1990 Serbian general election

General elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990. The presidential elections and the first round of the parliamentary elections were held on 9 December, whilst a second round of the parliamentary elections was held on 23 December 1990. This was the last parliamentary election in Serbia where members were elected in single-member constituency seats; all subsequent elections have taken place under proportional representation.

1990 Serbian general election

9 December 1990
Presidential election
 
Candidate Slobodan Milošević Vuk Drašković Ivan Đurić
Party SPS SPO SRSJ-UJDI
Popular vote 3,285,799 824,674 277,398
Percentage 67.71% 16.95% 5.72%

President before election

Slobodan Milošević
(President of the Presidency)
SKS

Elected President

Slobodan Milošević
SPS

Parliamentary election
PartyLeader % Seats
SPS Slobodan Milošević 48.15 194
SPO Vuk Drašković 16.49 19
DS Dragoljub Mićunović 7.78 7
VMDK András Ágoston 2.75 8
SDAS Sulejman Ugljanin 1.75 3
SRSJV Ante Marković 1.55 2
NSS Dragan Veselinov 1.41 1
SSS Milomir Babić 1.09 2
SDS 0.68 1
UJDI Branko Horvat 0.52 1
DSHV Bela Tonković 0.49 1
PDD Riza Halimi 0.46 1
SJ 0.45 1
DRSM 0.07 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Stanko Radmilović
SPS
Dragutin Zelenović
SPS

Background

The elections were boycotted by political parties of ethnic Kosovar Albanians, who made up around 17% of the population.[1] As a result of the boycott, Kosovo was Milošević's strongest area of support.

Electoral lists

Following electoral lists are electoral lists that received seats in the National Assembly after the 1990 election:[2]

# Ballot name Representative Main ideology Political position
1
  • Socialist Party of Serbia
  • SPS
Slobodan Milošević Democratic socialism Left-wing
2
  • Serbian Renewal Movement
  • SPO
Vuk Drašković Ultranationalism Far-right
3
  • Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians
  • VMDK/DZVM
András Ágoston Minority politics Centre
4
  • Democratic Party
  • DS
Dragoljub Mićunović Liberalism Big tent
5
  • Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
  • SDAS
Alija Mahmutović Sanjak separatism Right-wing
6
  • Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia in Serbia
  • SRSJ
Ivan Đurić Social liberalism Centre
7
  • Party of the Serbian Peasants Union
  • SSSS
Milomir Babić Agrarianism Centre
8
  • People's Peasant Party
  • NSS
Dragan Veselinov Vojvodina autonomism Centre-left
9
  • Serbian Democratic Party
  • SDS
Tode Vojvodić Left-wing nationalism Left-wing
10
  • Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative
  • UJDI
Tibor Varadi Yugoslavism Big tent
11
  • Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina
  • DSHV
Antun Skenderović Minority politics Big tent
12
Nasufi Behlul Minority politics Big tent
13
  • Party of Yugoslavs
  • SJ
Mihajlo Kovač Yugoslavism Big tent
14
  • Democratic Reform Party of Muslims
  • DRSM
Đeljadin Idrizi Minority politics Left-wing

Results

Slobodan Milošević of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) won the presidential elections, becoming the first elected President of Serbia. whilst the SPS won 194 of the 250 seats in the National Assembly. Opposition parties accused the SPS of voting irregularities. 7,033,610 citizens had the right to vote, 5,029,123 (71.50%) went to the polls. There were 169,461 invalid ballots (3.37%). A large number of candidates competed for the position of President of Serbia, as many as 32.[3]

