# 2007 Serbian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of DS; DSS & G17+ to continue.

## Electoral system

The d'Hondt method was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their allotted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government.
Parties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanian parties from the Preševo Valley participated in the elections, but Kosovo Albanian parties continued their boycott of Serbian elections.
6,652,105 voters were eligible to vote, an increase of 14,000 voters when compared to the constitutional referendum held a few months before. 31,370 of the eligible voters were living abroad, and 7,082 were in prison.

## Electoral lists

Twenty party lists registered with the electoral commission before the deadline of 5 January 2007:
| # | Ballot name | Ballot carrier | Main ideology | Political position | Note |
| 1 | Democratic Party – Boris TadićDS, DSHV, SDP, NDSV, BNS, NSSNM | Ružica Đinđić | Social liberalism | Centre to centre-left | |
| 2 | G17 Plus – Mlađan DinkićG17+ | Mlađan Dinkić | Liberal conservatism | Centre-right | |
| 3 | Liberal Democratic Party – Civic Alliance of Serbia – Social Democratic Union – League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina – Čedomir JovanovićLDP, GSS, SDU, LSV, DHSS | Čedomir Jovanović | Liberalism | Centre | |
| 4 | Serbian Radical Party – dr Vojislav ŠešeljSRS | Vojislav Šešelj | Ultranationalism | Far-right | |
| 5 | Democratic Party of Serbia – New Serbia – dr Vojislav KoštunicaDSS, NS, JS, SDPO | Vojislav Koštunica | Conservatism | Right-wing | |
| 6 | Strength of Serbia Movement – Bogoljub KarićPSS | Milanka Karić | Conservatism | Centre-right | |
| 7 | Serbian Renewal Movement – Vuk DraškovićSPO, LS, NSS, ŽZK, SLPS | Vuk Drašković | Liberalism | Centre-right | |
| 8 | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – József KaszaVMSZ/SVM | József Kasza | Minority politics | Centre-right | $^M$ |
| 9 | Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) – dr Jovan Krkobabić and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – dr Nebojša ČovićPUPS, SDP, SNP | Jovan Krkobabić | Social democracy | Centre-left | |
| 10 | Coalition List for Sandžak dr Sulejman UgljaninSDAS, SLPS, BDSS, RS, SDSS | Sulejman Ugljanin | Minority politics | Centre | $^M$ |
| 11 | Socialist Party of SerbiaSPS | Ivica Dačić | Democratic socialism | Left-wing | |
| 12 | Branko Pavlović – Because it has to be betterZŠMB | Branko Pavlović | Youth politics | Centre | |
| 13 | Coalition "Vojvodina Parties" – mr Igor KurjačkiVP, VGP, NV, SS, SMAPN, PRRS | Dušica Karabenč | Vojvodina autonomism | Left-wing | |
| 14 | Roma Union of Serbia – dr Rajko ĐurićURS, VDS | Rajko Đurić | Minority politics | Centre | $^M$ |
| 15 | Reformist Party – dr Aleksandar VišnjićRS | Aleksandar Višnjić | Reformism | Centre | |
| 16 | Democratic Community of Serbia – dr Obren JoksimovićDZS, PI | Obren Joksimović | Right-wing populism | Far-right | |
| 17 | Albanian Coalition of Preševo ValleyPVD/PDD, BDL/DUV | Riza Halimi | Minority politics | Centre-right | $^M$ |
| 18 | Social Democracy – Nenad VukasovićSD, SDS, KPS, SKMS | Vuk Obradović | Social democracy | Centre-left | |
| 19 | Coalition Hungarian Union – András Ágoston – Sándor PállVMDP/DSVM, VMDK/DZVM, HVIM/OP64Ž | Gyula László | Minority politics | Minority politics | $^M$ |
| 20 | Roma Party – Srđan ŠajnRP | Srđan Šajn | Minority politics | Minority politics | $^M$ |

