2008 Serbian local elections
Negotiations between the ruling parties, the President's DS and the Premier's DSS, were trying to enact a compromise on the date of the election.
[5] The "Serb List" political of SRS, DSS, NS, SPS and several nationalist civic groups and organizations had been formed and ran in most of Vojvodina locally.
The elections were generally a victory for the For a European Serbia alliance led by the Democratic Party, which ultimately won the mayor's office in twelve municipalities.
The Radicals held the mayoralty in their historical stronghold of Zemun, and former Socialist Živorad Milosavljević's independent list retained power in Sopot.
[42] Nemanja Šarović appeared in the lead position on the Radical Party's list, although he did not take a mandate when the assembly convened.
Miljan Damjanović, who appeared in the seventh position on the Radical list, received a mandate and ultimately led the party's group in the assembly from 2008 to 2012.
[49][50] Parliamentarian Marina Raguš led the Radical Party's list, though she did not take a seat in the municipal assembly afterwards.
[61] Results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin: Incumbent mayor Goran Knežević, at the time a member of the Democratic Party, was confirmed for another term in office after the election, leading a coalition that included the League of Social Democrats, the Hungarian Coalition, and the Equality group.
[104] He remained in this role until February 2010, when shifting political alliances allowed the Democratic Party to form a new administration with Anikó Širková as mayor.
[105] Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and all eleven separate municipalities in the South Bačka District.
The Radicals initially formed government in four of the six municipalities where they won the popular vote, but they soon lost power in all four, weakened by internal divisions and by the loss of the Socialist Party as a coalition partner.
[118][119] In April 2010, the Radicals formed a new coalition with the DSS (following the defection of a For a European Serbia delegate), and Bozalo returned to office again.
[131] Two months later, a realignment of political forces in the community led to Bogdan Cvejić of the Democratic Party replacing Tešić as mayor.
[148] In November 2008, both of these groups left the Radicals and formed a new coalition led by the Democratic Party, with Branko Stajić as mayor.
The Democratic Party won the elections in Inđija, Pećinci, and Sid, and in each case led a coalition government afterward.
[152] Nedimović resigned from the Democratic Party of Serbia in March 2010 and joined the breakaway Mitrovica European Region movement.
[167][168] The repeat election was held on 9 November 2008: Goran Vuković of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor in December 2008.
[187] He left office in December 2011 when the Serbian government dissolved the local administration and set up a temporary authority led by Željko Kovač, also of the Democratic Party.
The government proved to be unstable, and the municipal assembly became dysfunctional in 2009 after the Socialists withdrew their support from Ćuk's administration.
The government of Serbia removed Ćuk as mayor in August 2009 and set up a temporary authority with Veroljub Marković of the Democratic Party as its leader.
Available online sources suggest that the second "rotation" in June 2011 did not occur as planned, and ultimately Kovačević continued serving as mayor until the end of the term.
United Peasant Party leader Milija Miletić was chosen as mayor in Svrljig and remained in office for the term that followed, excepting a three-month period in 2009–10.
The Democratic Party won plurality victories in Kraljevo and Vrnjačka Banja and, following periods of political instability in both communities, was ultimately able to form relatively stable coalition governments.
[299] On 24 April 2010, the disputed city assembly associated with Ljubiša Jovašević appointed her as director of the public company Toplana, and she was required to resign her seat once again.
[302] On 16 July 2010, after Simonović's administration was restored to power, the city assembly annulled both her appointment and subsequent dismissal.
He remained in office for a year; in December 2011, another political realignment in the municipality brought Cvetić back to power.
[312] He resigned shortly thereafter to become a deputy director in Serbia's Office for Sustainable Development of Underdeveloped Areas,[313] and Bajro Gegić of the same party was chosen as his successor.
Incumbent mayor Milan Stamatović led the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) to a majority victory in Čajetina.
[356] Prodanović was removed from office on 26 February 2009, and a provisional administration was established with Milan Štulović of the Democratic Party as its leader.
A new governing coalition came to power in December 2008, and Muriz Turković of the Sandžak Democratic Party succeeded Nuhović as mayor.
