Politics of Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and second largest city in Serbia.

The edict of empress Maria Theresa of Austria that made Novi Sad a royal free city was proclaimed on February 1, 1748.

In various languages it was written as: Neoplantae (Latin), Neusatz (German), Újvidék (Hungarian), and Novi Sad (Serbian).

Administrative significance of the city highly increased in 1918, when it became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

After the war, administrative significance of Novi Sad increased again and it became the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina within People's Republic of Serbia and new socialist Yugoslavia.

From 1980 to 1989, city was divided into seven urban municipalities: Stari Grad, Podunavlje, Liman, Slavija, Petrovaradin, Detelinara and Sremski Karlovci.

The executive branch is headed by the Mayor of Novi Sad City, who is elected by direct popular vote.

The City's second mayor elected by direct popular vote in September 2004 was Maja Gojković, who is also the only female yet to be the major political figure of Novi Sad.

The Assembly monitors performance of city agencies and makes land use decisions as well as legislating on a variety of other issues.

Like other cities in Serbia, Novi Sad doesn't have direct elections for municipality parliaments.

According to the proposal of the Serbian Renewal Movement party, there should be six more municipalities besides Novi Sad and Petrovaradin.

[5] Both municipalities, Petrovaradin and Novi Sad, are divided into local communities (Serbian: Mesne zajednice / Месне заједнице).

The City Hall - Office of the mayor. Built in 1894 according to the project of architect Molnár György .
Building of the City Assembly of Novi Sad. Built in 1960 according to the project of architect Sibin Djorđević. [ 1 ]
Urban municipalities of Novi Sad, 1980-1989.
Mayor office written in four official languages used in the City of Novi Sad ( Serbian , Hungarian , Slovak , and Rusyn )
Since 2002, Novi Sad is divided into two urban municipalities;
Novi Sad urban municipality
Petrovaradin urban municipality
Map of municipalities and settlements of the City of Novi Sad
Map of local communities in urban part of Novi Sad