Goran Davidović (; born 8 April 1968) is a medical doctor and former politician in Serbia. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2008 as a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS).

He is not to be confused with an ultra-right-wing Serbian figure of the same name.

Private career Davidović is a cardiologist living in Kragujevac."Borba sa infarktom je borba sa vremenom", Danas, 10 June 2020, accessed 25 March 2022. He is a professor at the University of Kragujevac Faculty of Medical Sciences."DIPLOME ZA NAJBOLJE", Glas Šumadije, 9 December 2018, accessed 25 March 2022.

Politician Davidović received the twenty-second position on the DSS's electoral list in the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (3. ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА СРБИЈЕ - ВОЈИСЛАВ КОШТУНИЦА) Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 2 July 2021. The list won fifty-three seats, and he was awarded a mandate when the assembly convened in January 2004."Skupština čeka demokrate" , Glas javnosti, 13 January 2004, accessed 27 February 2022. (From 2000 to 2011, mandates in Serbian parliamentary elections were awarded to successful parties or coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be assigned out of numerical order. Davidović's specific list position had no bearing on his chances of election.)Serbia's Law on the Election of Representatives (2000) stipulated that parliamentary mandates would be awarded to electoral lists (Article 80) that crossed the electoral threshold (Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 28 February 2017. The DSS became the dominant force in Serbia's coalition government after the election, and Davidović served as a government supporter. He was a member of the health and family committee.ДЕТАЉИ О НАРОДНОМ ДАВИДОВИЋ, ГОРАН , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 March 2022.

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors in the 2004 Serbian local elections, and Davidović was the DSS's candidate in Kragujevac. He was eliminated in the first round of voting, finishing in sixth place. The DSS won six out of eighty-seven seats in the concurrent city assembly election, and Davidović took a seat in that body.SPISAK ODBORNIKA – SKUPŠTINE GRADA KRAGUJEVCA , City of Kragujevac, accessed 11 March 2022.Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija; Lokalni Izbori 2004; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; p. 80.

The DSS formed an electoral alliance with New Serbia (Nova Srbija, NS) for the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, and Davidović appeared in the sixty-seventh position on their combined list. He was again chosen for a mandate when the list won forty-seven seats.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (5 Демократска странка Србије - Нова Србија - др Војислав Коштуница), Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed 28 December 2021.14 February 2007 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 March 2022. The DSS formed an unstable coalition government with the rival Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) after the election, and Davidović again supported the administration. He continued to serve on the health and family committee and was also a member of the committee on science and technological development and the committee on labour, veterans, and social affairs.ДЕТАЉИ О НАРОДНОМ ПОСЛАНИКУ: ДАВИДОВИЋ, ГОРАН , National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 25 March 2022.

The DS–DSS alliance broke down in early 2008, and a new parliamentary election was held in May of that year. The DSS continued its alliance with the NS, and Davidović received the fifty-first list position.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (3 Демократска Странка Србије - Нова Србија - Војислав Коштуница), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 2 July 2021. The list fell to thirty mandates, and he was not given a mandate for a third term.11 June 2008 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 March 2017.

Davidović led the DSS–NS list for the Kragujevac city assembly in the concurrent 2008 local elections and was given another local mandate when the list won six seats.Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 18 Number 12 (30 April 2008), p. 5.Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 18 Number 14 (12 May 2008), p. 14.Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 18 Number 16 (27 May 2008), p. 13. He resigned on 8 April 2009 and has not returned to political life since this time.Službeni List (Grada Kragujevca), Volume 19 Number 10 (8 April 2009), p. 3.

Electoral record Local (City of Kragujevac) + 2004 City of Kragujevac local electionMayor of Kragujevac - First and Second Round Results"Gradska izborna komisija saopštila konačne rezultate lokalnih izbora u Kragujevcu", , Glas Kragujevca, 20 September 2004, accessed 11 March 2022. "Veroljub Stevanović i zvanično izabran za gradonačelnika Kragujevca", , Glas Kragujevca, 5 October 2004, accessed 11 March 2022. Candidate Party or Coalition Votes % Votes % Veroljub Stevanović Verko Together for Kragujevac 22,032 38.59 32,610 73.72 Dragutin Radosavljević Democratic Party–Boris Tadić 9,856 17.26 11,624 26.28 Slavica Đukić Dejanović Socialist Party of Serbia 6,232 10.92 Mileta Poskurica Serbian Radical Party–Tomislav Nikolić 5,822 10.20 Dragan Bataveljić Strength of Serbia Movement–Bogoljub Karić 3,288 5.76 Goran Davidović Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica 2,899 5.08 Vladan Vučićević New Serbia 2,479 4.34 Dobrica Milovanović For Our City 2,253 3.95 Miroslav Marinković G17 Plus–Miroljub Labus 1,094 1.92 Radiša Pavlović Workers' Resistance 574 1.01 Branislav Kovačević Cole League for Šumadija 562 0.98 Total valid votes 57,091 100 44,234 100

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