A few municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2005 for mayors, assembly members, or both. 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 term of the municipal assembly had expired.

Serbia had introduced the direct election of mayors in 2002. This practice was abandoned with the 2008 Serbian local elections, but it was still in effect in 2005, and some mayor by-elections took place during the year. The constituent municipalities of Belgrade did not have directly elected mayors, and in these jurisdictions mayors were chosen by the elected assembly members.ZAKON O LOKALNIM IZBORIMA, Lokalni Izbori 2004, B92, accessed 29 May 2021.

All assembly elections were held under proportional representation with a three per cent electoral threshold. Successful lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes, not only of valid votes.

Results

Vojvodina Bačka Palanka The Serbian Radical Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia formed a coalition government in Bačka Palanka after the 2004 election.Direktorijum lokalnih samouprava u Srbiji, Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID), September 2005, p. 28. In August 2005, the Serbian government dismissed the local administration on the grounds that the assembly had never been properly constituted and introduced a five-member temporary council pending a new local election on 18 December.Borba, 23 August 2005, p. 4. Dragan Bozalo, the municipal's directly elected mayor, was not affected by this decision and remained in office.

The results of the assembly election were:

Only parties or allies that won seats are listed.

Bečej Bečej mayor Đorđe Predin was defeated in a recall election on 12 December 2005.

A by-election to selection Predin's replacement was held in early 2006. Peter Knezi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians had previously served as deputy mayor and may have been acting mayor during the election period.

Central Serbia (excluding Belgrade) Niš Niš mayor Smiljko Kostić remained in office following a recall election on 4 December 2005.

Choice % No on recall 62.52 Yes on recall 35.95 Total valid votes 100 Source: CeSID Izjašnjavanje građana po pitanju za opoziv Gradonačelnika Niša 04.12.2004., , Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 23 December 2005, accessed 11 July 2021.

Smederevo Smederevo mayor Jasna Avramović was defeated in a recall election on 25 December 2005. The preliminary results were:

Choice Votes % Yes on recall 9,450 52.95 No on recall 8,397 47.05 Total valid votes 17,847 100 Source: CeSID Izjašnjavanje građana po pitanju za opoziv Gradonačelnika Niša 04.12.2004., , Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 23 December 2005, accessed 11 July 2021.

An election to determine her successor as mayor was held in 2006.

Preševo On Sunday, November 20, voters in the municipality of Preševo to vote on the initiative Preševo Municipal Assembly for the recall of the president of municipality Riza Halimi. Riza Halimi lost election with 53 per cent for recall and 47 against. After elections Municipal Assembly elected Ragmi Mustafa as his successor.

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