1997 Serbian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia in December 1997, following the annulment of the results of the September–October elections due to low voter turnout. The result was a victory for Milan Milutinović of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who defeated Vojislav Šešelj in the second round.

1997 Serbian presidential election

7 December 1997 (first round)
21 December 1997 (second round)
 
Candidate Milan Milutinović Vojislav Šešelj
Party SPS SRS
Popular vote 2,181,808 1,383,868
Percentage 61.19% 38.81%

President before election

Dragan Tomić (acting)
SPS

Elected President

Milan Milutinović
SPS

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan MilutinovićLeft Coalition (SPSJULND)1,665,82244.622,181,80861.19
Vojislav ŠešeljSerbian Radical Party1,227,07632.871,383,86838.81
Vuk DraškovićSerbian Renewal Movement587,77615.74
Vuk ObradovićSocial Democracy115,8503.10
Dragoljub MićunovićDemocratic Centre86,5832.32
Miodrag VidojkovićIndependent29,1800.78
Predrag VuletićLiberal Democratic Party21,3530.57
Total3,733,640100.003,565,676100.00
Valid votes3,733,64097.983,565,67696.87
Invalid/blank votes76,9112.02115,3193.13
Total votes3,810,551100.003,680,995100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,226,94752.737,225,86050.94
Source: RIK

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