2022 Belgrade City Assembly election: Difference between revisions
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| previous_election = [[2018 Belgrade City Assembly election|2018]]
| previous_election = [[2018 Belgrade City Assembly election|2018]]
| next_election = ”[[2023 Belgrade City Assembly election|2023]]”
| next_election = [[2023 Belgrade City Assembly election|2023]]
| seats_for_election = All 110 seats in the [[City Assembly of Belgrade|City Assembly]]
| seats_for_election = All 110 seats in the [[City Assembly of Belgrade|City Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 56
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City Assembly election in Belgrade
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All 110 seats in the City Assembly |
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| Turnout | 57.85%  6.55 pp |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Local elections were held in Belgrade on 3 April 2022 to elect members of the City Assembly.[1] Alongside the election, national-level general elections[1] and local elections in 12 other towns and municipalities were held on the same day.[2]
Background[edit]
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Following the vote of no confidence in 2013, Dragan Đilas was dismissed as mayor,[3] and a temporary body was set up by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), who has ruled Belgrade since then.[4] The current session of the City Assembly was elected in 2018, after SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and United Serbia (JS) formed a majority.[5] Zoran Radojičić, an independent endorsed by SNS, was elected mayor, succeeding Siniša Mali, while Goran Vesić was elected deputy mayor.[6] The 2018 election also marked the return of Đragan Đilas to politics,[7] and his list ended up gaining 26 seats, while the list led by Aleksandar Šapić won 12 seats.[5][8]
Later that year, the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) was formed by Đilas, along with Vuk Jeremić, Zoran Lutovac, and Boško Obradović.[9] It was a major opposition alliance, that also played a key role in the 2018–2020 protests,[10] and it boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election.[11] Municipal elections were held in Belgrade after the parliamentary election, in which, SNS won a majority in all 16 Belgrade municipalities except New Belgrade,[12] where the Serbian Patriotic Alliance (SPAS), which was led by Aleksandar Šapić, managed to form a local government, third time in a row.[13] During that period, protests erupted in Belgrade over the announcement of the reimplementation of the curfew and government’s allegedly poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The demonstrators took to the streets, stormed the National Assembly building, and clashed with the police.[14] The clashes and riots continued for the next few days, while the police used excessive force.[15]
In May 2021, Šapić merged his party into SNS, after which he was promoted to vice president of the party.[16] A series of environmental protests have been held in Belgrade as early as January 2021, although since September 2021, the protests have garnered greater attention,[17] which led to roadblocks on the Gazela Bridge in November and December 2021.[18]
Electoral system[edit]
Local elections in Belgrade are held under a proportional representation system.[19] Voters in Belgrade will determine the composition of the City Assembly, which in turn elects the mayor.[20] Shortly prior the election, parties must submit a ballot list and their ballot leader.[21] One mandate of a mayor and an elected member of the City Assembly lasts four years.[21]
On 15 February 2022, Ivica Dačić, the president of the National Assembly, called the local elections.[22]
Political parties[edit]
The table below lists political parties represented in the City Assembly of Belgrade after the 2018 election.
Pre-election composition[edit]
Electoral lists[edit]
The following are the official electoral lists published by the Belgrade City Electoral Commission (GIK).[23]
| # | Ballot name | Ballot carrier | Main ideology | Political position | |
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1 |
Aleksandar Šapić | Populism | Big tent | ||
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2 |
Toma Fila | Populism | Big tent | ||
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3 |
Miljko Ristić | Ultranationalism | Far-right | ||
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4 |
Mladen Kočica | Ultranationalism | Far-right | ||
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5 |
Vladeta Janković | Anti-corruption | Big tent | ||
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6 |
Vojislav Mihailović | National conservatism | Right-wing | ||
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7 |
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Dobrica Veselinović | Green politics | Centre-left to left-wing |
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8 |
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