Series:OKO IZBORA

ABOUT ELECTIONS 24 - Elections for deputies / Elections for councilors of the Belgrade City Assembly / Elections for councilors of the City Assemblies of Belgrade, Niš and Novi Sad

OKO IZBORA 24 - Izbori za narodne poslanike / Izbori za odbornike Skupštine grada Beograda / Izbori za odbornike Skupština gradova Beograda, Niša i Novog Sada

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

This is the twenty-fourth edition of CeSID's "About Elections" edition, which was launched in 1997 with the aim of offering citizens and the professional public a detailed and complete overview of the electoral processes in Serbia and Montenegro (until the 2006 referendum). As in previous years, the authors made an effort to list, systematize and preserve all the most important details that marked the elections. The edition "About Elections" was created with the aim of keeping in one place a detailed analysis of all aspects that they follow one election cycle because we have often witnessed that the enthusiasm from the campaign is replaced by oblivion after the announcement of the first election results.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 23 - Elections for deputies / Elections for the President of the Republic / Elections for Belgrade city councilors (April 3, 2022)

OKO IZBORA 23 - Izbori za narodne poslanike / Izbori za predsednika Republike / Izbori za gradske odbornike Beograda (3. april 2022. godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

It is the twenty-third edition of CeSID's "About Elections" edition, which was launched in 1997 with the aim of offering citizens and the professional public a detailed and complete review of the electoral processes in Serbia and Montenegro (until the 2006 referendum). As in previous years, the authors made an effort to list, systematize and tear from oblivion all the most important details that accompanied this election cycle. The emphasis in this edition is on the parliamentary and presidential elections, but the authors tried to point out important features of the local elections in Belgrade, especially in the work of the city election administration and the quality of the election day. According to tradition, the elections in Serbia are the only and most important topic during the campaign, but we have often witnessed that with the announcement of the results, they quickly move on to other topics, leaving the public deprived of in-depth insights and analyses. The edition was created with the aim of keeping in one place a detailed analysis of all aspects that accompany an election cycle...

ABOUT ELECTIONS 22 - Republic referendum for the purpose of confirming the Act on changing the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia on January 16, 2022

OKO IZBORA 22 - Republički referendum radi potvrđivanja Akta o promeni Ustava Republike Srbije 16. januara 2022. godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

In front of you for the twenty second time is the edition of CeSID's "About Elections" edition, which was launched in 1997 with the aim of offering citizens and professionals a detailed, structured and complete overview of the electoral processes in Serbia and Montenegro (until the 2006 referendum). This is the fourth referendum that CeSID as an organization has observed: the first was in April 1998 (on the participation of foreign representatives in resolving the issues surrounding the status of Kosovo and Metohija), then the Montenegrin referendum on independence from May 2006, i.e. the referendum on the adoption of the new Constitution of Serbia from October of the same year. On January 16, 2022, the citizens of Serbia expressed their opinion in the republican referendum on constitutional changes in the judiciary of the Constitution of Serbia from 2006, answering the question "Are you in favor of confirming the Act on Amending the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia".

ABOUT ELECTIONS 21 - Parliamentary elections on June 21, 2020

OKO IZBORA 21 - Parlamentarni izbori 21. juna 2020. godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

Before you is the twenty-first edition of CeSID's "About Elections" edition, which was launched in 1997 with the aim of offering citizens and the professional public a detailed and complete overview of the electoral processes in Serbia and Montenegro (until the 2006 referendum). As in previous years, the authors made an effort to tear from oblivion all the most important details that accompanied this, in many respects, specific election cycle. By tradition, elections in Serbia are the only and most important topic during the campaign, but we have often witnessed that everything is quickly forgotten when the results are announced. The "About Elections" edition was created with the aim of keeping in one place a detailed analysis of all aspects that accompany an election cycle.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 20 - Parliamentary elections on April 24, 2016 and presidential elections on April 2, 2017 in the Republic of Serbia

OKO IZBORA 20 - Parlamentarni izbori 24. aprila 2016. godine i predsednički izbori 2. aprila 2017. godine u Republici Srbiji

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

It is 20th jubilee edition of CeSID's "About Elections" edition, which was launched in 1997 with the aim of offering citizens, as well as the professional public, a detailed and complete overview of the electoral processes in Serbia and Montenegro (until the 2006 referendum). This edition also represents the best testimony about the dynamics of political changes in Serbia, electoral volatility and the consequences that were and are still being left by the application of various solutions from the electoral legislation. The fact that we are presenting the twentieth edition is in itself the best proof of the political crises we have been going through as a society, because in developed democracies there would hardly be more than a dozen election processes for the same period.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 19 - Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Serbia on March 16, 2014

OKO IZBORA 19 - Parlamentarni izbori u Republici Srbiji 16. marta 2014. Godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

