General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- 250 seats in the National Assembly (Narodna skupština) of the Republic of Serbia
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Aleksandar VUČIĆ (since 31 May 2017)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Ana BRNABIĆ (since 29 June 2017)
- Assembly: The Serbian National Assembly (Narodna skupština) is a unicameral legislature comprised of 250 deputies.
Electoral System:
- The President is elected for a five-year term using a two-round system. If a candidate fails to receive a majority of the ballot during the first round of voting, a second round is held between the two candidates who received the most votes to determine the winner. [1]
- The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly (Narodna skupština). [2]
- In the National Assembly (Narodna skupština), members are elected under a proportional representation system in a single, nationwide constituency, with closed party-list representation. All 250 seats in the unicameral legislature are distributed in proportion to the number of votes received by each party-list using the d’Hondt method. [3]
Last Election:
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The previous parliamentary elections were held on 21 June 2020.
Main Parties in this Election: [4][5]
- Coalition: Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything* / Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve
- Leader: Aleksandar VUČIĆ
- Seats won in last election: New
- Coalition: Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia** / Ivica Dačić – premijer Srbije
- Leader: Ivica DAČIĆ
- Seats won in last election: New
- Party: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ) / Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség or Savez vojvođanskih Mađara
- Leader: István PÁSZTOR
- Seats won in last election: 9
- Party: Mufti’s Legacy – Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP) / Stranka pravde i pomirenja
- Leader: Usame ZUKORLIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 4
- Party: Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA of Sandžak) / Stranka demokratske akcije Sandžaka
- Leader: Sulejman UGLJANIN
- Seats won in last election: 3
- Coalition: Coalition of Albanians of the Valley*** / Koalicija Albanaca doline or Koalicioni i Shqiptarëve të luginës
- Leader: Shaip KAMBERI
- Seats won in last election: New
*The coalition “Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything” is led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and is comprised of ten parties in total, including the following:
- Party: Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) / Srpska napredna stranka
- Leader: Aleksandar VUČIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 167
- Party: Party of the United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) / Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije
- Leader: Milan KRKOBABIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 9
- Party: Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) / Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
- Leader: Rasim LJAJIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 8
- Party: Movement of Socialists (PS) / Pokret socijalista
- Leader: Aleksandar VULIN
- Seats won in last election: 3
- Party: Strength of Serbia Movement – BK (PSS-BK) / Pokret Snaga Srbije – BK
- Leader: Bogoljub KARIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 3
- Party: Serbian People’s Party (SNP) / Srpska narodna partija
- Leader: Nenad POPOVIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 3
- Party: Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) / Srpski pokret obnove
- Leader: Vuk DRAŠKOVIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 3
**The coalition “Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia” consists of the following three parties:
- Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) / Socijalistička partija Srbije
- Leader: Ivica DAČIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 22
- Party: United Serbia (JS) / Jedinstvena Srbija
- Leader: Dragon MARKOVIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 8
- Party: Greens of Serbia (ZS) / Zeleni Srbije
- Leader: Ivan KARIĆ
- Seats won in last election: 1
***The party anchoring the “Coalition of Albanians of the Valley” is as follows:
- Party: Party for Democratic Action (PDD) / Partija za demokratsko delovanje or Partia për veprim demokratik
- Leader: Shaip KAMBERI
- Seats won in last election: 3
Population and Registered Voters:
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 3,538,820 (January 2022 est.) [8]
- Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: No [9]
- Has Serbia ratified CEDAW: Yes (ratified 12 March 2001) [10]
- Gender Quota: The Serbian Parliament amended its electoral code in 2020, mandating that 40 percent of candidates on parliamentary and local-level electoral lists be reserved for female candidates. [11]
- Female candidates in this election: N/A
- Number of Female Legislators: 100 out of 250 [12]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 64 at 0.806 (2020) [13]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very low [14]
Disability Data:
- Is Serbia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (signed on 17 December 2007) [15]
- Has Serbia ratified CRPD: Yes (ratified on 31 July 2009) [16]
- Population with a disability: 1,076,519 (2022 est.) [17]
[1] https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/tekst/en/275/presidential-elections.php
[2] https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/a/3/466026.pdf
[3] https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/tekst/en/269/parliamentary-elections.php
[4] https://www.bbc.com/serbian/cyr/srbija-60435349
[5] https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/
[6] https://www.stat.gov.rs/en-us/vesti/20210701-procenjen-broj-stanovnika-2020/?s=1801
[7] https://www.ifes.org/faqs/elections-serbia-2022-presidential-and-early-parliamentary-elections
[8] https://www.stat.gov.rs/en-us/vesti/20210701-procenjen-broj-stanovnika-2020/?s=1801
[9] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en
[10] Ibid.
[11] https://www.ipu.org/news/news-in-brief/2020-02/serbia-steps-up-efforts-gender-parity
[12] http://www.parlament.gov.rs/national-assembly/national-assembly-in-numbers/gender-structure.1745.html
[13] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/SRB
[14] https://www.genderindex.org/country-profiles/
[15] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en
[16] Ibid.
[17] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/rs/all/