Serbian parliamentary election, 2003
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Serbia has been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the last 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 ([see details here]). The assassination in March 2003 of the reforming Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić (usually spelled Djindjic in English), was a major setback.
At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party (now led by Boris Tadić) 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 The Hague, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.
The remaining candidate was the monarchist coalition Serbian Renewal Movement-New Serbia, led by Vuk Drašković. Drašković is considered as part of the patriotic opposition: although an extreme Serb nationalist, he hates Šešelj and is seen as more likely to support the reformist parties.
National summary of votes and seats
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'''Summary of the 28 December 2003 National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia election results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|+/- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|+/- |- |align="left"|Serbian Radical Party (Srpska Radikalna Stranka) |align="right"|1,008,074 |align="right"| 27.3 |align="right"| +18.9 |align="right"| 82 |align="right"| +59 |- |align="left"|Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska Stranka Srbije)
- including candidates of the
- *People's Democratic Party (Narodna demokratska stranka)
- *Serbian Liberal Party (Srpska liberalna stranka)
- *Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska demokratska stranka)
- including candidates of the
- *Civic Alliance of Serbia (Građanski Savez Srbije)
- *Democratic Centre (Demokratski Centar)
- *Social Democratic Union (Socijaldemokratska unija)
- *Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandzak (Bosnjacka demokratska stranka Sandžaka)
- *Social Liberal Party of Sandzak (Socijalno-liberalna stranka Sandžaka)
- including candidates of the Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija)
New Serbia (Nova Srbija) |align="right" valign=top| 284,134 |align="right" valign=top| 7.7 |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| 22 |align="right" valign=top| |- |align="left"|Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalisticka Partija Srbije) |align="right"| 278,502 |align="right"| 7.5 |align="right"| -6.2 |align="right"| 22 |align="right"| -14 |- |align=left valign=top|Together for Tolerance (Zajedno za toleranciju)
- League of Vojvodina Social Democrats (Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine)
- Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Savez vojvođanskih Mađara)
- Sandzak Democratic Party (Sandžačka demokratska partija)
- League for Šumadija
- Party of Serbian Unity (Stranka Srpskog Jedinstva)
- People's Peasant Party (Narodna Seljacka Stranka)
- People's Party (Narodna Stranka)
- Our Home Serbia (Naš Dom Srbija)
- Serbian Party (Srpska Stranka)
- Democratic Christian Party of Serbia (Demohrišcanska stranka Srbije)
- Democratic Fatherland Party (Demokratska Stranka Otadžbina)
- Democratic Movement of Serbian Rumanians (Demokratski pokret Rumuna Srbije)
- Peasant Party (Seljacka Stranka)
- Serbian Truth (Srpska Pravda)
The overall result of this election is that despite the great increase in support for the Radicals, the four pro-reform parties (DS, DSS, G17 and SRM-NS) won 49.8% of the vote, compared with 34.8% for the two anti-western parties, the Radicals and the Socialists, and won 146 seats to 104.
The high vote for the Radicals reflects partly the collapse of the once-dominant Socialists and the transfer of their vote to the opposite, but equally anti-Western, pole of politics, and partly the inflamed state of Serbian nationalist sentiment, which sees Serbia as the victim of a Western conspiracy following the loss of the Serb-inhabited areas within Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and the NATO-led occupation of Kosovo.
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