 26.5 6.0 2.0 4.0 4.2 1.9 10.3 12.4
Demostat 17 Aug 2021 31.8 – 31.8[f] – – – 36.4[g] Tossup
Faktor plus 5 Aug 2021 45.1 7.1 – 10.0 4.0 – 6.5 – 4.3 – – 23.0 35.1
ŠSM 18 Jul 2021 44.6 8.8 15.6 5.8 – 10.8 3 2.3 – 9.1 29
NSPM 3 June 2021 34.5 11.7 6.7 – 22.6[h] – – – 24.5[i] 11.9
SPAS merges with SNS
NSPM 20 June 2019 40.7 3.8 8.1 4.3 18.2[j] 1.9 (SzS) – 1.0 – 28.5[k] 22.5
2018 election 4 Mar 2018 44.9 9.0 6.1 18.9 2.2 3.4 3.9 [l] 20.9 26.0

Mayor preferences

Polling organization Date of publishment Šapić
SNS 		Janković
US 		Lead
Stata.rs 11 Feb 2022 44.5 49.4 4.9

Results

The following results were published with 88.63% of polling stations reporting. Voting was repeated at three voting stations on 16 April and on two voting stations on 21 April.[36][37] Final results were published on 9 May.[38][39] SNS and SPS won the most votes in Suburban municipalities, such as Obrenovac, Barajevo and others, while UZPS and Moramo got a majority of their votes from central municipalities such as Vračar, Stari Grad and Savski Venac.[40]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Together We Can Do Everything348,34538.83–6.1648–28
United for the Victory of Belgrade195,33521.78260
We Must99,07811.0413+13
SPS–JS–ZS64,0507.1480
National Democratic Alternative57,7606.447+7
Serbian Party Oathkeepers32,0293.574+4
Dveri–POKS30,8983.444+4
SDS–Nova26,2192.9200
Sovereignists19,5442.1800
Serbian Radical Party14,6741.6400
Nemanja Šarović — For the Whole Normal World5,2390.5800
Russian Minority Alliance3,8790.4300
Total897,050100.00–110–
Valid votes897,05097.91
Invalid/blank votes19,1552.09
Total votes916,205100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,600,46257.85
Source: GIK

Aftermath

Preliminary results were published a day after the elections.[41] Opposition parties had managed to win more votes than the governing parties, although the opposition Social Democratic Party remained below the threshold.[42][43] The We Must coalition called for a discussion between opposition parties, while the National Democratic Alternative and Dveri have stated that they would cooperate with other opposition parties to form a local government.[44][45][46] Zoran Alimpić, the representative of the United for the Victory of Belgrade coalition, and the We Must coalition stated that irregularities occurred during the election day.[47][48] The opposition held a press conference on 5 April.[49]

Following the conference, Dragan Đilas and Marinika Tepić stated that "the shortest route would be to call early elections".[50][51] Đilas later met with Aleksandar Vučić to discuss the outcome of the elections.[52][53] The move was criticized by the People's Party and Serbian Party Oathkeepers, while Zoran Lutovac, president of the Democratic Party, said that Đilas did not consult with other coalition members before the meeting.[54][55][56] Radomir Lazović, a representative of the We Must coalition, stated that "two people [Vučić and Đilas] should not decide on matters that are far beyond their competence".[57] Dveri had stated their support for the formation of a minority government.[58]

The Social Democratic Party failed to cross the threshold even after the repeated elections on 16 and 21 April; they have claimed that the votes were stolen in order for them to not cross the threshold.[59] Opposition parties have stated that the next elections might be called earlier.[60][61][62] Lutovac stated that he would prefer to create a wide alliance of moderate parties for the next election, while Pavle Grbović, the leader of the Movement of Free Citizens, stated that his party might leave the coalition in order to continue alone.[63][64] On 20 June, Aleksandar Šapić was chosen as mayor of Belgrade.[65]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Due to a dispute between Vojislav Mihailović and Žika Gojković, Mihailović had to register under the "For Kingdom of Serbia" organization because Gojković still legally represents the leadership of POKS
  2. ^ The Serbo-Russian Movement is made up of the Leviathan Movement, two political parties and ten organizations.
  3. ^ Without 8.3% undecided and 6.9% refused to answer
  4. ^ Including 14.9% for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom
  5. ^ Including 13.7% undecided and 5.7% that would not vote
  6. ^ Includes all opposition parties that boycotted last parliamentary election
  7. ^ Including 21.2 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom and 15.1 for "constructive opposition".
  8. ^ Includes all opposition parties that boycotted last parliamentary election
  9. ^ Including 15.9 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom, 7.1 for "constructive opposition"
  10. ^ For later dissolved Alliance for Serbia (SzS)
  11. ^ Including 18.7 for the opposition, but still undecided as to whom.
  12. ^ DSS: 1.1; POKS: 0.5

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