December 1992 Serbian Local Elections

Local elections were held in cities and municipalities across Serbia on 20 December 1992, with a second round of voting taking place on 3 January 1993. The local elections were held concurrently with parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia, presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, and elections for the Vojvodina provincial assembly.

The elections were held under a two-round system of voting in single-member constituencies. The elections resulted in a victory for the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) in most jurisdictions, including the capital Belgrade. The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) was successful in Serbia's predominantly Hungarian communities.

This was the second local election cycle to take place while Serbia was a member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and it occurred against the backdrop of ongoing wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Results

City of Belgrade

Results of the election for the City Assembly of Belgrade:

Note: Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality:

Incumbent mayor Slobodanka Gruden of the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. She was replaced by Nebojša Čović of the same party on 23 June 1994.

Municipalities of Belgrade

=Čukarica

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Incumbent mayor Vladimir Matić was confirmed for another term in office after the election.

=Grocka

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Bogoljub Stevanić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced by fellow party member Milan Janković in 1995.

=New Belgrade

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Čedomir Ždrnja of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

=Palilula

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Slavica Tanasković of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

=Sopot

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Incumbent mayor Živorad Milosavljević of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.

=Stari Grad

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Jovan Kažić of the Serbian Renewal Movement was chosen as mayor after the election.

=Voždovac

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Božidar Simatković of the Democratic Movement of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced in 1994 by Zoran Modrinić.

=Vračar

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Dragan Maršićanin of the Democratic Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

=Zemun

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Nenad Ribar of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.

Vojvodina

Central Banat District

=Zrenjanin

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zrenjanin:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Nova Crnja

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

After the election, the United Opposition joined forces with the Citizens' Group candidates and the independently elected member of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians to form a majority in the assembly. When the assembly convened on 19 January 1993, Ferenc Stefik of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor, defeating Ilija Vidić of the Socialists, fourteen votes to twelve. Radovan Milankov of the Serbian Renewal Movement was chosen as deputy mayor, defeating Duško Daničić of the Socialists by the same margin.

=Novi Bečej

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Bečej:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. The eighteen United Opposition delegates included four members of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.

=Žitište

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žitište:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

North Bačka District

Elections took place in all three municipalities of the North Bačka District. The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) won majority victories in Subotica and Bačka Topola, while in Mali Iđoš the VMDK won a majority victory in an alliance with the Democratic Movement of Serbia and the Reform Democratic Party of Vojvodina.

=Subotica

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Subotica:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Bačka Topola

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Topola:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

When the new assembly convened on 21 January 1993, János Kószó of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was elected as mayor, and István Sisák was chosen as chair of the assembly's executive committee.

=Mali Iđoš

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Iđoš:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

When the new assembly met on 19 January 1993, the Socialist Party of Serbia representatives proposed László Horváth, local leader of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians, for mayor. He declined the nomination. Incumbent mayor Károly Pál of the Reform Democratic Party of Vojvodina was then confirmed for a new term in office, with thirteen delegates supporting his candidacy and twelve opposed. Ljiljana Petrić was reappointed as president of the executive council, receiving the support of twelve delegates, with one spoiled ballot and two votes against.

North Banat District

=Kikinda

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kikinda:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Ada

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ada:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Čoka

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čoka:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Kanjiža

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kanjiža:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. One of the independent candidates elected to the assembly was actually a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, and another was a member of the Serbian Radical Party.

When the assembly convened on 21 January 1993, István Bacskulin was elected as mayor, while Lajos Forró was chosen as deputy mayor and chair of the executive committee. Both were members of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.

=Senta

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Senta:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

When the assembly convened on 20 January 1993, Gábor Tóth Horti was elected as mayor, János Zámborszki as deputy mayor, and Ferenc Szűcs as chair of the executive committee. All were members of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.

South Bačka District

=Novi Sad

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Sad:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. The Democratic Movement of Serbia, the Democratic Party, and the Reform Democratic Party of Vojvodina each won eight seats.

The Serbian Radical Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia formed a coalition government after the election. When the assembly convened on 13 January 1993, Ferenc Papp, the oldest delegate and also the sole elected member of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians, presided over the assembly on a provisional basis. Milorad Mirčić of the Serbian Radical Party was elected as mayor, defeating opposition candidate Đorđe Bašić by a vote of forty-five to twenty-four. Igor Mirović of the Radicals and Milorad Đurđević and Dragan Nedeljković of the Socialists were elected as deputy mayors, and Obrad Milošević of the Socialists was chosen over Mihajlo Svilar of the Democratic Movement of Serbia to become chair of Novi Sad's executive committee.

