At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Serbia

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Tomislav NIKOLIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ivica DACIC
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral National Assembly (Narodna skupstina) with 250 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
• In the National Assembly (Narodna skupstina) 250 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Parties compete in one, nationwide district. There is a 5 percent threshold to enter parliament, however, there is no minimum threshold for political parties representing coalitions of ethnic minorities. The d'Hondt method is used to award seats.

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Boris TADIC
  • Party: Democratic Party (DS) / Демократска странка / Demokratska stranka
• Tomislav NIKOLIC
  • Party: Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) / Српска напредна странка/ Srpska napredna stranka (CHC)
• Ivica DACIC
  • Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) / Социјалистичка партија Србије/ Socijalistička partija Srbije (CПC)
• Vojislav KOSTUNICA
  • Party: Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) / Демократска странка Србије / Demokratska stranka Srbije (ДсС)
• Zoran STANKOVIC
  • Coalition: United Regions of Serbia (URS) / (УрС)
• Čedomir JOVANOVIC
  • Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) / Либерално-демократска партија/ Liberalno-demokratska partija (Л-дп)
• Jadranka SESELJ
  • Alliance: Serbian Radical Party (SRP) / Српска радикална странка/ Srpska radikalna stranka (Cpc)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,199,077 (2012)
• Registered Voters: 6,749,688 (May 2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,682,143 (2012)

·         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: 81 (following the 2012 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: 1,079,861 (est.)