Nikolić je osigurao funkciju uz podršku parlamentaraca iz Socijalističke partije bivšeg lidera Srbije Slobodana Miloševića i iz Demokratske stranke Srbije (DSS) premijera Vojislava Koštunice.
Nikolic secured his post with the backing of lawmakers from former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party and from Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS).