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.

December 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 59.23% 37.57%

President before election Slobodan Milošević Dragan Tomić (acting) Elected President Milan Milutinović SPS

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Milan Milutinović	Left Coalition	1,665,822	43.70	2,181,808	59.23
	Vojislav Šešelj	Serbian Radical Party	1,227,076	32.19	1,383,868	37.57
	Vuk Drašković	Serbian Renewal Movement	587,776	15.42
	Vuk Obradović	Social Democracy	115,850	3.04
	Dragoljub Mićunović	Democratic Center	86,583	2.27
	Miodrag Vidojković	Citizens' Group	29,180	0.77
	Predrag Vuletić	Liberal-Democratic Party	21,353	0.56
Invalid/blank votes			76,911	–	115,319	–
Total			3,812,010	100	3,683,714	100
Registered voters/turnout			7,226,947	52.75	7,225,860	50.98
Source: RIK

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