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Slobodan MiloševićSocialist Party of Serbia3,285,79967.71
Vuk DraškovićSerbian Renewal Movement824,67416.99
Ivan ĐurićSRSJUJDI277,3985.72
Sulejman UgljaninParty of Democratic Action of Sandžak109,4592.26
Vojislav ŠešeljIndependent (SPO)96,2771.98
Blažo PerovićYU Bloc57,4201.18
Slobodan MatićAlliance of All Serbs of the World28,9780.60
Dragan JovanovićGreen Party22,4580.46
Ljuben Alen AleksovIndependent19,1230.39
Ljubomir GrujićIndependent17,6750.36
Milan LazarevićIndependent11,0340.23
Tihomir ŽivanovićIndependent9,8920.20
Jovan KoprivicaIndependent9,6770.20
Miodrag GojkovićParty of Independent Businessmen "Zapis"9,2620.19
Tomislav KrsmanovićMovement for the Protection of Human Rights8,0950.17
Živan HaravanParty of Social Justice7,7910.16
Velimir CvetićSocial Democratic Party of Yugoslavia6,5750.14
Milan MladenovićIndependent6,4590.13
Miroslav VeselinovićIndependent6,1800.13
Nikola BarovićIndependent5,3550.11
Predrag VuletićLiberal Party5,0190.10
Ratomir VojvodićIndependent4,4140.09
Ljiljana ĆuićIndependent3,7640.08
Milorad RadovićIndependent3,4250.07
Saša GoranciIndependent3,4090.07
Nikola ŠećeroskiIndependent3,1680.07
Čedomir NešićIndependent2,5530.05
Slobodan RankovićIndependent2,4250.05
Radivoje ŠarenacIndependent1,9180.04
Jovan StojkovićIndependent1,1540.02
Miomir TošićIndependent9040.02
Hercen RadonjićIndependent8470.02
Total4,852,581100.00
Valid votes4,852,58196.63
Invalid/blank votes169,4613.37
Total votes5,022,042100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,033,61071.40
Source: RZSS

National Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats
First roundSecond roundTotal
Socialist Party of Serbia2,320,58748.1587107194
Serbian Renewal Movement794,78616.4901919
Democratic Party374,8877.78077
Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians132,7262.75538
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak84,1561.75303
Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia for Vojvodina74,7481.55022
People's Peasant Party68,0451.41011
New Democracy – Movement for Serbia67,3561.40000
People's Radical Party63,0411.31000
Party of the Union of Peasants of Serbia52,6631.09022
Serbian National Renewal40,3590.84000
Serbian Democratic Party32,9270.68011
Green Party32,0070.66000
Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia in Serbia27,3580.57000
Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative24,9820.52011
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina23,6300.49011
Party for Democratic Action21,9980.46101
Party of Yugoslavs21,7840.45011
Party of Independent Businessmen and Peasants13,7780.29000
Workers' Party of Yugoslavia13,7740.29000
Serbian Saint Sava Party9,1690.19000
Liberal Party7,3250.15000
Social Democratic Party of Roma of Serbia6,4910.13000
League for Pancevo – Party of Moderate Progress6,0340.13000
Human Rights Protection Movement4,8350.10000
Peasant-Workers' Party of Serbia4,8020.10000
Party of Independent Businessmen "Zapis"4,3810.09000
Democratic Forum4,1720.09000
New Communist Movement of Yugoslavia4,0170.08000
Party of National Style3,8380.08000
Party of Independent Democrats of Serbia3,4860.07000
Democratic Reform Party of Muslims3,4320.07011
Yugoslavian Socialist Democratic Party3,0260.06000
Serbian Royalist Bloc2,9660.06000
Democratic Alliance of Turks1,8420.04000
Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia1,5280.03000
Serbian School Youth Party1,3680.03000
Unknown Proposer1,1370.02000
Democratic Party (Davidović – Grol)1,0220.02000
All-Serbian People's Movement8260.02000
Democratic Party of Freedom7070.01000
Democratic Political Party of Roma – Kragujevac5430.01000
Republican Party4800.01000
Independents456,3189.47088
Total4,819,337100.0096154250
Source: RIK (seats), Vreme (votes)

References

  1. Oko izbora 1 (PDF). CeSID. 1997.
  2. "Arhiva - Izbori za narodne poslanike - 1990". arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. Ex-Communist Chief Takes The Lead in Serbia's Election The New York Times, 10 December 1990
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