Assembly of Vojvodina
Provincial legislature in Serbia
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The Assembly of Vojvodina (Serbian: Скупштина Војводине, romanized: Skupština Vojvodine), formally the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (Serbian: Скупштина Аутономне Покрајине Војводине, romanized: Skupština Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine), is the legislative body of Vojvodina, an autonomous province of Serbia.
- Nemanja Zavišić, SNS
- Aleksandra Maletić, SNS
- Boris Novaković, SPS
- Milan Subotin, SNS
Assembly of Vojvodina Скупштина Аутономне Покрајине Војводине Skupština Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány Képviselőháza Zhromaždenie Autonómnej pokrajiny Vojvodina Adunarea Provinciei Autonome Voivodina Skupština Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine | |
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Coat of arms of Vojvodina | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Leadership | |
Vice-presidents |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 120 |
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Political groups | Diagram shows the Assembly as constituted in 2024; figures below show the current parliamentary groups.[1]
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method with a 3% electoral threshold See Elections in Vojvodina | |
Last election | 17 December 2023 |
Next election | By December 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Banski dvor, Banovina Palace Vladike Platona 1, Novi Sad | |
| Website | |
| skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs | |
The assembly is composed of 120 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The current assembly was elected in the 2023 Vojvodina provincial election. The assembly elects a president (speaker) who presides over the sessions, currently Bálint Juhász of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the Assembly of Vojvodina is laid down by the Constitution of Serbia and by the Statute of Vojvodina as its supreme legal act.
The Assembly of Vojvodina does not have legislative powers stricto sensu, since it only enacts decisions, resolutions, declarations and recommendations. It elects, dismisses and controls the work of the Government of Vojvodina; approves and audits the provincial budget; decides on the borrowing of the province in accordance with national law; authorises provincial referendums; ratifies agreements with sub-national territorial units of other states in accordance with national laws; elects the provincial ombudsman; enacts acts on the establishment, competences and regulation of provincial agencies and public companies; and proposes laws and other acts to the National Assembly.[2]
Organisation
President and vice-presidents
The Assembly elects a president, who convenes and chairs its sittings and represents it, and several vice-presidents. The current president is Bálint Juhász of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, elected on 25 April 2024.
| Position | Member | Party |
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| President | Bálint Juhász | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians |
| Vice-president | Nemanja Zavišić | Serbian Progressive Party |
| Vice-president | Aleksandra Maletić | Serbian Progressive Party |
| Vice-president | Boris Novaković | Socialist Party of Serbia |
| Vice-president | Milan Subotin | Serbian Progressive Party |
Parliamentary groups
| Parliamentary group | Chair | Seats | |
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| Aleksandar Vučić – Vojvodina Must Not Stop | Stanislava Hrnjak | 62 | |
| Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | Bojan Bagi | 9 | |
| Serbia Centre – Green–Left Front – Movement of Free Citizens | Mihailo Brkić | 9 | |
| NADA – New DSS and Monarchists | Branislav Ristivojević | 8 | |
| Party of Freedom and Justice | Robert Šebek | 7 | |
| Socialist Party of Serbia – United Serbia | Aleksandra Đanković | 7 | |
| People's Movement of Serbia – Ecological Uprising | Stanko Pužić | 6 | |
| Forward Vojvodina | Dejan Panić | 5 | |
| Vojvodina with Students | Daniel Kovačić | 5 | |
| Deputies not in a parliamentary group | 2 | ||
| Total | 120 | ||
Seat
The seat of the Assembly of Vojvodina is the Banovina Palace in Novi Sad, the administrative centre of Vojvodina. It is a complex of two buildings: the larger Banovina is the seat of the Government of Vojvodina, while the smaller Banski dvor is the seat of the Assembly.[4] The complex, designed by Dragiša Brašovan, was built between 1936 and 1940 in a modernist style with Art Deco and stripped classicism elements, as the administrative seat of the Danube Banovina.[5][6]