At Stake in this Election: 

• All 250 seats of the National Assembly of Serbia 

Elections for the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and for 65 municipal assemblies will be held concurrently. 

The election was rerun in 35 polling places on 30 December 2023 after their results were annulled due to irregularities. 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Alexander VUČIĆ (since 31 May 2017) 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ana BRNABIĆ (since 29 June 2017) 

• Assembly: unicameral National Assembly (Народна скупштина) with 250 seats 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds and may serve up to two 5-year terms. 

• The Prime Minister is elected by and from among the members of the National Assembly. 

• All 250 members of the National Assembly are elected from a nationwide constituency by list proportional representation vote. Members serve 4-year terms. 

Last Election: 

In 2022, President Vučić’s “Together We Can Do Everything” coalition won the largest share of seats (120). Ten other parties also won seats, and voter turnout was 59%. 

New/Unique in this Election:  

President Vučić called this snap parliamentary election in response to public demands. In May, protests broke out across the country following two mass shootings, which are unusual in Serbia. Public pressure continued into the fall, including calls for key ministers to resign. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 27 November 2023 

• Voter registration deadline: 1 December 2023 

Information for Voters: 

About the Election of Deputies / О изборима за народне посланике (in Serbian) 

Main Parties in this Election: 

Serbia uses election-specific list names on ballots rather than party or coalition names. List names typically consist of the party/coalition leader’s name, a slogan, and sometimes party names. 

• Alexander Vučić – Serbia must not stop / АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – Србија не сме да стане 

• Coalition including Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) 

• Ivica Dačić – Prime Minister of Serbia / ИВИЦА ДАЧИЋ – ПРЕМИЈЕР СРБИЈЕ 

• Coalition including Socialist Party (SPS) 

• Dr Vojislav Šešelj – Serbian Radical Party / ДР ВОЈИСЛАВ ШЕШЕЉ – СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА 

• Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski - Boško Obradović - National Gathering – State-Building Force - Serbian Party Oathkeepers - Serbian Movement Dveri / МИЛИЦА ЂУРЂЕВИЋ СТАМЕНКОВСКИ – БОШКО ОБРАДОВИЋ –НАЦИОНАЛНО ОКУПЉАЊЕ – ДРЖАВОТВОРНА СНАГА – Српска странка Заветници – Српски покрет Двери 

• Coalition including National Gathering 

• Dr Miloš Jovanović - Hope For Serbia - Serbian Coalition NADA - National Democratic Alternative - New Democratic Party of Serbia (New DSS) - Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (POKS) - Vojislav Mihailović / ДР МИЛОШ ЈОВАНОВИЋ – НАДА ЗА СРБИЈУ – Српска коалиција НАДА – Национално демократска алтернатива – Нова Демократска странка Србије (Нoви ДСС) – Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије (ПОКС) – Војислав Михаиловић 

• Coalition including the New Democratic Party of Serbia (NDSS) 

• Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians / Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség 

• Serbia Against Violence - Miroslav Miki Aleksić - Marinika Tepić / Србија Против Насиља – Мирослав Мики Алексић – Мариника Тепић 

• Coalition including the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) 

• Usame Zukorlić - United for Justice - Party of Justice and Reconciliation - Bosniaks Of Sandžak, Tomislav Žigmanov - Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina / УСАМЕ ЗУКОРЛИЋ –УЈЕДИЊЕНИ ЗА ПРАВДУ – СТРАНКА ПРАВДЕ И ПОМИРЕЊА – БОШЊАЦИ САНЏАКА, ТОМИСЛАВ ЖИГМАНОВ – ДЕМОКРАТСКИ САВЕЗ ХРВАТА У ВОЈВОДИНИ 

• Coalition including the Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP) 

• Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak / СДА Санџака – др Сулејман Угљанин 

• Together for the Future and Development - Coalition for Peace and Tolerance / ЗАЈЕДНО ЗА БУДУЋНОСТ И РАЗВОЈ – КОАЛИЦИЈА ЗА МИР И ТОЛЕРАНЦИЈУ 

• Coalition including the Hungarian Civic Alliance 

• The People's Party - A Safe Choice. Serious People – Vuk Jeremic, Dr. Sanda Rašković Ivić, Siniša Kovačević, Vladimir Gajić, Marina Lipovac Tanasković / НАРОДНА СТРАНКА – СИГУРАН ИЗБОР. ОЗБИЉНИ ЉУДИ – ВУК ЈЕРЕМИЋ, Др САНДА РАШКОВИЋ ИВИЋ, СИНИША КОВАЧЕВИЋ, ВЛАДИМИР ГАЈИЋ, МАРИНА ЛИПОВАЦ ТАНАСКОВИЋ 

• Saša Radulović (Enough is enough - DJB) - Boris Tadić (Social Democratic Party - SDS) - Ana Pejić (Otete bebe) - Good morning Serbia / Саша Радуловић (Доста је било – ДЈБ) – Борис Тадић (Социјалдемократска странка – СДС) – Ана Пејић (Отете бебе) – Добро јутро Србијо 

• Coalition including Enough is Enough (DJB) and Social Democratic Party (SDS) 

• The Political Struggle of the Albanians Continues – Shaip Kamberi / ПОЛИТИЧКА БОРБА АЛБАНАЦА СЕ НАСТАВЉА – ШАИП КАМБЕРИ 

• Coalition including the Party for Democratic Action 

• We ‒ The Voice from the People. Prof. Dr. Branimir Nestorović / МИ ‒ ГЛАС ИЗ НАРОДА, проф. др Бранимир Несторовић 

• Serbia in the West - Zoran Vuletić - Nemanja Milošević - Questioning the Profession - Vladimir Kovačević / Србија На Западу – Зоран Вулетић – Немања Милошевић – Да Се Струка Пита – Владимир Ковачевић 

• Coalition including the Civic Democratic Forum (GDF) 

• Russian Party - Slobodan Nikolić / РУСКА СТРАНКА – СЛОБОДАН НИКОЛИЋ 

• Čedomir Jovanović – It Must Be Different/ ЧЕДОМИР ЈОВАНОВИЋ – МОРА ДРУГАЧИЈЕ 

• Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 

• Albanian Democratic Alternative – United Valley / АЛБАНСКА ДЕМОКРАТСКА АЛТЕРНАТИВА – УЈЕДИЊЕНА ДОЛИНА 

• Coalition of Albanian parties 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 6,760,090 (2022 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 6,500,165 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 3,519,920 (2022 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Ratified (by accession) 2001 

• Gender Quota: At least 40% of candidates on each party list must be of the underrepresented gender. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 87 out of 250 (34.8%) in the National Assembly  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.802, Very High, Rank 63 (2021)   

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 14.7 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 2007, Ratified 2009 

• Projected population with a disability: 1,081,614 (2022 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Serbia: Yes, office 

• Election FAQs: Yes 

• Election Access: Yes 

• Election Judgements: Yes, 4 judgments and 17 resources