2004 Serbian presidential election

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13 June 2004 (first round)
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Turnout

48.35 (

9.56 pp)


Candidate	Boris Tadić	Tomislav Nikolić
Party	DS	SRS
Popular vote	1,681,528	1,434,068
Percentage	53.97%	46.03%

Results by district
Tadić: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Nikolić 50–60% 60–70%

President before election

Predrag Marković (acting)
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Elected President

Boris Tadić
DS

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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on Sunday, 27 June. Boris Tadić, the pro-western Democratic Party's candidate, was the eventual victor with 54% of the vote.

Candidates

Boris Tadić, Democratic Party (advanced to second round)
Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian Radical Party (advanced to second round)

The surprise of this election was the success shown by one of the wealthiest businessmen in Serbia, Bogoljub Karić. The Government's candidate, Dragan Maršićanin, finished in 4th place, which opened the question of new parliamentary elections in Serbia.

In the second round, the democratic candidate Boris Tadić gained the support of every government party as well as of Bogoljub Karić.

Results


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Tomislav Nikolić	Serbian Radical Party	954,339	30.97	1,434,068	46.03
	Boris Tadić	Democratic Party	853,584	27.70	1,681,528	53.97
	Bogoljub Karić	Citizens' Group	568,691	18.46
	Dragan Maršićanin	DSS–G17 Plus–SPO–NS	414,971	13.47
	Ivica Dačić	Socialist Party of Serbia	125,952	4.09
	Jelisaveta Karađorđević	Citizens' Group: Initiative for a More Beautiful Serbia	62,737	2.04
	Milovan Drecun	Serbian Revival	16,907	0.55
	Vladan Batić	Christian Democratic Party	16,795	0.55
	Borislav Pelević	Party of Serbian Unity	14,317	0.46
	Branislav Ivković	Socialist People's Party	13,980	0.45
	Ljiljana Aranđelović	United Serbia	11,796	0.38
	Marijan Rističević	People's Peasant Party	10,198	0.33
	Dragan Đorđević	Party of Serbian Citizens	5,785	0.19
	Mirko Jović	People's Radical Party, Serbia and Diaspora, European Blok	5,546	0.18
	Zoran Milinković	Patriotic Party of Diaspora	5,442	0.18
Total			3,081,040	100.00	3,115,596	100.00

Valid votes			3,081,040	98.78	3,115,596	98.64
Invalid/blank votes			38,047	1.22	42,975	1.36
Total votes			3,119,087	100.00	3,158,571	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			6,532,263	47.75	6,532,940	48.35
Source: RIK

References

Karić was the leader of the Strength of Serbia Movement.

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