2020 Serbian local elections

Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 21 June 2020, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2020 Vojvodina provincial election. Elections on all three levels were initially scheduled for 26 April 2020 but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
As with the republic and provincial elections, the local elections were boycotted by several opposition parties, most notably those in the Alliance for Serbia, which charged that the process was neither free nor fair. Some parties that boycotted the parliamentary election nonetheless chose to participate in the local elections in a limited capacity.
Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members are currently elected on a different four-year cycle (although local assembly elections were held in all of the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other jurisdictions also did not hold local elections in 2020, for the same reason.
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties are required to cross a three per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles, although this requirement is waived for parties representing national minority communities.
As expected, the results were a victory for the Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which finished in first place in most cities and municipalities. The main exceptions were those areas in which the majority of seats were won by parties representing national minority communities. Other exceptions included:
Results.
Note: The first percentage column in the results section refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list. The second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive three per cent of "all" votes to cross the electoral threshold.
Belgrade.
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities. The Progressive Party and its allies won victories in every jurisdiction except New Belgrade, where Aleksandar Šapić's Serbian Patriotic Alliance won a narrow victory. The only other municipality where the Progressive Party and its allies did not win an outright majority was Stari Grad, where they fell two seats short.
Barajevo.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Slobodan Adamović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Čukarica.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the local administration.
Grocka.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:
Dragan Pantelić, elected on the "For Our Children" list, was chosen as mayor after the election.
Lazarevac.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:
Bojan Stević of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, with the support of fifty-six out of sixty-one delegates.
Mladenovac.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Vladan Glišić of the Progressive Party (not to be confused with the member of the national assembly of the same name) was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
New Belgrade.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Šapić of the Serbian Patriotic Alliance was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Obrenovac.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Miroslav Čučković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a third term in office after the election.
Palilula.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Jovičić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Rakovica.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:
Miloš Simić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.
Savski Venac.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:
Miloš Vidović of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.
Sopot.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:
Živorad Milosavljević of the Progressive Party, the longest continuously serving mayor in Serbia, was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Stari Grad.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:
Radoslav Marjanović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, by a vote of forty-two to eight (with one invalid vote). The Socialist Party of Serbia–United Serbia and Serbian Patriotic Alliance lists supported Marjanović, as did some individual members of other lists. One of the Socialist delegates elected was Uglješa Marković, who was also elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election.
Surčin.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Surčin were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Stevan Šuša of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Voždovac.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Voždovac were as follows:
Ivana Ilić-Tomić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor following the election. The new municipal administration included the Socialist Party and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, and was approved by forty-seven members of the assembly.
Vračar.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Milan Nedeljković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, by a vote of forty-eight to six. The Socialist Party participated in the municipality's coalition government, which was also supported by the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, the Association for the Beautification of Vračar, and the Green Movement Vračar. The United Opposition and DSS were in opposition.
Zemun.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun were as follows:
Gavrilo Kovačević of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.
Zvezdara.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:
Vladan Jeremić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor following the election, with the support of forty-six of the fifty delegates in attendance. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the new administration.
Vojvodina.
Central Banat District.
Local elections were held in the one city (Zrenjanin) and all four of the smaller municipalities in the Central Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions.
Zrenjanin.
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin were as follows:
Simo Salapura of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election. Among the members elected on the Socialist list was Dubravka Kralj, who was also elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election.
Nova Crnja.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Vladimir Brakus of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Novi Bečej.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Bečej were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Saša Maksimović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Sečanj.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sečanj were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Predrag Rađenović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Žitište.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žitište were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Mitar Vučurević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
South Bačka District.
Novi Sad.
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Miloš Vučević of the Progressive Party led the "For Our Children" list. He was subsequently confirmed for a third term as mayor by an assembly vote of seventy to six (with two invalid votes). The local government was formed by the Progressives, the Socialists, the Serbian Patriotic Alliance; the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. The Radicals and the Democratic Party of Serbia were in opposition.
Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade).
Mačva District.
Local elections were held in both cities (i.e., Šabac and Loznica) and all six of the smaller municipalities of the Mačva District. The Progressive Party and its allies won in all jurisdictions, taking majority victories everywhere except Ljubovija (where they fell one seat short). In each jurisdiction, a Progressive Party delegate was chosen as mayor after the elections.
Šabac.
The final results of election for the City Assembly of Šabac were not announced until 17 October 2020, due to three separate repeat votes having been held in the city before then. Both the process and the elections themselves were extremely acrimonious. The results were as follows:
Aleksandar Pajić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor of Šabac after the election. The new city assembly was boycotted by Zelenović's list, after Zelenović charged that the assembly was improperly constituted.
Bogatić.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bogatić were as follows:
Milan Damnjamović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, and a new local administration was formed by the Progressives, the Radicals, and the European Green Party. The Socialists, who had been in power locally for several years prior to the 2020 election, abstained from voting on the new administration.
Koceljeva.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Koceljeva were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Dušan Ilinčić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Krupanj.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Krupanj were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Ivan Isailović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. Progressive Party member Ivana Popović, who was elected to the national assembly in the concurrent 2020 parliamentary election, was also elected to a local assembly mandate.
Loznica.
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Loznica were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Vidoje Petrović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for his fifth term in office following the election. The city government, which also included the Socialist Party and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, was endorsed by an assembly vote of fifty to five, with two invalid votes.
Ljubovija.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ljubovija were as follows:
Milan Jovanović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives, the SDPS, and the Radicals.
Mali Zvornik.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Zvornik were as follows:
Incumbent mayor Zoran Jevtić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.
Vladimirci.
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vladimirci were as follows:
Goran Zarić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.