2009_Serbian_local_elections

2009 Serbian local elections

2009 Serbian local elections

Add article description

A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2009. 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 last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2005.

All local elections in 2009 were held under proportional representation. The direct election of mayors had been introduced in 2002 but was subsequently abandoned in 2007; in 2009, mayors were chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.

Results

Belgrade

Voždovac

The municipal assembly of Voždovac was dissolved on 5 March 2009, after the resignation in January of the municipality's mayor, Goran Lukačević, and the president of its municipal assembly.[1] Lukačević continued to lead a provisional administration pending new elections, which took place on 7 June.

More information Party, Votes ...

Parliamentarian Marina Raguš led the Radical Party's list and took a seat in the municipal assembly afterwards.[3][4]

Post-election negotiations for a coalition government were not successful, and another municipal election was held on 6 December 2009.

More information Party, Votes ...

Aleksandar Savić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[7]

Marina Raguš received the second position on the Radical Party's list.[8]

Zemun

The municipal assembly of Zemun was dissolved on 5 March 2009, after the assembly failed to adopt its municipal statute by the required deadline. (There was also controversy over a number of disputed mandates claimed by the Radical Party.)[9] Zdravko Stanković of the Democratic Party led a provisional authority pending new elections on 7 June.[10]

More information Party, Votes ...

Branislav Prostran of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.[13]

Vojvodina

Kovin

The Kovin municipal assembly was dissolved by the Serbian authorities on 8 November 2008 after it failed to adopt the country's new municipal statute.[14] Sitting mayor Novica Mijatovič of the Movement for the Revival of Our Municipality list was removed from office, and Slavko Branković of the Democratic Party was appointed to lead a provisional administration.[15][16] A new election was held on 5 April 2009.

More information Party, Votes ...

Slavko Branković of the Democratic Party was confirmed as mayor after the election and served for a full four-year term.[18]

Vrbas

The municipal government of Vrbas was dismissed in June 2009 following a breakdown in the local coalition and a non-functioning municipal assembly, and a new election was scheduled for 18 October 2009.[19] Željko Vidović of the Democratic Party was appointed as the leader of a provisional administration prior to the election. An explosive device was detonated under his car shortly after he accepted this position, although no-one was in the vehicle at the time.[20]

More information Party, Votes ...

A new coalition government was formed after the election by the Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and other parties. Željko Vidović was chosen as mayor.[22][23] He resigned in 2012 and was replaced by Milan Stanimirović, also of the Democratic Party.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade)

Kosjerić

Željko Prodanović, a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia, was removed from office as mayor of Kosjerić on 26 February 2009, and a provisional administration was established with Milan Štulović of the Democratic Party as its leader.[24] A new election was scheduled for 7 June 2009.

More information Party, Votes ...

Dragan Vujadinović of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election, leading a coalition government that also included the alliance around the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Serbian Renewal Movement, and G17 Plus.[26] In October 2012, a new governing coalition came to power with Milijan Stojanić of the Serbian Progressive Party as mayor.[27]

References

  1. [1]
    Lana Gedošević, "DS pobedio na Voždovcu, SNS u Zemunu", Blic, 8 June 2009, accessed 14 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 53 Number 31 (15 June 2009), p. 2.
  3. [3]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 52 Number 26 (28 May 2009), p. 3.
  4. [4]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 53 Number 40 (26 August 2009), p. 29.
  5. [5]
    The party's name stood for "Group for the Prosperity of Serbia." See "Važno je da Voždovac dobije vlast", Blic, 30 November 2009, accessed 14 October 2021.
  6. [6]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 53 Number 54 (7 December 2009), pp. 1-2.
  7. [7]
    "Izabran predsednik SO Voždovac", Radio Television of Serbia, 31 January 2014, accessed 14 October 2021.
  8. [8]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 53 Number 52 (25 November 2009), p. 5.
  9. [9]
    Lana Gedošević, "DS pobedio na Voždovcu, SNS u Zemunu", Blic, 8 June 2009, accessed 14 October 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Prinudna uprava juče preuzela Zemun u 06.45", Politika, 17 March 2009, accessed 25 June 2018.
  11. [11]
    This party was known in Serbian as the "Stranka Srpska sloga." Its name could alternately be translated as "Party of Serbian Unity," but it should not be confused with the Stranka srpskog jedinstva (SSJ), a different organization known in English by the latter name.
  12. [12]
    Službeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 53 Number 30 (11 June 2009), pp. 23-24.
  13. [13]
    "Branislav Prostran (SNS) novi predsednik opštine Zemun", Politika, 21 July 2009, accessed 14 October 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Završeni lokalni izbori u Kovinu", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 5 April 2009, accessed 6 July 2022.
  15. [15]
    "PREMINUO NOVICA MIJATOVIĆ", vesti.rs (Source: Kovin Ekspres), 4 March 2013, accessed 6 July 2022.
  16. [16]
    "Kovin kao opština sa rekordnim brojem predsednika", kovinac.rs, 30 October 2017, accessed 6 July 2022.
  17. [17]
    "Nedelja - dan vanrednih izbora u Kovinu", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 3 April 2009, accessed 6 July 2022; ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2012., Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 11, 40.
  18. [18]
    "Kovin kao opština sa rekordnim brojem predsednika", kovinac.rs, 30 October 2017, accessed 6 July 2022.
  19. [19]
    "U Vrbasu izbori", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 28 July 2009, accessed 14 October 2021.
  20. [20]
    "Trotil za šefa Vrbasa", Novosti, 7 June 2009, accessed 19 March 2021.
  21. [21]
    Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 44 Number 23 (24 November 2009), p. 464.
  22. [22]
    "VIDOVIĆ PREDSEDNIK, MARAŠEVA NA ČELU SO", Vesti (Source: Blic), 25 November 2009, accessed 19 March 2021.
  23. [23]
    Dragoljub Petrović, "Kursadžije, partizani i Zvezde Granda", Danas, 27 October 2009, accessed 19 March 2021.
  24. [24]
    Službeni List (Opštine Kosjerić), 2009 Number 2 (9 March 2009), p. 1.
  25. [25]
    Službeni List (Opštine Kosjerić), 2009 Number 13 (18 June 2009), p. 1; ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ 2012, Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 12, 60.
  26. [26]
    "Formirana nova vlast u Kosjeriću", Radio Television of Serbia, 14 July 2009, accessed 18 May 2022.
  27. [27]
    "Kuvar na čelu opštine Kosjerić", B92, 24 October 2012, accessed 18 May 2022.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2009_Serbian_local_elections, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.