Serbian presidential election, January 20 and February 3

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Candidates:

Boris Tadić, incumbent, Democratic Party (centre-left)
Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian Radical Party (far-right nationalist; the SRS leader Vojislav Šešelj is in the Hague)
Čedomir Jovanović, Liberal Democratic Party (centre-left liberal)
Milutin Mrkonjić, Socialist Party (left-wing socialist, Milosevic's party IIRC)
Ištvan Pastor, Magyar Coalition (Vojvodina Hungarians)
Milanka Karić, Serbian Strength Movement (right-wing conservatives)
Velimir Ilić, New Serbia (centre-right Christian democrats etc.)
Jugoslav Dobričanin, Reformist Party (??)
Marjan Rističević, People's Peasant Party (co-operates with a monarchist party)

Polls:
Strategic Marketing & Media Research Institute November 7:
Tadic 38%
Nikolic 23%
Jovanovic 3%
Non-candidates as of now 8%
Tadic wins 56-44 in runoff

Factor Plus December 12:
Tadic 36.5%
Nikolic 31.8%
Jovanović 8.5%
Ilić 6%

No runoff data

2004 election

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Tomislav Nikolić 30,2%
Jugoslav Dobričanin 1,2%
Boris Tadić 22,7%
Velimir Ilić 3,6%
Ištvan Pastor 4,2%
Marijan Rističević 1,0%
Čedomir Jovanović 17,3%
Milutin Mrkonjić 15,9%
Milanka Karić 3,9%

Hopefully the Nazis loose. updated my sig with who I support. C'mon Tadic!

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At 17:00

Central Serbia without Belgrade 48,1 %
Belgrade 46,2 %
Vojvodina 49,9 %
Kosovo and Metohija 41,5 %
Serbia total 48,1 %

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Why exactly did Nikolic receive 72% of the Kosovo vote in the 2004 Presidential Runoff ?

Only Serbs were voting?

Yes, Albanians boycotted it in 2004 IIRC, I think they won't this time.

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BELGRADE --  Tomislav Nikolić has won 39.4 percent in today's presidential vote, followed by Boris Tadić's 35.4 percent.

These are CeSID's first preliminary results, which show that Nikolić's approximately 1,600,000 votes, and 1.450,000 ballots that went to Tadić, were not enough to produce a new president in the first round.

The preliminary turnout figures are at 60.6 percent, with some 4,060,000 eligible voters having cast their ballots.

As for other candidates that have won over 5 percent of the votes, they rank as follows: Velimir Ilić, 7.9 percent, Milutin Mrkonjić, 6.1 percent, Čedomir Jovanović 5.5 percent.

Now CeSID says that the February 3 second round will be a tight and "extremely interesting race."

CeSID will announce its complete preliminary results at 10:30 p.m., CET.

RIK will offer its preliminary results in a news conference scheduled for later during the night.

Voters were choosing from among nine candidates in Serbia's presidential election.

8,481 polling stations opened at 7 a.m. this morning, and closed at 8 p.m in the evening.

A total of 6,708,697 citizens were eligible to vote – 112,861 of them registered in the southern province of Kosovo.

9,178 men and women serving in the country's armed forces were also eligible to cast their ballots.

The voter tally included 37,053 Serbian citizens living abroad, and 8,201 who are currently incarcerated in the country's prisons.

The vote was the eighth since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990, but the first since Serbia once again became an independent country in 2006.

Voters were casting their ballots to choose the country's first president, the order of the candidates' names on the ballot papers determined previously in a draw.

The candidates were: Tomislav Nikolić (Serb Radical Party), Jugoslav Dobričanin (Reformist Party), Boris Tadić (Democratic Party), Velimir Ilić (New Serbia), Istvan Pastor (Hungarian Coalition), Marijan Rističević (Coalition of People's Peasant Party and United Peasant Party), Čedomir Jovanović (Liberal Democratic Party), Milutin Mrkonjić (Socialist Party of Serbia) and Milanka Karić (Force of Serbia Movement).

The Electoral Commission and the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) were monitoring the elections and holding press conferences throughout the day to report on the turnout data.

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60.6% turnout at 8PM

Boris Tadić- Democratic Party 35.4%
Tomislav Nikolić- Serbian Radical Party 39.4%
Čedomir Jovanović- Liberal Democratic Party 5.5%
Milutin Mrkonjić- Socialist Party 6.1%
Ištvan Pastor- Magyar Coalition 2.2%
Milanka Karić- Serbian Strength Movement 1%
Velimir Ilić- New Serbia 7.9%
Jugoslav Dobričanin- Reformist Party 0.3%
Marjan Rističević- People's Peasant Party 0.5%

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60.6% turnout at 8PM

Boris Tadić- Democratic Party 35.4%
Tomislav Nikolić- Serbian Radical Party 39.4%
Čedomir Jovanović- Liberal Democratic Party 5.5%
Milutin Mrkonjić- Socialist Party 6.1%
Ištvan Pastor- Magyar Coalition 2.2%
Milanka Karić- Serbian Strength Movement 1%
Velimir Ilić- New Serbia 7.9%
Jugoslav Dobričanin- Reformist Party 0.3%
Marjan Rističević- People's Peasant Party 0.5%

That sucks.

By the way, based on my knowledge of Hungarian, shouldn't it be István rather than Ištvan?

After checking, yes.

Of course, no need to despair. The Radical won the first round but of course lost the runoff. Most of other candidates will support Tadic IIRC.

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Bruno Gollnisch, the French Holocaust-denier Nazi, has congratulated Nikolić.

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60.6% turnout at 8PM

Boris Tadić- Democratic Party 35.4%
Tomislav Nikolić- Serbian Radical Party 39.4%
Čedomir Jovanović- Liberal Democratic Party 5.5%
Milutin Mrkonjić- Socialist Party 6.1%
Ištvan Pastor- Magyar Coalition 2.2%
Milanka Karić- Serbian Strength Movement 1%
Velimir Ilić- New Serbia 7.9%
Jugoslav Dobričanin- Reformist Party 0.3%
Marjan Rističević- People's Peasant Party 0.5%

That sucks.

By the way, based on my knowledge of Hungarian, shouldn't it be István rather than Ištvan?

After checking, yes.

Of course, no need to despair. The Radical won the first round but of course lost the runoff. Most of other candidates will support Tadic IIRC.

I'm not so sure about that. The Socialists and New Serbia are both ultra-nationalist, too, aren't they?

New Serbia is "national conservative" according to Wiki.

But yes, the Socialists are ultranationalist, it was Milosevic's party.

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I'd say 51-49 for Tadic.

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50,5% at 17:00

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Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

I'd assume Uncommitted means None of these Candidates, like they had in Russia and Ukraine (?)

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Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

I'd assume Uncommitted means None of these Candidates, like they had in Russia and Ukraine (?)

Seems to be more like "invalid ballots". BTW, Russia doesn't have "none of the above" line anymore.

Ah okay.

I said had BTW.

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Vojvodina is the cause of Tadic's re-election?

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It would help the Western cause to have Serbia join NATO, with eventual membership in the European Union in the not too distant future.  Any likelihood of the former happening, or is Serbia going to have to remain in its current stasis? 

Close to half of the electorate just voted for a Nazi. Guess.

And there's still a big Nazi Party representation in Parliament and there is also "not-quite-as-Nazi-but-pretty-fascist" Kostunica in government.