# 2003 Serbian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly.
Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2000. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica, have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% turnout. The assassination in March 2003 of reformist Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić was a major setback.
At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party and the G17 Plus group of liberal economists led by Miroljub Labus.
Opposing them were the nationalist Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj and Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (descended from the former Communist Party). At the time of the election, both Šešelj and Milošević were in detention at ICTY, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.
The remaining candidate was the monarchist Serbian Renewal Movement–New Serbia (SPO–NS) coalition, led by Vuk Drašković.
Following the election the three former DOS parties (DSS, DS and G17+) fell two seats short of a parliamentary majority, holding 124 seats between them. After months of coalition talks Koštunica, Labus and Drašković's parties reach an agreement with the outside support of the Socialist Party in March 2004 which enabled Koštunica of the DSS to become prime minister.

## Electoral lists

Following electoral lists took part in the 2003 parliamentary election:
| No. | Ballot name | Ballot carrier | Main ideology | Political position |
| 1 | G17 Plus – Miroljub LabusG17+, SDP | Mlađan Dinkić | Liberal conservatism | Centre-right |
| 2 | Serbian Radical Party – dr Vojislav ŠešeljSRS | Vojislav Šešelj | Ultranationalism | Far-right |
| 3 | Democratic Party of Serbia – Vojislav KoštunicaDSS, SLS, SDSS, NDS | Vojislav Koštunica | Conservatism | Centre-right |
| 4 | Democratic Alternative – Nebojša ČovićDA | Nebojša Čović | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 5 | Democratic Party – Boris TadićDS, GSS, DC, SDU, LZS | Dragoljub Mićunović | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 6 | Serbian Renewal Movement – New Serbia – Vuk Drašković – Velimir IlićSPO, NS | Vuk Drašković | Conservatism | Centre-right |
| 7 | OTPOROtpor | Čedomir Čupić | Anti-corruption | Centre |
| 8 | "For National Unity" prof. Borislav Pelević and Marijan Rističević (Party of Serbian Unity, People's Peasant Party, People's Party, Our Home Serbia, Serb Party)SSJ, NSS, NS, NDS, SS | Dragan Marković | National conservatism | Right-wing |
| 9 | Socialist Party of Serbia – Slobodan MiloševićSPS | Slobodan Milošević | Socialism | Left-wing |
| 10 | Independent Serbia – dr Vladan Batić (Christian Democratic Party of Serbia, Democratic Party "Fatherland", Democratic Movement of Romanians of Serbia, Peasants Party, Serbian Justice)DHSS, DSO, SS, DPRS, SP | Vladan Batić | Christian democracy | Centre |
| 11 | Defense and Justice – Vuk Obradović and Borivoje Borović (Social Democracy, People's Party "Justice", Pensioners and Workers' Party, Social Democratic Party of Greens)SD, NSP, SRP, SDPZ | Mila Živojinović | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 12 | Together for Tolerance – Čanak, Kasza, LjajićLSV, VMSZ/SVM, SDP, DSHV, LZŠ | Branislav Cole Kovačević | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 13 | Liberals of Serbia – Dušan MihajlovićLS | Dušan Mihajlović | Liberalism | Centre |
| 14 | Reformists – Social Democratic Party of Vojvodina – Serbia, Miodrag Mile IsakovRV | Mile Isakov | Vojvodina autononism | Centre-left |
| 15 | Socialist People's Party – People's Bloc – General Nebojša PavkovićSNS, NB | Dobrivoje Budimirović | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 16 | Business Force of Serbia and the Diaspora – Branko Dragaš [sr] PSSD | Zoran Milinković | Economic liberalism | Centre-right |
| 17 | Labour Party of Serbia – Dragan MilovanovićLPS | Dragan Milovanović | Social democracy | Centre-left |
| 18 | Alliance of Serbs of Vojvodina – Dušan SalatićSSV | Miroljub Milić | Regionalism | Centre |
| 19 | Yugoslav Left – JULJUL | Desimir Stanojević | Neocommunism | Far-left |

## Results

| | Serbian Radical Party | 1,056,256 | 27.98 | 82 | +59 |
| | Democratic Party of Serbia coalition | 678,031 | 17.96 | 53 | +8 |
| | Democratic Party coalition | 481,249 | 12.75 | 37 | –25 |
| | G17 Plus−SDP | 438,422 | 11.61 | 34 | New |
| | Serbian Renewal Movement−New Serbia | 293,082 | 7.76 | 22 | –14 |
| | Socialist Party of Serbia | 291,341 | 7.72 | 22 | –15 |
| | Together for Tolerance | 161,765 | 4.29 | 0 | –19 |
| | Democratic Alternative | 84,463 | 2.24 | 0 | –6 |
| | For National Unity | 68,537 | 1.82 | 0 | –10 |
| | Otpor | 62,545 | 1.66 | 0 | New |
| | Independent Serbia | 45,211 | 1.20 | 0 | –7 |
| | Socialist People's Party | 27,596 | 0.73 | 0 | New |
| | Liberals of Serbia | 22,852 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
| | Reformists – Social Democratic Party of Vojvodina–Serbia | 19,464 | 0.52 | 0 | –4 |
| | Defense and Justice | 18,423 | 0.49 | 0 | –9 |
| | Business Force of Serbia and the Diaspora | 14,113 | 0.37 | 0 | New |
| | Labour Party of Serbia | 4,666 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
| | Yugoslav Left | 3,771 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alliance of Serbs of Vojvodina | 3,015 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 3,774,802 | 100.00 | 250 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,774,802 | 98.70 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 49,755 | 1.30 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,824,557 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,511,450 | 58.74 | | |
| Source: Republican Electoral Commission ||||||