General elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990. The presidential elections and the first round of the

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elections were held on 9 December, whilst a second round of the parliamentary elections was held on 23 December 1990. This was the last parliamentary election in Serbia where members were elected in single-member constituency seats; all subsequent elections have taken place under

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Background

The elections were

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by political parties of ethnic

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, who made up around 17% of the population. As a result of the boycott, Kosovo was Milošević's strongest area of support.

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists are electoral lists that received seats in the National Assembly after the 1990 election:

Results

Slobodan Milošević of the

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(SPS) won the presidential elections, becoming the first elected President of Serbia. whilst the SPS won 194 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly. Opposition parties accused the SPS of voting irregularities. 7,033,610 citizens had the right to vote, 5,029,123 (71.50%) went to the polls. There were 169,461 invalid ballots (3.37%). A large number of candidates competed for the position of President of Serbia, as many as 32.Ex-Communist Chief Takes The Lead in Serbia's Election
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President

National Assembly

References

External links

Official results
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1990 elections in Serbia Election and referendum articles with incomplete results