Branče Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранче Стојановић; born 4 October 1957) is a Serbian politician. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007, was the president of the Smederevo city assembly from 2010 to 2016, and has been the deputy president of the city assembly since 2016. Stojanović is a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS).

Early life and career

Stojanović was born in the village of Kolari, in the Smederevo municipality of what was then the People's Republic of Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He was raised in the community and later graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Science and Mathematics. He worked at the Institute of Agriculture in Smederevo, becoming head of the laboratory service. He was later the manager of the wine cellar Godomin in his home village from 1993 to 1996 and again beginning in 2002.[1]

Politician

Early years (1996–2004)

Stojanović was elected to the Smederevo city assembly in the 1996 Serbian local elections. The Socialists won a majority victory in the city, and he served as deputy president of the assembly for the term that followed.[2][3]

He appeared in the 224th position (out of 250) on the Socialist Party's electoral list for the 2000 Serbian parliamentary election, which was held just after Slobodan Milošević's fall from power. The list won thirty-seven seats, and he was not included in his party's delegation.[4] (From 2000 to 2011, Serbian parliamentary mandates were awarded to sponsoring parties or coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for mandates to be assigned out of numerical order.[5] Stojanović could have been given a mandate despite his low position on the list, which was in any event mostly alphabetical, but he was not.)

Parliamentarian (2004–07)

Stojanović received the 223rd position on the SPS's list (which was again mostly alphabetical) in the 2003 parliamentary election.[6] The list won twenty-two seats, and on this occasion he was given a mandate.[7] In the parliament that followed, the SPS provided outside support to Serbia's coalition government under prime minister Vojislav Koštunica. During his term in the assembly, Stojanović served on the committee for agriculture.[8]

In the 2007 parliamentary election, he was given the 212th position on the SPS's list.[9] The party fell to sixteen seats, and he was not given a mandate for a second term.[10] He again appeared on the party's list in the 2008 election and again did not receive a mandate when the list won twenty seats.[11][12]

Serbia's electoral laws were reformed in 2011, such that all mandates in elections determined by proportional representation were assigned to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. Stojanović appeared in the eighty-eighth position on the SPS's list in the 2012 parliamentary election and was not re-elected when the list won forty-four seats.[13] He has not been a candidate for the national assembly since this time.

Local politics (2004–present)

Serbia briefly introduced the direct election of mayors in the 2004 Serbian local elections. Stojanović ran as the SPS's candidate in Smederevo and was defeated in the first round. He was, however, elected to the city assembly when the party won ten seats and afterward served as the party's assembly leader.[14][15]

He appeared in the lead position on the SPS's list for Smederevo in the 2008 local elections and was re-elected when the list won seven seats.[16] After the election, he was chosen as deputy president of the city assembly.[17] In 2010, he was promoted to assembly president. He was re-elected to the assembly in the 2012 local elections and was again chosen as its president for the term that followed.[18][19][20]

Stojanović again led the SPS's lists for Smederevo in the 2016 and 2020 local elections and was re-elected both times, when the lists won nine and twelve mandates, respectively.[21][22][23][24] On each occasion, he was chosen afterward for a new term as deputy president of the assembly.[25][26]

Electoral record

Local (Smederevo)

2004 Municipality of Smederevo local election: Mayor of Smederevo
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Jasna AvramovićCitizens' Group: Movement for Smederevo–Dr. Jasna Avramović11,35955.78
Dobrica JankovićDemocratic Party–Boris Tadić9,00444.22
Ljubomir KapsarevG17 Plus–Miroljub Labus
Slobodan Miladinović (incumbent)Democratic Party of Serbia–Dr. Vojislav Koštunica
Zoran MišeljićStrength of Serbia Movement–Bogoljub Karić
Dobrivoje PetrovićSerbian Radical Party–Tomislav Nikolić
Branče StojanovićSocialist Party of Serbia
Hranislav VirijevićPeople's Democratic Party–Dr. Slobodan Vuksanović
other candidates
Total20,363100.00
Source: [27][28][29]

References

  1. ↑ Градска Скупштина, Archived 2022-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, City of Smederevo, accessed 23 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Izbori Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova u Republici Srbiji, 1996, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 67.
  3. ↑ Градска Скупштина, Archived 2022-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, City of Smederevo, accessed 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 23. децембра 2000. године и 10. јануара 2001. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Демократска опозиција Србије – др Војислав Коштуница (3 Социјалистичка партија Србије – Слободан Милошевић), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 2 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Serbia's Law on the Election of Representatives (2000) stipulated that parliamentary mandates would be awarded to electoral lists (Article 80) that crossed the electoral threshold (Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 28 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (9. СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКА ПАРТИЈА СРБИЈЕ - СЛОБОДАН МИЛОШЕВИЋ), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 15 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Skupština čeka demokrate", Glas javnosti, 13 January 2004, accessed 29 December 2021.
  8. ↑ ДЕТАЉИ О НАРОДНОМ ПОСЛАНИКУ: СТОЈАНОВИЋ, БРАНЧЕ, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2022-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 23 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (11 Социјалистичка партија Србије), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 15 February 2021.
  10. ↑ 14 February 2007 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 23 October 2022.
  11. ↑ He appeared in the 200th position. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (5 Социјалистичка партија Србије (СПС), - Партија уједињних пензионера Србије (ПУПС) - Јединствена Србија (ЈС)), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 15 February 2021.
  12. ↑ 11 June 2008 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 23 October 2022.
  13. ↑ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (7 ИВИЦА ДАЧИЋ - "СОЦИЈАЛИСТИЧКА ПАРТИЈА СРБИЈЕ (СПС), ПАРТИЈА УЈЕДИЊЕНИХ ПЕНЗИОНЕРА СРБИЈЕ (ПУПС), ЈЕДИНСТВЕНА СРБИЈА (ЈС)"), Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 6 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2004; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 75.
  15. ↑ Skupština opštine Smederevo, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2022-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 23 October 2022.
  16. ↑ Izvestaj o rezultatima izbora (Izbori 2008), pp. 2-5.
  17. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 1 Number 1 (14 July 2008), p. 16.
  18. ↑ On this occasion, he received the second position on the list. See Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 5 Number 5 (25 April 2012), p. 20.
  19. ↑ ПРЕДСЕДНИШТВО СКУПШТИНЕ ГРАДА: Бранче Стојановић, Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, City of Smederevo, accessed 23 October 2022.
  20. ↑ The SPS list won ten seats. See Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 5 Number 6 (14 May 2012), p. 12; Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 5 Number 7 (15 May 2012), p. 2.
  21. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 9 Number 3 (13 April 2016), p. 6.
  22. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 9 Number 6 (11 May 2016), p. 1.
  23. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 13 Number 8 (10 June 2020), p. 16.
  24. ↑ Službeni List (Grada Smedereva), Volume 13 Number 8 (10 June 2020), pp. 13-27.
  25. ↑ Градска Скупштина, Archived 2017-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, City of Smederevo, accessed 23 October 2022.
  26. ↑ Градска Скупштина, Archived 2022-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, City of Smederevo, accessed 23 October 2022.
  27. ↑ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., "REPUBLICKI ZAVOD ZA STATISTIKU - Republike Srbije". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021.
  28. ↑ Lokalni Izbori u Srbiji 2004, "Rezultati izbora po opstinama". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2022-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 29 September 2007, accessed 24 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "Starosedeoci i dođoši", Glas javnosti, 19 August 2004, accessed 15 October 2022. Petrović's identity as the Radical Party's candidate is confirmed in Velika Srbija [Radical Party publication], Volume 15, Number 1882 (Smederevo, September 2004), p. 7.
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