At stake in this election:

• 250 seats in the National Assembly

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Boris TADIC *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Vojislav KOSTUNICA
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral National Assembly with 250 seats.

* The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term which is renewable once.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly 250 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Serbian Radical Party (SRS)
  • Leader: Vojislav SESELJ
  • Seats won in this election: 81
  • Seats won in last election: 82
• Party: Democratic Party (DS)
  • Leader: Boris TADIC
  • Seats won in this election: 64
  • Seats won in last election: 37
• Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) - New Serbia (NS)***
  • Leader: Vojislav KOSTUNICA (DSS)
  • Seats won in this election: 47
  • Seats won in last election: 62
• Party: G17 Plus
  • Leader: Mladjan DINKIC
  • Seats won in this election: 19
  • Seats won in last election: 34
• Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
  • Leader: Ivica DACIC
  • Seats won in this election: 16
  • Seats won in last election: 22
• Party: LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition
  • ​Seats won in this election: 15
• Party: Alliance of Vojvodina's Hungarians
  • Seats won in this election: 3
• Coalition list for Sandzak Coalition
  • Seats won in this election: 2
• Roma Union of Serbia
  • Seats won in this election: 1
• Albanian Coalition of Presevo Valley
  • Seats won in this election: 1

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,381,579 (2007)
• Registered Voters: 6,532,940 (2004)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,774,168 (2007)

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: No

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

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 51 (following the 2007 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: 1,107,236 (est.)