2012 Serbian local elections

In line with United Nations SC Resolution 1244, the Government of the Republic of Serbia will, in cooperation with UNMIK, implement all actions necessary for the elections on the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.

[3] Some EU member states officials expressed their disagreement over the decisions to call local elections for municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija.

The United Regions of Serbia claimed the mayoralty in Obrenovac, and Živorad Milosavljević's independent list won its third consecutive victory in Sopot.

[8] On 16 September 2015, a new local administration was founded by Velibor Novićević of the Progressives in alliance with the Socialists and the Independent Democratic Party of Serbia.

[31] Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica: The Radical Party received less than five per cent of the total vote and so fell below the electoral threshold.

[58] Knežević resigned on 21 August 2012 after being appointed to a cabinet position in the government of Serbia and was replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Ivan Bošnjak.

[59] Bošnjak, in turn, resigned on 12 June 2014 after being appointed as a state secretary in the Serbian government; he was replaced by Čedomir Janjić, also of the Progressives.

[106] Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and ten of the eleven separate municipalities of the South Bačka District.

Ognjen Marković of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor; Pušara initially refused to stand down, claiming the change in government was illegal.

The local governing coalition consisted of delegates of the Progressives, the Socialists, the Democratic Party of Serbia, Dveri, and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.

[145][146] Radanov in turn resigned in June 2015 and was replaced by Saša Pavlov, who had been elected on the list of the United Regions of Serbia but was by this time a member of the Progressive Party.

Incumbent mayor Branislav Nedimović led an independent list to a second-place finish in Sremska Mitrovica and formed a new governing coalition after the election.

[191] He was removed from office in April 2014 amid shifting political alliances in the city and was replaced by Saša Todorović of the Progressive Party.

In Ljubovija, the Socialists initially governed in coalition with the Progressives, although the parties subsequently became rivals for power and control of the municipal assembly changed several times.

[205] Following a political realignment in July 2013, Savić was dismissed as mayor and replaced by Nenad Beserovac of the Socialist Party of Serbia.

Bogićević in turn resigned in November 2014, after a political realignment in which four Socialist delegates switched their affiliation to the Serbian Progressive Party.

New Serbia won an extremely narrow victory in its historical stronghold of Čačak and continued to lead a coalition government afterward.

[249] United Serbia leader and incumbent mayor Dragan Marković Palma was elected from the lead position on his party's list and was subsequently appointed as speaker of the city assembly.

The Serbian Renewal Movement likewise lost the popular vote in Varvarin but was able to remain in government under incumbent mayor Zoran Milenković.

His administration fell within days, and a new coalition was established later in the same month by the Progressives, the Socialists, the United Regions of Serbia, the For a Rich Parish group, and the Democratic Party.

[271][272] In March 2013, Stajkovac's group merged into the United Regions of Serbia and established a new assembly majority with the Progressives, the Socialists, and For a Rich Parish.

This arrangement lasted until August 2013, when Stajkovac once again returned to the mayor's office, leading a new coalition of the URS, the Democratic Party and two former Progressive delegates.

In 2015, divisions in the ranks of the local Progressive organization allowed former mayor Milutin Jeličić of New Serbia to return to office in an alliance with the Democratic Party.

The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won and formed government in the predominantly Serb municipalities of Kraljevo and Vrnjačka Banja.

Together for Šumadija leader Veroljub Stevanović affiliated with the United Regions of Serbia in this election and won a plurality victory in Kragujevac.

[323] Jovanović was in turn removed in February 2014, and Ljubomir Đurđević of United Serbia was chosen as mayor the following month in a new alliance that included the Democratic Party.

Results of the election for the City Assembly of Užice: The Dveri list did not receive five per cent of the total votes cast and so fell below the electoral threshold.

[361] Future parliamentarian Dijana Radović appeared in the sixth position on the Socialist list; she was not immediately election but received a mandate on 19 July 2012 as the replacement for another party member.

The Socialists also won the popular vote in Merošina and initially formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party and the United Regions of Serbia.

Miletić resigned in April 2014 after being elected to the National Assembly of Serbia and was replaced by fellow party member Jelena Trifunović.