# István Biró

István Biró (Serbian Cyrillic: Иштван Биро, romanized: Ištvan Biro; born 25 September 1951) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2016 as a member of the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS). He is now a member of the People's Party (Narodna stranka, NS).

## Private career

Biró is from Mali Iđoš, Vojvodina. He is a medical doctor and has worked as a general practitioner.

## Politician

Biró ran for mayor of Mali Iđoš in the 2004 Serbian local elections, appearing as the joint candidate of the Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija, SDP) and the Reformists of Vojvodina (Reformisti Vojvodine, RV). He was defeated in the first round of voting.
He later joined the DS and was elected for the Mali Iđoš constituency seat in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. The DS and its allies won a majority victory, and Biró served as a supporter of the administration. He also appeared in the second position on the DS's electoral list for the Mali Iđoš municipal assembly in the concurrent 2008 local elections and was given a mandate after the list won seven seats, placing second against the Hungarian Coalition.
In 2009, he was appointed to the program committee of Radio Television of Vojvodina.
Biró was re-elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2012 provincial election. The DS and its allies won a plurality victory and formed a coalition government, and Biró again served as a government supporter for the next four years. Vojvodina adopted a system of full proportional representation for the 2016 provincial election, and Biró appeared in the eighty-third position on the DS's list; the list won only ten mandates, and he was not returned for a third term.
He subsequently left the DS and, as of 2020, is the commissioner of the People's Party in Mali Iđoš.

## Electoral record
### Provincial (Vojvodina)

2012 Vojvodina assembly election Mali Iđoš (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds :
| Ištvan Biró (incumbent) | Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) | 1,205 | 20.34 | 2,593 | 52.68 |
| Balint Juhas | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | 1,514 | 25.56 | 2,329 | 47.32 |
| Milorad Pejović | Citizens' Group: Municipality of Mali Iđoš | 758 | 12.80 | | |
| Dejan Prnjat | Serbian Progressive Party | 586 | 9.89 | | |
| Eržebet Šinković | Eržebet Šinković–United Regions of Serbia | 574 | 9.69 | | |
| Obrad Bogdanović | Socialist Party of Serbia | 483 | 8.15 | | |
| Nenad Stevović | Montenegrin Party | 293 | 4.95 | | |
| Radmila Bigović | Serbian Radical Party | 277 | 4.68 | | |
| Peter Mate | League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak | 233 | 3.93 | | |
| Total valid votes | | 5,923 | 100 | 4,922 | 100 |
2008 Vojvodina assembly election Mali Iđoš (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds :
| Ištvan Biró | "For a European Vojvodina, Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić" (Affiliation: Democratic Party) | 1,589 | 26.46 | 1,763 | 52.10 |
| Šandor Halgato (incumbent) | Hungarian Coalition–István Pásztor | 1,851 | 30.82 | 1,621 | 47.90 |
| Predrag Lubarda | Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica (Affiliation: Democratic Party of Serbia) | 997 | 16.60 | | |
| Stanko Bogetić | Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) | 840 | 13.99 | | |
| Ibolja Bata | Liberal Democratic Party | 414 | 6.89 | | |
| Anamarija Novakov | Together for Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak | 315 | 5.24 | | |
| Total valid votes | | 6,006 | 100 | 3,384 | 100 |
| Invalid ballots | | 360 | | 132 | |
| Total votes casts | | 6,366 | 59.77 | 3,516 | 33.01 |

### Municipal (Mali Iđoš)

2004 Mali Iđoš municipal election Mayor of Mali Iđoš – Second Round Results :
| Ištvan Siđi (incumbent) | For a European Mali Iđoš – Coalition: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) and Democratic Party (DS) | 2,291 | 62.94 |
| Veselin Vušurović | "Socialist Party of Serbia–Slobodan Milošević" | 1,349 | 37.06 |
| Dr. Ištvan Biró | Social Democratic Party–Reformists of Vojvodina | eliminated in the first round | |
| Goran Bulatović | Citizens' Group: Mali Iđoš, Lovćenac, Feketić | eliminated in the first round | |
| Dragan Kaluđerović Guto | Serbian Radical Party | eliminated in the first round | |
| Predrag Lubarda | Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica | eliminated in the first round | |
| Slavko Rađenović | Social Democracy Dr. Vuk Obradović | eliminated in the first round | |
| Miodrag Strugar | Strength of Serbia Movement Bogoljub Karić | eliminated in the first round | |
| Mihalj Čordaš | G17 Plus | eliminated in the first round | |
| Total valid votes | | 3,640 | 100 |