A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2002. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where the local government had fallen.
Serbia introduced the direct election of
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...
s via two-round voting in 2002. Elections for local assemblies, which were previously held under
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
rules in single-member constituencies, were determined by
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
with a three per cent
electoral threshold
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
.
Results
Belgrade
Barajevo
Elections took place in
Barajevo
Barajevo ( sr-cyr, Барајево, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 27,110 inhabitants.
The municipality is located in the lower northern part of Šumadija, ...
on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly. The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003. When the next regular cycle of local elections
took place in 2004, the constituent municipalities of
Belgrade were exempted from the direct election of mayors.
Results of the municipal assembly election:
Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)
Ražanj
Elections took place in
Ražanj
Ražanj () is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of southern Serbia. The municipality consists of 23 settlements having a total population of 9,150 inhabitants, with 1,245 inhabitants living in Ražanj itself. The municipa ...
on 22 December 2002 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly.
"Glasanje po novom zakonu"
''Glas javnosti'', 23 December 2002, accessed 4 January 2022. The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 5 January 2003.
Results of the municipal assembly election:
References
{{Serbian elections
Local elections in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...