Serbian presidential election, 1997

Serbian presidential election, 1997

December 21, 1997

Candidate Milan Milutinović Vojislav Šešelj Party SPS SRS Popular vote 2,181,808 1,383,868 Percentage 59.23% 37.57

President before election Slobodan Milošević Dragan Tomić (acting) Elected President Milan Milutinović SPS

Presidential election was held in December 1997 for the new President of the Republic of Serbia (a component state within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Results

 Summary of the 7 December and 21 December 1997 Serbian presidential election results

Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Milan Milutinović	Socialist Party of Serbia	1,665,822	43.70	2,181,808	59.23
Vojislav Šešelj	Serbian Radical Party	1,227,076	32.19	1,383,868	37.57
Vuk Drašković	Serbian Renewal Movement	587,776	15.42
Vuk Obradović	Social Democracy	115,850	3.04
Dragoljub Mićunović	Democratic Center	86,583	2.27
Miodrag Vidojković	Citizens' Group	29,180	0.77
Predrag Vuletić	Liberal-Democratic Party	21,353	0.56
Total (turnout 52.75% and 50.98%)		3,812,010	100.0	3,683,714	100.0
Registered Voters		7,226,947		7,225,860
Valid		3,733,640		3,565,676
Invalid		76,911		115,319

References

• Socialist Party of Serbia - December 1997 election