Serbian parliamentary election, 2007
On January 21, 2007 parliamentary elections were held in Serbia. To provide no arguments the Serbian Radical parties, the question of the status of Kosovo was suspended from international side.
Parties of ethnic minorities must not exceed the 5 % threshold to achieve a seat in Parliament. However, you must score at least 0.4%. For the first time Albanian parties from Presevo have participated in the parliamentary elections. There are 250 seats in parliament for the award.
6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote. Of these, 31 370 voters are registered abroad and 7,082 in the prisons of Serbia. There were 8,441 polling stations, of which 58 abroad. Absentee voting was not possible. The final election results to be announced by midnight on January 25th. The distribution of seats in Parliament is determined using the D' Hondt method. Parties and coalition have 10 days to give after the election announced which candidates receive the seats in Parliament. After that must be done to form a government within three months.
On May 11, more than three and a half months later, have become the Democratic Party ( DS), the Demokratska Stranka Srbije - Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia (DDS ) and G17 Plus, the three democratic block attributed to parties on forming a coalition agreed. Vojislav Kostunica (DDS ) remains head of government.
Parties
20 party lists of the Electoral Commission were handed over to January 5, 2007 Registration:
The Election Commission of the Republic of Serbia ( Републичка изборна комисија Републике Србије ) announced on January 25, the official election results today. The turnout was 60.56 %.
Turnout by region:
- Central Serbia: 60%
- Belgrade: 58.9 %
- Vojvodina: 61.69 %
- Kosovo: 53.94 %
The turnout of registered abroad Serbian citizens was 31.5 %.
Election results
250 seats were proposed.
Government formation
Winner of this election is the Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj. She has won the most seats in parliament. Nevertheless, it can not form the government most likely because it lacks an absolute majority. Of the 250 seats in parliament, the Democratic Forces of Serbia have received at least 145, and thus the absolute majority.
The two major democratic parties of Boris Tadić ( Demokratska Stranka ) and Vojislav Kostunica ( Demokratska Stranka -Nova Srbija Srbije ), have registered on election night, both their claim to form the government.
The government formed on 11 May 2007, 130 of the 250 seats in the Serbian parliament.
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