At stake in this election:

• 250 seats in the National Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Natasa MICIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Zoran ZIVKOVIC
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral National Assembly with 250 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly 250 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Serbian Radical Party (SRS)
  • Leader: Vojislav SESELJ
  • Seats won in this election: 82
  • Seats won in last election: 23
• Party: Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS)
  • Leader: Vojislav KOSTUNICA
  • Seats won in this election: 53
  • Seats won in last election: 46
• Party: Democratic Party (DS)
  • Leader: Boris TADIC
  • Seats won in this election: 37
  • Seats won in last election: 45
• Party: G-17 Plus
  • Leader: Mladjan DINKIC and Miroljub LABUS
  • Seats won in this election: 34
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Serbian Renewal Movement-New Serbia (SPO-NS)
  • Leader: Vuk DRASKOVIC and Velemir ILIC
  • Seats won in this election: 22
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
  • Leader: Zoran ANDJELKOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 22
  • Seats won in last election: 37
• Party: Others
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• The first multiparty parliamentary election was held in Serbia on December 23, 2000.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,480,591 (2003)
• Registered Voters: 6,511,450 (2003)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,819,209 (2003)

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Serbia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (12 May 2001)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 10 (following the 2003 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 66 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (17 December 2007)

·         Has Serbia ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,122,088 (est.)