Serbia
presidential elections
20/01/2008
Sources: SETimes, ElectionGuide.org, Reuters
Election Summary
Serbs headed to the polls on January 20th 2008 to vote in the presidential election. Neither incumbent President Boris Tadic nor his main opposition Serbian Radical Party (SRS) deputy leader Tomislav Nikolic received more than 50% of the vote.
According to the country's election commission, Tadic took 50.57% of the vote in the February 3rd run-off, winning a new five-year term. Nikolic won 47.7%.
Turnout was over 67% -- the highest figure recorded in a presidential election since the toppling of Slobodan Milosevic in September 2000.
Speaking to supporters in Belgrade, Tadic vowed to keep Serbia on track towards EU accession, despite the looming issue of Kosovo independence. "We won this election and I congratulate all citizens that we showed Europe what our potential really is,'' he said, adding that now is "not a time for a celebration, but a time for work".