A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2010. These were not part of the country's regular cycle of local elections but were instead held in certain jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2006.
All local elections in 2010 were held under proportional representation. The Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five percent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.
Results
Vojvodina Odžaci Local elections were held in Odžaci on 24 January 2010."Vanredni izbori u Odžacima", Danas, 28 October 2009, accessed 19 February 2022. The local assembly had become dysfunctional in the previous sitting, after the Socialist Party of Serbia withdrew its support from an administration led by the Serbian Radical Party."Vanredni izbori u Odžacima u nedelju", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 19 January 2010, accessed 19 February 2022.J. Jorgačević, "Za evropske Odžake", Vreme, 28 January 2010, accessed 19 February 2022. Veroljub Marković of the Democratic Party led a provisional administration prior to the vote.L. Valtner and Đ. Kukić, "Borba za poslednje uporište radikala", Danas, 21 January 2010, accessed 19 February 2022.
Predrag Cvetanović of the Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election."Predrag Cvetanović izabran za predsednika opštine Odžaci", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 19 March 2010, accessed 19 February 2022. He stood down in 2012 after being elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina and was replaced by Izabela Serić from the same party."Izabela Šerić iz DS na čelu opštine Odžaci", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 11 July 2012, accessed 19 February 2022.
Central Serbia Aranđelovac Elections were held in Aranđelovac on 25 April 2010, with repeat voting in some communities on 2 May 2010. The municipality's previous mayor, Radosav Švabić of the Serbian Radical Party, had been arrested in June 2009, and the assembly had not sat for several months before the local government was dissolved in November."Smena vlasti u Aranđelovcu", Vreme, undated , accessed 13 March 2022. Vlada Gajić of the Democratic Party led a provisional administration prior to the vote."PRINUDNA UPRAVA U ARANĐELOVCU", Vesti (Source: Glas javnosti), 3 December 2009, accessed 13 March 2022.
Vlada Gajić of the Democratic Party was confirmed as mayor after the election. He was replaced by Bojan Radović of the Progressive Party in August 2012."Aranđelovac bira novu vlast", B92, 29 August 2012, accessed 13 March 2022.
The leader of the "Aranđelovac in Belgrade–Movement for the Development of Serbia" list was Zoran Zečević, who would later be elected to the national assembly as a member of the far-right Serbian Party Oathkeepers."Blok oko DS formira vlast u Aranđelovcu", Radio Television of Serbia, 25 April 2010, accessed 14 September 2022.Službeni Glasnik (Opštine Aranđelovac), Volume 3 Number 19 (16 April 2010), p. 16.
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