Serbia held local elections in a majority of its cities and municipalities (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 2 June 2024.
[citation needed] With the exception of Belgrade, the cities and municipalities of Serbia that held off-year local elections in 2021, 2022, and 2023 participated in the 2024 vote.
Among the parties of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition, the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), Serbia Centre (SRCE), and Together (Zajedno) announced a boycott in most jurisdictions, stating that no adequate guarantees were provided that the elections would be free and fair and that there was insufficient time for the situation to change.
[4] On 26 April 2024, SSP leader Dragan Đilas said that although his party would be boycotting the election in most jurisdictions, it would not discourage citizens from voting.
Ana Brnabić said on X social media platform that the SNS had set up “call centers” to contact supporters and urge them to vote.
In the election for the Belgrade city assembly, the SNS alliance won a majority of seats,[8] followed by the opposition Kreni Promeni (Go-Change).
Progressive Party parliamentarian Dušan Stojiljković appeared in the thirty-fourth position on the list and, while not initially elected, received a replacement mandate on 14 August 2024.
[61] Živorad Milosavljević of the Progressive Party, the longest continuously serving mayor in Serbia, was confirmed for his eleventh consecutive term in office on 11 July 2024.
[62] Results of the election for the municipal assembly of Stari Grad: Ten of the twenty-three candidates elected on the We Choose Stari Grad list were endorsed by the Green–Left Front, six by the People's Movement of Serbia, three each by the Democratic Party and the Movement of Free Citizens, and one by the New Face of Serbia.
[67] Incumbent mayor Radoslav Marjanović of the Progressives was confirmed for another term in office on 31 July 2024, in a vote that was boycotted by the opposition.
[74] Three of the seven candidates elected on the We Choose Voždovac list were endorsed by the People's Movement of Serbia and two each by the Democratic Party and the Green–Left Front.
[86] Aleksandar Šešelj, the Radical Party candidate who was elected, resigned his seat on 8 July 2024, the day that the assembly convened.
[123] Twelve of the thirteen candidates elected on the Bačka Topola Tomorrow list were endorsed by the Serbian Progressive Party.
[124] One candidate each elected on the Bačka Topola The Day After Tomorrow list was endorsed by the Green–Left Front, the Party of Freedom and Justice, and the People's Movement of Serbia.
[142] One candidate each on the United for Čoka list was endorsed by the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians and the People's Movement of Serbia.
[150] One candidate each elected on the Novi Kneževac Against Violence list was endorsed by the People's Movement of Serbia and the Democratic Party.
[156] Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and all eleven of the separate municipalities of the South Bačka District.
[164] Results of the election for the municipal assembly of Bačka Palanka: Nineteen of the thirty candidates elected on the Bačka Palanka Tomorrow list were endorsed by the Serbian Progressive Party, seven by the Movement of Socialists, three by the Socialist Party of Serbia, and one by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
[205] One candidate each elected on the United Opposition of Žabalj list was endorsed by the Democratic Party and the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia.
[238] Two candidates elected on the Sremska Mitrovica Against Violence list were endorsed by the Party of Freedom and Justice and the People's Movement of Serbia.
[242] Radovan Grković, the candidate elected on the I Choose the Fight for Inđija list, was endorsed by the People's Movement of Serbia.
[275] The only local election held in the Kolubara District in 2024 was in the city of Valjevo, where the Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won a majority victory.
[300] Incumbent mayor Predrag Milanović, who was the list bearer for Svilajnac Tomorrow and previously led his own citizens' group, was confirmed for another term in office on 7 August 2024.
Healthy Serbia leader Milan Stamatović led his coalition to a majority victory in Čajetina, and in Sjenica the Justice and Reconciliation Party formed government with the Progressive alliance.
The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won the city election in Niš and formed government under extremely contentious circumstances.
The United Peasant Party won in its home base of Svrljig and afterward formed a coalition government with the Progressives.
The combined opposition forces won a majority victory in the Niš municipality of Medijana and formed government with a representative of Dragan Milić's political group in the role of mayor.
As of 2024, Medijana is the only municipality in Serbia with a majority Serb population where the local government is formed by parties opposed to the Progressives at the republic level.
[343] Seven of the ten candidates elected on the We Choose Niš list were endorsed by the People's Movement of Serbia, although not all were party members.
After the repeat vote, the election commission announced that the combined opposition won 16 seats as against 11 for the SNS coalition: Nine of the eleven candidates elected on the Medijana Tomorrow list were endorsed by the Serbian Progressive Party, and one each was endorsed by the Socialist Party of Serbia and United Serbia.