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).
Nikolić je sebi obezbedio mesto zahvaljujući podršci zakonodavaca iz Socijalističke partije Srbije bivšeg srpskog lidera Slobodana Miloševića i Demokratske stranke Srbije (DSS) premijera Vojislava Koštunice.