1997 Serbian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 7 December 1997, following the annulment of the results of the September–October elections due to low voter turnout.[1] As no candidate won over 50% of the popular vote in the first round, a runoff was scheduled for 21 December. The result was a victory for Milan Milutinović of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who defeated Vojislav Šešelj in the second round.

1997 Serbian presidential election

← Sept–Oct 1997 7 December 1997 (first round)
21 December 1997 (second round)
Sept–Oct 2002 →
Turnout50.94% (Increase 1.99 pp)
 
Candidate Milan Milutinović Vojislav Šešelj
Party SPS SRS
Popular vote 2,181,808 1,383,868
Percentage 61.19% 38.81%

President before election

Dragan Tomić (acting)
SPS

Elected President

Milan Milutinović
SPS

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan MilutinovićLeft Coalition (SPSJULND)1,665,82244.622,181,80861.19
Vojislav ŠešeljSerbian Radical Party1,227,07632.871,383,86838.81
Vuk DraškovićSerbian Renewal Movement587,77615.74
Vuk ObradovićSocial Democracy115,8503.10
Dragoljub MićunovićDemocratic Centre86,5832.32
Miodrag VidojkovićIndependent29,1800.78
Predrag VuletićLiberal Democratic Party21,3530.57
Total3,733,640100.003,565,676100.00
Valid votes3,733,64097.983,565,67696.87
Invalid/blank votes76,9112.02115,3193.13
Total votes3,810,551100.003,680,995100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,226,94752.737,225,86050.94
Source: RIK

References

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  1. ^ "Serbia, FRY (Presidential)". CNN.