At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Serbia

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Boris TADIC *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Vojislav KOSTUNICA
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral National Assembly with 250 seats.

* The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term which is renewable once.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Assembly 250 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Boris TADIC
  • Party: Democratic Party (DS)
• Tomislav NIKOLIC
  • Party: Serbia Radical Party (SRS)
• Velimir ILIC
  • Party: New Serbia Party (NS)
• Cedomir JOVANOVIC
  • Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Milutin MRKONJIC
  • Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
• Milanka KARIC
  • Party: "Power of Serbia" Movement
• Istvan PASTOR
  • Party: Hungarian Coalition
• Jugoslav DOBRICANIN
  • Party: Reformist Party from Nis
• Marijan RISTICEVIC
  • Party: National Villagers Party

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,350,222 (2008)
• Registered Voters: 6,708,697 (2008)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,757,862 (2008)

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Serbia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (12 May 2001)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 51 (following the 2007 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 66 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (17 December 2007)

·         Has Serbia ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,102,533 (est.)