A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2017. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but instead took place in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2013.
All local elections in Serbia in 2017 were held under proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.
Results
Vojvodina Kovin An election was held in Kovin on 23 April 2017 due to the expiry of the mandate of the previous assembly elected in 2013.
Incumbent mayor Sanja Petrović was chosen for another term in office after the election, with the support of thirty-eight delegates. The Socialists participated in the local government."Kovin: Izabrana nova-stara vlast", Danas, 12 May 2017, accessed 25 June 2022. Petrović resigned as mayor in early 2020 in order to harmonize Kovin's municipal elections with Serbia's general local election cycle and was appointed as leader of a provisional administration pending the vote."Kovin dobio Privremeni organ - na čelu Sanja Petrović", 013info.rs, 25 February 2020, accessed 16 October 2020.
Odžaci An election was held in Odžaci on 23 April 2017. The previous election had been held in December 2013; sitting mayor Dušan Marijan resigned in early 2017 to harmonize the municipal election with the 2017 Serbian presidential election."PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE ODŽACI DUŠAN MARIJAN PODNEO OSTAVKU", 025 Odžaci, 25 January 2017, accessed 18 February 2022. Marijan initially led a provisional authority pending new elections; he was later replaced by Latinka Vasiljković.З. РАЈИЋ, "Еври од сваке парцеле", Novosti, 13 March 2017, accessed 18 February 2022."Латинка Васиљковић води Оџаке", Dnevnik, 15 May 2017, accessed 25 March 2021.
Latinka Vasiljković was chosen as mayor after the election.З. РАЈИЋ, "Еври од сваке парцеле", Novosti, 13 March 2017, accessed 18 February 2022. She resigned in early 2020 to harmonize Odžaci's municipal elections with Serbia's general local election cycle; Goran Nikolić was appointed as the leader of a provisional authority pending the vote."Formiran Privremeni organ opštine Odžaci" , Municipality of Odžaci, 20 February 2017, accessed 18 February 2022.
Pećinci An election was held in Pećinci on 24 December 2017, due to the resignation of Serbian Progressive Party mayor Dubravka Kovačević Subotički the previous month. Kovačević Subotički was appointed to lead a provisional administration prior to the vote."PEĆINCI: OPOZICIJA OČEKUJE KRAĐU IZBORA", Voice, 17 November 2017, accessed 17 August 2023.
Željko Trbović of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election."Željko Trbović novi predsednik Opštine Pećinci", Sremske Novine, 11 January 2018, accessed 17 August 2023. Trbović resigned in early 2020 to harmonize Pećinci's local electoral cycle with the general 2020 Serbian local elections and was appointed to lead a new provisional administration.See "Sremice u renoviranim prostorijama" , Sremske Vesti, 1 June 2020, accessed 17 August 2023.
Vrbas An election was held in Vrbas on 23 April 2017 following the resignation of Progressive Party mayor Milan Glušac earlier in the year. Vrbas had held its last local election in 2013, and the assembly's regular term in office was scheduled to expire in October 2017. Glušac said that he resigned in order to harmonize Vrbas's municipal election with the 2017 Serbian presidential election as a cost-saving measure; he served as leader of a provisional authority pending the vote."Глушац поднео оставку, локални избори заједно са председничким", Municipality of Vrbas, 25 January 2017, accessed 7 October 2021.Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 51 Number 3 (21 February 2017), pp. 42, 45.
Milan Glušac was selected for another term as mayor after the election. He announced his resignation in November 2019, withdrew his resignation shortly thereafter, and definitively resigned in early 2020. It is understood that Glušac's resignations were timed in such as way as to harmonize Vrbas's next municipal vote with Serbia's main local election cycle."Predsednici tri vojvođanske opštine po drugi put u dva meseca podneli ostavke", Voice, 28 January 2020, accessed 17 October 2024. His resignation became official on 24 February 2020, and he was once again appointed as the leader of a provisional authority pending the next local election."VOICE: Predsednik opštine Vrbas podneo ostavku, izvesni vanredni lokalni izbori", Danas, 29 November 2019, accessed 7 October 2021.ПРЕДСЕДНИК ОПШТИНЕ ВРБАС, Municipality of Vrbas, accessed 7 October 2021.
Sumadija and Western Serbia Kosjerić Elections were held for the Municipal Assembly of Kosjerić on 24 April 2017, due to the expiry of the mandate of the previous assembly elected in 2013.
Žarko Đokić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election."Žarko Đokić menja Stojanića na mestu predsednika opštine Kosjerić?", Blic, 4 May 2017, accessed 2 May 2022.
Mionica Boban Janković of the Serbian Progressive Party resigned as mayor of Mionica on 25 October 2017 and was afterward appointed to lead a provisional administration. New elections were held on 24 December 2017.B. Puzović, "Predsednik opštine Mionica podneo ostavku", Novosti, 25 October 2017, accessed 26 July 2023.
Boban Janković was again chosen as mayor after the election.Председник Општине, Municipality of Mionica, accessed 26 July 2023.
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