2003 Serbian parliamentary election

28 December 2003
All 250 seats in the National Assembly 126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58.74% 1.12 pp
Party Leader % Seats +/– SRS Tomislav Nikolić 27.98 82 +59 DSS Vojislav Koštunica 17.96 53 +8 DS–GSS–SDU Boris Tadić 12.75 37 −25 G17+ Miroljub Labus 11.61 34 New SPO–NS Vuk Drašković 7.76 22 +14 SPS Slobodan Milošević 7.72 22 −15 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by municipalities   SRS   DSS   DS   G17+   SPO–NS   SPS   ZZT   DA Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Zoran Živković DS Vojislav Koštunica DSS

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Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly.^[1]

Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2001. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica, have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% turnout. The assassination in March 2003 of reformist Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić was a major setback.

At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party and the G17 Plus group of liberal economists led by Miroljub Labus.

Opposing them were the nationalist Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj and Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (descended from the former Communist Party). At the time of the election, both Šešelj and Milošević were in detention at ICTY, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.

The remaining candidate was the monarchist Serbian Renewal Movement–New Serbia (SPO–NS) coalition, led by Vuk Drašković.

Following the election the three former DOS parties (DSS, DS and G17+) fell two seats short of a parliamentary majority, holding 124 seats between them. After months of coalition talks Koštunica, Labus and Drašković's parties reach an agreement with the outside support of the Socialist Party in March 2004 which enabled Koštunica of the DSS to become prime minister.^[2]

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists took part in the 2003 parliamentary election:^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Serbian Radical Party	1,056,256	27.98	82	+59
	Democratic Party of Serbia coalition	678,031	17.96	53	+8
	Democratic Party coalition	481,249	12.75	37	–25
	G17 Plus−SDP	438,422	11.61	34	New
	Serbian Renewal Movement−New Serbia	293,082	7.76	22	–14
	Socialist Party of Serbia	291,341	7.72	22	–15
	Together for Tolerance	161,765	4.29	0	–19
	Democratic Alternative	84,463	2.24	0	–6
	For National Unity	68,537	1.82	0	–10
	Otpor	62,545	1.66	0	New
	Independent Serbia	45,211	1.20	0	–7
	Socialist People's Party	27,596	0.73	0	New
	Liberals of Serbia	22,852	0.61	0	0
	Reformists – Social Democratic Party of Vojvodina–Serbia	19,464	0.52	0	–4
	Defense and Justice	18,423	0.49	0	–9
	Business Force of Serbia and the Diaspora	14,113	0.37	0	New
	Labour Party of Serbia	4,666	0.12	0	New
	Yugoslav Left	3,771	0.10	0	0
	Alliance of Serbs of Vojvodina	3,015	0.08	0	New
Total		3,774,802	100.00	250	0
Valid votes		3,774,802	98.70
Invalid/blank votes		49,755	1.30
Total votes		3,824,557	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,511,450	58.74
Source: Republican Electoral Commission

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