Like the previous edition, the latest publication "About Elections" provides a broad analytical overview not only of the course of the elections for deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia held in March 2014, but also of pre-election combinatorics and post-election tendencies among political parties, resulting from the election results. The presented data and comparative examples clearly speak of the ways in which political parties approached the organization of election campaigns, following more and more general social trends and expanding into the virtual world. Positive innovations, such as the "Word by Word" public debates, first promoted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) during the 2012 election campaign, once again contributed to informing citizens more directly about the programs and plans of parties and candidates for the highest representative body.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 18 - Presidential and Parliamentary elections: May 2012

OKO IZBORA 18 - Predsednički i Parlamentarni izbori: maj 2012

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

Over the last year the Republic of Serbia has taken vital steps on the road to making its electoral system more representative. The National Assembly (NA) passed several new election laws that that were in place for the May, 2012 Parliamentary, Presidential and Local elections. These new laws, including the laws on Financing Political Activities and the Voter Register as well as amendments to the Laws on Parliamentary and Local Elections, adjusted the closed list system in two significant ways...

ABOUT ELECTIONS 17 - Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Serbia, May 11, 2008

OKO IZBORA 17 - Parlamentarni izbori u Republici Srbiji, 11 maj 2008. godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

How are the May 2008 parliamentary elections different from the previous ones, if at all? The May elections were characterized, first of all, by a fierce struggle for power, which for many political parties was almost similar to the one in the fall of 2000 (to be or not to be!). There was a negative motivation at work - most parties were less focused on electoral success and more on the fear of defeat, i.e. unfulfilled expectations of supporters and party leaders. The sharpness of the fight itself led to a dirty election campaign, which was also different from the previous ones in this respect. In addition, three ideological phenomena - which were the focus of the campaign, although they have long been the reasons for the split in the political scene of Serbia - for the first time played a decisive role in the electoral decisions of citizens. Among them, two experienced their zenith, while one definitely became dominant: "Kosovo patriotism" had a significant impact on votes for the last time, and the same applies to the attitude towards the era of Slobodan Milošević's rule; however, pro-European values ​​became dominant in the voting mass, which turned into a factor that will more permanently determine electoral preferences. At the same time, the left (of any kind) once again dominated the Serbian political scene. Finally, political parties once again gained a decisive role in the formation of ruling coalitions.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 16 - Presidential elections on January 20 and February 3, 2008

OKO IZBORA 16 - Predsednički izbori 20. januara i 3. februara 2008. godine

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

The presidential elections in Serbia were announced at the time of the finalization of the long-term efforts of the Kosovo Albanians, coordinated with a number of major powers, to achieve independence. At the same time, Serbia was burdened with sloppy results in its approach to the European Union. Although these two processes more permanently characterize the Serbian political scene, there is no doubt that any questioning of the determination of the public opinion of the citizens of Serbia is used to express the party's position towards these politically crucial issues, especially when one of these issues enters the final phase. And while the constitutional referendum at the end of 2006 apparently passed without activating these two focal points of Serbian politics, because all the main parties primarily cared about the Constitution "passing" (and it could "pass" party prequalifications only with the inclusion of the Kosovo theme in the constitutional preamble), the presidential elections were a real opportunity to escalate the issues that the parties considered to be decisive for the future of Serbia - "Both Kosovo and Europe", i.e. "Either Kosovo or Europe". Sociologically speaking, this time too we are witnessing the colonizing character of our political class, that is, its effort to turn the main political issue into the main social issue, which definitively ended the occupation of civility in Serbia. By all accounts, the political class has succeeded in its plan - civil society has been captured!

ABOUT ELECTIONS 15 - Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Serbia on January 21, 2007

OKO IZBORA 15 - Parlamentarni izbori u Republici Srbiji 21. januara 2007

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

The elections at the beginning of 2007 did not change the balance of power at the global level: the liberal democratic parties won the votes of the social national parties by three to two. In fact, the line of party divisions from earlier years has been maintained, marked by two themes, the theme of nationalism and the theme of standards, i.e. quality of life. Certain movements within the liberal-democratic bloc prolonged the formation of the government, and at one point threatened the establishment of a different constellation of political power than the one the voters had given with their votes. The question is how these elections differ from the previous ones and what are the differences. The paper then gives indications from the appendices in this collection that deal with exactly those issues.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 14 - Constitutional referendum 28 and 29 October 2006.

OKO IZBORA 14 - Ustavni referendum 28. i 29. oktobar 2006.

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

Two questions determined the fate of the new Constitution in the fall of 2006. Did Serbia need a new Constitution? It is! It was necessary to make up for what was missed and to break the Serbian understanding of political dynamics according to which there is always time for everything and according to which what can be done both today and tomorrow should be left for tomorrow, regardless of the fact that today is cheaper and tomorrow is more expensive. (Milošević started his transition with his constitution, after all, like all transitional countries. Democratic Serbia waited five years to start its transition with a consensus-constitution, i.e. an agreement with the political parties of Milosevic's provenance.)

