Serbian presidential elections, 2004
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Serbia held the first round of its 2004 elections for President of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004, and the second round on Sunday, 27 June 2004. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor. The Democratic Party formed part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia during the 2000 elections, and played a key role in ousting former President Slobodan Milošević.
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Candidates
- Boris Tadić (Борис Тадић), Democratic Party reformist
- Tomislav Nikolić(Томислав Николић), Serbian Radical Party extreme nationalist
- Dragan Maršićanin (Драган Маршићанин), Democratic Party of Serbia conservative
- Bogoljub Karić (Богољуб Карић), BK Group businessman
- Ivica Dačić (Ивица Дачић), Socialist Party of Serbia Milosevic socialist
- Jelisaveta Karađorđević, (кнегиња Јелисавета Карађорђевић) Royal-family member, princess-pretendant
- Vladan Batić (Владан Батић), Democratic Christian Party of Serbia Demochristian
- Borislav Pelević (Борислав Пелевић), Party of Serbian Unity extreme nationalist
- Branislav Ivković (Бранислав Ивковић), Socialist People's Party socialist
- Zoran Milinković (Зоран Милинковић), Patriots of Serbian Diaspora diaspora
- Marjan Rističević (Марјан Ристичевић), People's Peasant Party agrarian
- Ljiljana Aranđelović (Љиљана Аранђеловић), United Serbia extreme nationalist
- Dragan Đorđević (Драган Ђорђевић), Party of Serbian Citizens election profiteer
- Milovan Drecun (Милован Дрецун), Serbian Revival Pro-Milosevic
- Mirko Jović (Мирко Јовић), People's Radical Party Pro-Milosevic
The surprise of this election was success made by wealthiest businessman in Serbia Bogoljub Karić. Government's candidate Dragan Maršićanin finished on 4th place which opened the question of new parliamentary elections in Serbia.
In second round democratic candidate Boris Tadić gained support of every government party as well as Bogoljub Karić.
Results
First round
Technical information
| Registered Voters | 6,532,263 | 100% |
| Total | 3,119,087 | 47.7% |
| Valid | 3,081,040 | 98.8% |
| Invalid | 38,047 | 1.2% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Boris Tadić | Democratic Party | 852.230 | 27.3 |
| Tomislav Nikolić | SRS | 939.695 | 30.1 |
| Bogoljub Karic | BK | 602.342 | 19.3 |
| Dragan Marsicanin | DSS, Government | 413.935 | 13.3 |
| Ivica Dacic | SPS | 112.405 | 3.6 |
| Jelisaveta Karadjordjevic | IzLS | 63.991 | 2.1 |
| Milovan Drecun | PS | 17.414 | 0.6 |
| Vladan Batic | DHSS | 16.338 | 0.5 |
| Borislav Pelevic | SSJ | 13.878 | 0.4 |
| Branislav Ivkovic | SNS | 12.672 | 0.4 |
| Ljiljana Arandjelovic | JS | 10.246 | 0.3 |
| Marjan Risticevic | NSS | 9.513 | 0.3 |
| Dragan Djordjevic | SDS | 5.193 | 0.2 |
| Zoran Milinkovic | PD | 5.030 | 0.2 |
| Mirko Jovic | NRS | 4.288 | 0.1 |
| Total | 6,532,263 | 3,117,339 | 47.6 |
Second round
The second round took place on Sunday 27 June 2004.
Boris Tadic got the support of G17 Plus, Nova Srbija, SPO, Bogoljub Karic and Democratic Party of Serbia.
Technical information
| Registered Voters | 6,532,940 | 100% |
| Total | 3,159,194 | 48.7% |
| Valid | 3,115,596 | 98.7% |
| Invalid | 42,975 | 1.3% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Boris Tadić | Democratic Party | 1,681,528 | 53.2 |
| Tomislav Nikolić | Serbian Radical Party | 1,434,068 | 45.4 |
| Total | 6,532,940 | 3,180,682 | 48.7 |
Boris Tadić became the new President of Serbia.
External links
- Serbian Electoral Commission (http://www.rik.parlament.sr.gov.yu/index_e.htm)
- Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (http://www.cesid.org/english/)
- Boris Tadic campaign (http://www.boristadic.org/)
- Tomislav Nikolic campaign (http://www.srs.org.yu/izbori/izbori.htm)