In June 1994, a group of SPS delegates brought forward a motion to remove Mirčić as mayor. With the support of the opposition parties, the motion succeeded. In retaliation, the SRS brought forward a motion to remove Obrad Milošević as chair of the executive committee; Milošević resigned before the vote could take place. Due to the divided nature of the assembly, both positions initially remained vacant. There was an attempt to elect a new mayor in September 1994, but neither of the two candidates received enough votes. Milorad Đurđević of the Socialist Party was Novi Sad's acting mayor during this period.

The Socialists ultimately made an informal alliance with the Reform Democratic Party in January 1995 and, despite having less than a third of the seats in the assembly, established a new local government in which they held almost all of the most important positions. Đuro Bajić of the SPS was chosen as Novi Sad's mayor on 26 January 1995, defeating Democratic Party candidate Predrag Filipov by thirty-seven votes to twenty-seven, with one invalid ballot. Jovo Ilić, a Citizens' Group delegate, was chosen as a deputy mayor with the support of thirty-six delegates. Zoran Stanković of the Reform Democratic Party also ran for a deputy mayor position but, with only thirty-five votes, fell one vote short of the required amount. (All candidates for city government positions required the support of thirty-six delegates, or fifty per cent plus one of the full assembly, to be elected.) Luka Zorić was chair of the executive committee at this time.

=Bački Petrovac

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bački Petrovac:

=Bečej

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. Endre Huszágh of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election.

=Temerin

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Vrbas

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Žabalj

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Dušan Pajić was chosen as mayor after the election.

South Banat District

=Bela Crkva

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bela Crkva:

Srem District

=Inđija

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Inđija:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

West Bačka District

=Sombor

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sombor:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Kula

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kula:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Jablanica District

=Leskovac

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Leskovac:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

=Bojnik

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the elections in Bojnik.

=Lebane

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the elections in Lebane.

=Vlasotince

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the elections in Vlasotince.

Nišava District

=Niš

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won a majority victory in the elections for the City Assembly of Niš, taking fifty-six out of seventy seats. Incumbent mayor Mile Ilić was confirmed for another term in office when the assembly convened.

=Doljevac

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Doljevac, and Aleksandar Cvetković was chosen as mayor.

=Gadžin Han

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Gadžin Han, and incumbent mayor Siniša Stamenković was subsequently confirmed for another term in office.

Podunavlje District

=Smederevo

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Smederevo:

Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.

Rasina District

=Kruševac

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won a majority victory, taking no fewer than forty-one of the fifty-six seats that were decided in the second round of voting. The Democratic Party, Democratic Movement of Serbia, and Citizens' Group candidates won no fewer than three seats each, and the Serbian Radical Party won at least one seat. The assembly had seventy seats in total.

Šumadija District

=Kragujevac

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Incumbent mayor Živorad Nešić of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.

=Batočina

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Petar Petrović served as mayor after the election.

=Topola

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Milovan Marinković served as mayor after the election. In 1995, he was replaced by Žarko Jovanović of the Socialist Party.

Zlatibor District

=Kosjerić

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Kosjerić was the only municipality in the Užice area that the Socialist Party of Serbia did not win.

=Priboj

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Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Priboj:

=Uźice

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The Socialist Party of Serbia won the elections in Užice.

Kosovo and Metohija

Kosovska Mitrovica District

=Vučitrn

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Branko Stolić served as mayor after the election.

=Zubin Potok

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Radiša Kostić served as mayor after the election. Slaviša Ristić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was president of the assembly's executive committee.

=Zvečan

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Desimir Petković served as mayor after the election.

Peć District

=Peć

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Jovo Popović, presumably of the Socialist Party of Serbia, served as mayor after the election. He seems to have resigned in 1994, after being appointed as president of the Peć District.

=Đakovica

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Božidar Dimić was chosen as mayor after the election. He was later replaced by Đokica Stanojević of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

=Istok

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Mališa Perović of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor after the election."KOSOVO LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEEK TO ENFORCE LAW BANNING SALES OF LAND TO ALBANIANS"
''Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty'', 16 August 1996, accessed 27 March 2024.

References

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