# 2003 Serbian local elections

A small number of Serbian municipalities held local elections in 2003. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but took place in certain jurisdictions where the local government had fallen.
Serbia had introduced the direct election of mayors via two-round voting in 2002. Local assembly elections, which had been held under first past the post voting in single-member constituencies in the last regular cycle in 2000, were now determined by proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold. Successful lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes, not only of valid votes.

## Results
### Central Serbia
#### Ćuprija

After a period of political instability, elections took place in Ćuprija on 26 October 2003 to elect a mayor and members of the municipal assembly. The second round of voting in the mayoral election took place on 9 November 2003.
2003 Municipality of Ćuprija local election: Mayor of Ćuprija :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Prof. Dr. Sc. Ljubomir Marić | Socialist Party of Serbia | | 26.47 | 5,182 | 65.41 |
| | Ivica Jocić | Party of Serbian Unity | | 17.3 | 2,740 | 34.59 |
| | Miroslav Stojanović | Social Democratic Party | | 12.56 | | |
| | Zoran Jovanović | Democratic Party | | 11.73 | | |
| | other candidates | | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | | | 7,922 | 100.00 |
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Results of the municipal assembly election:
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Socialist Party of Serbia | 2,198 | 18.15 | 8 |
| | Party of Serbian Unity | 2,103 | 17.36 | 8 |
| | Democratic Party | 1,445 | 11.93 | 5 |
| | Citizens' Groups (eleven lists) | 1,109 | 9.16 | – |
| | Social Democratic Party-SDP and Citizens' Group: Mića Brica | 893 | 7.37 | 3 |
| | Democratic Party of Serbia | 770 | 6.36 | 3 |
| | Serbian Radical Party | 712 | 5.88 | 3 |
| | G17 Plus | 661 | 5.46 | 3 |
| | Serbian Renewal Movement | 506 | 4.18 | 2 |
| | Christian Democratic Party of Serbia | 408 | 3.37 | 2 |
| | Liberals of Serbia | 374 | 3.09 | – |
| | Civic Alliance of Serbia | 287 | 2.37 | – |
| | People's Democratic Party | 203 | 1.68 | – |
| | New Serbia | 182 | 1.50 | – |
| | Social Democracy | 135 | 1.11 | – |
| | Democratic Centre | 127 | 1.05 | – |
| Total | Total | 12,113 | 100.00 | 37 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,113 | 94.76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 670 | 5.24 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 12,783 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 30,922 | 41.34 | |
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#### Kraljevo

Sitting mayor Ljubiša Jovašević of the Democratic Party of Serbia had lost the support of the local assembly by mid-2003, and the local government had become unstable. The Serbian government dissolved the local parliament in July 2003 and called new mayoral and assembly elections for November. Marko Petrović, formerly of New Serbia, was appointed to lead a provisional administration pending the vote. The assembly election and the first round of the mayoral election took place on 16 November; the second round of the mayoral electoral took place on 30 November.
2003 Municipality of Kraljevo local election: Mayor of Kraljevo :
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Dr. Radoslav Jović | Serbian Renewal Movement | 10,514 | 22.34 | 17,230 | 58.99 |
| | Dr. Ljubiša Jovašević | Democratic Party of Serbia–People's Democratic Party–Vojislav Koštunica | 7,618 | 16.19 | 11,978 | 41.01 |
| | Miroslav Karapandžić | Citizens' Group: For Kraljevo | 5,542 | 11.78 | | |
| | Zvonko Obradović | G17 Plus | 5,204 | 11.06 | | |
| | Slobodan Mihajlović | Democratic Party | 5,192 | 11.03 | | |
| | Miljko Četrović | Serbian Radical Party | 4,375 | 9.30 | | |
| | Sreten Jovanović | Socialist Party of Serbia | 3,079 | 6.54 | | |
| | Prof. Dr. Predrag Stojanović Peđa | Christian Democratic Party of Serbia | 2,607 | 5.54 | | |
| | Zoran Jovanović | People's Party and "Revival of Serbia" | 1,772 | 3.77 | | |
| | Stamenka Arsić | Liberals of Serbia and Democratic Centre | 1,152 | 2.45 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 47,055 | 100.00 | 29,208 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 47,055 | 96.96 | 29,208 | 98.15 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,477 | 3.04 | 550 | 1.85 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 48,532 | 100.00 | 29,758 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 101,521 | 47.80 | 101,521 | 29.31 |
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Results of the municipal assembly election:
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Serbian Radical Party | 6,787 | 15.02 | 13 |
| | SPO–Dr. Radoslav Jović | 6,494 | 14.38 | 12 |
| | Democratic Party–Slobodan Mihajlović | 5,520 | 12.22 | 11 |
| | Democratic Party of Serbia–People's Democratic Party–Vojislav Koštunica | 5,497 | 12.17 | 10 |
| | G17 Plus–Mlađan Dinkić | 4,818 | 10.67 | 9 |
| | Socialist Party of Serbia–Miloš Nešović Neško | 3,563 | 7.89 | 7 |
| | Christian Democratic Party of Serbia–Peđa Stojanović | 2,373 | 5.25 | 5 |
| | New Serbia–Velimir Ilić | 1,739 | 3.85 | 3 |
| | Citizens' Groups (five other lists) | 1,437 | 3.18 | – |
| | Citizens' Group: Otpor! | 1,309 | 2.90 | – |
| | People's Party–Milan Paroški–"Revival of Serbia"–Milovan Drecun | 1,053 | 2.33 | – |
| | Socialist People's Party–Bane Ivković | 1,021 | 2.26 | – |
| | Liberals of Serbia and Democratic Centre | 699 | 1.55 | – |
| | Party of Serbian Unity–Prof. Borislav Pelević | 694 | 1.54 | – |
| | League for Šumadija–Zvonko Terzić | 560 | 1.24 | – |
| | Labour Party of Serbia–Dragan Milovanović | 552 | 1.22 | – |
| | Union Serbians–Damjanović Milosav Pakonja–Roma People's Party–Zoran Petrović Zeta | 296 | 0.66 | – |
| | Union of Greens–Janko Janković | 270 | 0.60 | – |
| | Social Democratic Party | 229 | 0.51 | – |
| | Patriotic Party of the Diaspora | 161 | 0.36 | – |
| | Citizens' Group: Nikola Todorović | 102 | 0.23 | – |
| Total | Total | 45,174 | 100.00 | 70 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 45,174 | 93.08 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 3,358 | 6.92 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 48,532 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 101,521 | 47.80 | |
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