Nikolic had been voted into the post on May 7th with parliamentary support from Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), when it seemed the reformist parties in Serbia would be unable to agree on a new coalition government.
Nikolić je izglasan za predsednika skupštine 7. maja uz podršku poslanika Demokratske stranke Srbije (DSS) premijera Vojislava Koštunice, kada se činilo da reformske stranke u Srbiji nisu u stanju da se dogovore oko nove koalicione vlade.