December 2002 Serbian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Yugoslav province of Serbia on 8 December 2002.^[1] They followed elections in September and October which were invalidated due to voter turnout not meeting the 50% requirement.^[2] Although the legal requirement of a turnout of at least 50% of registered voters was dropped for the second round of this election, turnout in the first round was below 50%, invalidating the election before a second round.^[3][4]

December 2002 Serbian presidential election

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Turnout	45.16% ( 0.29 pp)
Candidate Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Šešelj Party DSS SRS Popular vote 1,699,098 1,063,296 Percentage 59.28% 37.10%
President before election Milan Milutinović (acting) SPS Elected President Election results annulled Nataša Mićić (acting) GSS

During the election the Socialist Party of Serbia supported Vojislav Šešelj, the leader of Serbian Radical Party, while New Serbia supported Vojislav Koštunica and the Democratic Party of Serbia.^[3]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vojislav Koštunica	Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia	1,699,098	59.28
	Vojislav Šešelj	Serbian Radical Party–Socialist Party of Serbia	1,063,296	37.10
	Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	103,926	3.63
Total			2,866,320	100.00
Valid votes			2,866,320	97.27
Invalid/blank votes			80,396	2.73
Total votes			2,946,716	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,525,760	45.16
Source: CeSID

References

1. "U Srbiji ponovo izbori". Voice of America (in Serbian). 6 December 2002. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
2. "Predsednički izbori 2002. godine". Vreme (in Serbian). 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
3. Oko izbora 10 (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: CeSID. 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
4. Milošević, Milan (12 December 2002). "Predsednik Srbije u zimskom periodu". Vreme (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.