Preliminary recommendations for improving the electoral process Serbian general election, 17 December 2023
Preliminary recommendations for improving the electoral process Serbian general election, 17 December 2023

Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Politics, Electoral systems
Published by: CeSID
Keywords: electoral process; Serbia; general election; Vojvodina parliament
Summary/Abstract: The Serbian general election was called for 17 December 2023, alongside the election for the regional Vojvodina parliament and local polls in another 65 sub-national governments. The vote came only a little over 20 months after the previous general election of April 2022. This was the sixth election since 2012 (the 2022 vote included), as well as the fourth snap poll. The election was called after a lengthy period of prevarication by the authorities, protests over two mass shootings in Belgrade and the nearby town of Mladenovac, escalating tensions in Kosovo and Metohija, and demands by opposition groups for a vote by the end of 2023. The poll was marked by confrontation and mistrust between the key stakeholders, and these disruptions continued and heightened in the aftermath of the vote, with opposition parties accusing the authorities of electoral fraud as the polling stations closed.

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