## Campaign
### Slogans

The parties' campaign slogans for the 2007 election:
| Party | English slogan | Serbian slogan |
| Democratic Party | Because life can't wait | Zato što život ne može da čeka Зато што живот не може да чека |
| G17 Plus | Expertise before politics | Stručnost ispred politike Стручност испред политике |
| Liberal-Democratic Party-Civic Alliance of Serbia-Social Democratic Union-League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina | It depends on us | Od nas zavisi Од нас зависи |
| Serbian Radical Party | So that things become better already today | Da već danas bude bolje Да већ данас буде боље |
| Democratic Party of Serbia / New Serbia | Long live Serbia | Živela Srbija Живела Србија |
| Strength of Serbia Movement | Serbia has strength | Srbija ima snage Србија има снаге |
| Serbian Renewal Movement | It's worth fighting for | Vredi se boriti Вреди се борити |
| Socialist Party of Serbia | Serbia, Chin Up | Srbijo, glavu gore Србијо, главу горе |
| Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | New chance | Nova šansa Új esély (*) |
| List for Sandžak | For Sandžak in European Serbia | Za Sandžak u evropskoj Srbiji За Санџак у европској Србији |
| Albanian Coalition from Preševo Valley | For better life of Albanians in Preševo Valley | Za bolji život Albanaca u Preševskoj dolini За бољи живот Албанаца у Прешевској долини |
The change figure for the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia list is in comparison to the 2003 result for the Democratic Party of Serbia; New Serbia was aligned to the Serbian Renewal Movement in 2003. The grouping headed by the Liberal Democratic Party is new: the Liberal Democratic Party split off from the Democratic Party in 2005; Civic Alliance of Serbia and the Social Democratic Union were part of the Democratic Party list in 2003; and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina were in a list with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians in 2003. The Coalition List for Sandžak previously stood as part of the Democratic Party list.

## Results

The Republican Electoral Commission finally published the final results after the repetition of voting in several places:
| | Serbian Radical Party | 1,153,453 | 29.07 | 81 | –1 |
| | Democratic Party coalition | 915,854 | 23.08 | 64 | +41 |
| | Democratic Party of Serbia − New Serbia coalition | 667,615 | 16.83 | 47 | –10 |
| | G17 Plus | 275,041 | 6.93 | 19 | –12 |
| | Socialist Party of Serbia | 227,580 | 5.74 | 16 | –6 |
| | Liberal Democratic Party coalition | 214,262 | 5.40 | 15 | +8 |
| | Serbian Renewal Movement coalition | 134,147 | 3.38 | 0 | –13 |
| | PUPS − SDP | 125,342 | 3.16 | 0 | –3 |
| | Strength of Serbia Movement | 70,727 | 1.78 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | 52,510 | 1.32 | 3 | +3 |
| | List for Sandžak | 33,823 | 0.85 | 2 | 0 |
| | Roma Union of Serbia | 17,128 | 0.43 | 1 | New |
| | Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley | 16,973 | 0.43 | 1 | New |
| | Branko Pavlović — Because it has to be better | 15,722 | 0.40 | 0 | New |
| | Roma Party | 14,631 | 0.37 | 1 | New |
| | Hungarian Union Coalition | 12,940 | 0.33 | 0 | New |
| | Vojvodina Parties | 7,359 | 0.19 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Community of Serbia | 5,438 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| | Social Democracy | 4,909 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | Reformist Party | 1,881 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 3,967,335 | 100.00 | 250 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,967,335 | 98.38 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 65,468 | 1.62 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,032,803 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,653,851 | 60.61 | | |
| Source: Republican Electoral Commission ||||||
* ↑ List included Democratic Party (60 seats), SDP (3) Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (1)
* ↑ List included Democratic Party of Serbia (33 seats), New Serbia (10), United Serbia (2), Serbian Democratic Renewal Movement (2)
* ↑ List included Liberal Democratic Party (6 seats), League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (4), Civic Alliance of Serbia (3), Social Democratic Union (1), Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (1)
* ↑ Both seats won by Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
* ↑ Seat won by Party for Democratic Action

## Reactions

* Dutch foreign minister Ben Bot congratulated Boris Tadić with the result, stating "the fact that Mr. Tadić has doubled his position in the parliament is of great importance, since it means that the Serbian people value a "pro-European" course".
* EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana stated "The majority voted for forces that are democratic and pro-European", continuing "I hope very much there will be a speedy formation of a government that will be on the line of "pro-European" forces."
* German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said "The radicals got most votes but nevertheless two thirds of the seats in parliament will go to "democratic" forces."
* Michael C. Polt, US ambassador to Serbia, congratulated Serbian people on results, stating that "the United States looks forward to continuing to work with you and your leadership as your country fulfills the promise of October 2000".
* Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg, stated that EU should show support to Serbia, after "democratic" forces won the elections, as NATO did when Serbia was invited to join "Partnership for Peace" despite not cooperating with the ICTY.
* Sergey Baburin, Vice-president of the Russian State Duma stated “the parties to form the government will soon hear Martti Ahtisaari’s recommendations for the settlement of the Kosovo issue, and I deem their position unenviable. In my opinion, parties are making a big mistake by not letting Serbian Radicals partake in the government. Patriotic parties in Serbia are getting potentially stronger”.