Marija Radojčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Радојчић; born 1982) is a politician and entrepreneur in Serbia. She served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2012 as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).

Early life and private career

Radojčić was born in Jazak, a village in the municipality of Irig, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She attended the University of Novi Sad, graduating as an economist. Along with her family, she oversees a small farm and markets a brand of cheese called Friški jazački sirevi, which has received a citation from the Balkan Cheese Festival. She has also sponsored a series of "Business Café" events and has worked to promote female entrepreneurship and rural tourism.[1][2]

Political career

Radojčić was elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina in the 2008 provincial election. She received the fortieth position on the LSV's Together for Vojvodina electoral list; the list was five proportional mandates, and she was subsequently chosen as one of her party's delegates.[3][4] (Until 2012, mandates were distributed to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring party or coalition, and it was common practice for the mandates to be awarded out of numerical order; Radojčić's position on the list had no bearing on whether or not she received a mandate.) The LSV participated in Vojvodina's executive council during this period, and Radojčić served as a supporter of the executive. During her time in the assembly, she was noted for working on projects related to the advancement of women's rights in the province.[5][6]

She sought re-election in the 2012 provincial election as a candidate in the single-member Irig constituency seat and was not returned. Vojvodina subsequently abolished its constituency seats and adopted a system of pure proportional representation, with mandates awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Radojčić received the forty-fifth position on the LSV's list in the 2016 provincial election and was not elected when the list won nine mandates.[7] She was also a LSV candidate in the 2012, 2014, and 2016 Serbian parliamentary elections, though she was not elected on any of these occasions.[8]

Radojčić has also served in the Irig municipal assembly.[9] In 2007, she was a spokesperson for the municipality in talks with UNESCO over designating Fruška Gora as a World Heritage Site.[10]

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

2012 Vojvodina provincial election: Irig
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ilija Ćosić"Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtic" (Affiliation: Democratic Party)1,64129.052,77760.57
Dr. Branka SolomunovićLet's Get Vojvodina Moving–Tomislav Nikolić (Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement)1,04118.431,80839.43
Marija Radojčić (list incumbent)League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak76413.52
Radovan Ninković (incumbent)Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), United Serbia (JS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDP Serbia)68312.09
Slobodan RadojčićU-Turn for the Municipality of Irig (Liberal Democratic Party, Serbian Renewal Movement)5509.74
Stevan IvkovićSerbian Radical Party5309.38
Fedor PušićUnited Regions of Serbia–Mlađan Dinkić4407.79
Total5,649100.004,585100.00
Source: [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Marija Radojčić, preduzetnica: Budućnost Srbije leži u porodičnim poslovima", Moj Novi Sad, 26 January 2018, accessed 20 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tifani, Elizabeta i Kleopatra i sir po prabakinom receptu", Radio Television of Serbia, 18 November 2018, accessed 20 February 2019.
  3. ↑ ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА, КАНДИДАТА ЗА ПОСЛАНИКЕ У СКУПШТИНУ АУТОНОМНЕ ПОКРАЈИНЕ ВОЈВОДИНЕ (“ЗАЈЕДНО ЗА ВОЈВОДИНУ – НЕНАД ЧАНАК”), Provincial Election Commission of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 31 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "О УКУПНИМ РЕЗУЛТАТИМА ИЗБОРА ЗА ПОСЛАНИКЕ У СКУПШТИНУ АУТОНОМНЕ ПОКРАЈИНЕ ВОЈВОДИНЕ РАСПИСАНИХ ЗА 11. МАЈ 2008. ГОДИНЕ (2008), Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Marija Radojčić, preduzetnica: Budućnost Srbije leži u porodičnim poslovima", Moj Novi Sad, 26 January 2018, accessed 20 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Vojvođanke odigrale značajnu ulogu u borbi za ravnopravnost polova", League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, 29 June 2011, accessed 20 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 4 - Ненад Чанак – Лига социјалдемократа Војводине – Дигни главу!) (2016), Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 9 August 2018.
  8. ↑ The LSV contested the 2012 election on the Democratic Party's Choice for a Better Life list, the 2014 election on Boris Tadić's list, and the 2016 election on a coalition list with the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. Radojčić received the 175th, 160th, and 231st positions, respectively on these lists; the lists won sixty-seven, eighteen, and thirteen mandates. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине, 6. мај 2012. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉИ ЖИВОТ- БОРИС ТАДИЋ) Archived 2017-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017; Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (БОРИС ТАДИЋ - Нова демократска странка - Зелени, ЛСВ - Ненад Чанак, Заједно за Србију, VMDK, Заједно за Војводину, Демократска левица Рома) Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 14 April 2017; Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (БОРИС ТАДИЋ, ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ - САВЕЗ ЗА БОЉУ СРБИЈУ – Либерално демократска партија, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Социјалдемократска странка) Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 26 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "ЛСВ: ДС хоће да нас избаци из власти у Иригу", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 15 Nveomber 2013, accessed 20 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Немања Суботић, "УНЕСКО стиже Дунавом", Novosti, 29 December 2007, accessed 20 February 2019.
  11. ↑ Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (19 Ириг) (2012), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 14 April 2018.
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