May 1992 Serbian local elections

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Local elections were held in cities and municipalities across Serbia on 31 May 1992, with a second round of voting on 14 June 1992. These elections were held concurrently with parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia and elections for the Vojvodina provincial assembly.

This was the first local election cycle held while Serbia was a constituent member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It took place during the authoritarian rule of Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Slobodan Milošević and his allies, and against the backdrop of wars in Croatia and Bosnia, the latter of which had started earlier in the year.

As with the Yugoslavian election and the Vojvodina provincial election, the local elections were boycotted by Serbia's main democratic opposition parties, although some members of these parties ran and were elected as independent candidates.[1] The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) chose to participate in the local elections on the grounds that it did not want the SPS to win by default in predominantly Hungarian areas.[2]

The elections were held under a two-round system of voting in single-member constituencies. As expected, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) won in most jurisdictions, including the capital Belgrade.

The local assemblies that were elected in May 1992 ultimately did not serve for long. Due to widespread skepticism about the legitimacy of these elections, the Serbian government called a new round of local elections for December 1992.

City of Belgrade

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