ABOUT ELECTIONS 11 - Report on the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Montenegro (October 20, 2002)

OKO IZBORA 11 - Izveštaj sa vanrednih parlamentarnih izbora u Crnoj Gori (20. oktobar 2002. godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Montenegro; Elections

The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) from Belgrade and the Center for Election Monitoring (CEMI) from Podgorica, continuing their successful cooperation on the undertaking of non-partisan, civil and neutral election observation in both Republics, jointly organized the monitoring of extraordinary parliamentary elections in Montenegro and local elections in Podgorica and Tivat held on October 20, 2002.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 10 - Report from the repeated presidential elections in Serbia (December 8, 2002)

OKO IZBORA 10 - Izveštaj sa ponovljenih predsedničkih izbora u Srbiji (8. decembar 2002. godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

After the unsuccessful elections for the President of the Republic, held on September 29 (first election round) and October 13 (second election round), the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia announced, on November 6, new presidential elections for December 8, 2002. The Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) started its activities on the day the elections were announced, monitoring everything that makes up the election process, until the moment when the Republic Election Commission (REC) announced the final election results, i.e. December 11, 2002.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 09 - Report on the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia (September - October 2002)

OKO IZBORA 09 - Izveštaj sa predsedničkih izbora u Republici Srbiji (septembar - oktobar 2002)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

With the declaration of citizens on September 29 (first election round) and October 13, 2002 (second election round) for the President of the Republic of Serbia, the political life of Serbia entered a qualitatively new phase of development. After a decade of elections that were significantly marked by an autocratic political order, electoral irregularities and civil protests that followed the post-election periods, these elections were conducted in a significantly different political and social conditions.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 08 - Report on local elections for councilors of 19 municipal assemblies of Montenegro (May 15, 2002)

OKO IZBORA 08 - Izveštaj sa lokalnih izbora za odbornike 19 skupšina opština Crne Gore (15. maja 2002. godine)

Author(s): Slobodanka Nedović / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Montenegro; Elections

Preparations for local elections for councilors in 19 Montenegrin municipalities (excluding Podgorica and Herceg Novi), held on May 15, 2002, took place in conditions and climate that corresponded more to a referendum of citizens than to regular elections for local government representatives. According to the expectations of politicians and the media, expressed during the pre-election period, these elections were supposed to answer at least two questions: what is the attitude of the citizens of Montenegro towards the Agreement on the Basic Principles for Reorganizing Relations between Serbia and Montenegro and what is the relationship between political forces in light of the parliamentary crisis in Montenegro.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 07 - Report on the general elections for the Assembly of Kosovo (November 17, 2001)

OKO IZBORA 07 - Izveštaj sa opštih izbora za Skupštinu Kosova (17. novembra 2001. godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Kosovo; Elections

The general elections for the Assembly of Kosovo, held on October 17, 2001, will be remembered, among other things, for the fact that, for the first time in the history of domestic parliamentarism, the organization and implementation of elections in the FRY was entrusted to an international organization.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 06 - Report on premature parliamentary elections in the Republic of Montenegro (April 22, 2001)

OKO IZBORA 06 - Izveštaj sa prevremenih parlamentarnih izbora u Republici Crnoj Gori (22. aprila 2001. godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Montenegro; Elections

Continuing the tradition of cooperation in the field of non-partisan and neutral election observation, the Center for Free Elections and Democracy from Belgrade and the Monitoring Center from Podgorica jointly organized the observation of early parliamentary elections in Montenegro held on April 22, 2001.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 05 - Report on premature parliamentary elections in the Republic of Serbia (December 23, 2000)

OKO IZBORA 05 - Izveštaj sa prevremenih parlamentarnih izbora u Republici Srbiji (23. decembra 2000. Godine)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

Keywords: Serbia; Elections

Early elections for members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, held on December 23, 2000, took place in conditions that differed in many ways from the conditions in which elections were held in the past decade, especially from the conditions in which the September elections were held.

ABOUT ELECTIONS 02 - Report on the presidential elections in Serbia (December 1997)

OKO IZBORA 02 - Izveštaj sa predsedničkih izbora u Srbiji (decembar 1997)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

ABOUT ELECTIONS 03 - Report on premature parliamentary and local elections in Montenegro (May 1998)

OKO IZBORA 03 - Izveštaj sa prevremenih parlamentarnih i lokalnih izbora u Crnoj Gori (maj 1998)

Author(s): / Language(s): Serbian

The time between the last presidential elections (October 5 and 19, 1997) and early parliamentary and local elections in Montenegro, held on May 31, 1998, can be characterized as a period of serious political crisis in this republic. The only possible peaceful way out of this situation was the democratic way. Namely, in the meantime, there was agreement (consensus) of all relevant political parties on extremely important political laws: on the election of councilors and deputies, on voter lists and on public information, on the basis of which early elections for councilors and deputies were to be held.