A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2005 for mayors, assembly members, or both. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the term of the municipal assembly had expired. Serbia had introduced the

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of mayors in 2002. This practice was abandoned with the

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, but it was still in effect in 2005, and some mayor by-elections took place during the year. The constituent municipalities of

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did not have directly elected mayors, and in these jurisdictions mayors were chosen by the elected assembly members.ZAKON O LOKALNIM IZBORIMA
Lokalni Izbori 2004, B92, accessed 29 May 2021. All assembly elections were held under

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with a three per cent

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. Successful lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes, not only of valid votes.

Results

Vojvodina

Bačka Palanka

The

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; hu, Palánka) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2011 the tow ...

municipal assembly was not properly constituted after the

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, and a new election took place in December 2005. The full results do not appear to be available online. The preliminary results were:

Bečej

Bečej Bečej ( sr-cyrl, Бечеј, ; hu, Óbecse, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 23,895, while the municipality has 37,351 inhabitants. It ...

mayor Đorđe Predin was defeated in a

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in December 2005. A

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to selection Predin's replacement was held in early 2006. Peter Knezi of the

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had previously served as deputy mayor and may have been acting mayor during the election period.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Niš

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

mayor

Smiljko Kostić Smiljko Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Смиљко Костић; born 22 February 1945) is a retired politician and administrator in Serbia. From 1984 to 1998, he was the general manager of the tobacco firm '' Duvanska industrija Niš'' (DIN) in Niš. He ser ...

remained in office following a recall election on 4 December 2005.

Smederevo

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

mayor Jasna Avramović was defeated in a recall election on 25 December 2005. The preliminary results were: An election to determine her successor as mayor was held in

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References

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