1989 Serbian presidential election

The elections for the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia were the first direct elections after 1974 and the introduction of the delegate system, and they were held on 12 November 1989. Slobodan Milošević won the elections with a convincing majority, and he started performing the function of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Serbia on May 8.

1989 Serbian presidential election
12 November 1989
 
Candidate Slobodan Milošević Mihalj Kertes Zoran Pjanić
Party SKS SKS SKS
Popular vote 4,452,312 480,924 404,853
Percentage 80.36% 8.68% 7.31%
President of the Presidency before election

Slobodan Milošević
SKS

 Elected President of the Presidency

Slobodan Milošević
SKS

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As the mandate of the members of the Presidency expired at the end of 1989, it was decided that the President of the Presidency would be elected by the citizens in direct elections, while the other members of the Presidency were elected by the Assembly of SR Serbia. In addition to Milosevic, the candidates for the presidency were - Mihalj Kertes, Zoran Pjanic and Dr. Mihailo Djordjevic. Milosevic received 4,452,312 votes in the elections, 80% of the total.[1][2]

Results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Slobodan MiloševićLeague of Communists of Serbia4,452,31280.36
Mihalj KertesLeague of Communists of Serbia480,9248.68
Zoran PjanićLeague of Communists of Serbia404,8537.31
Mihailo ĐorđevićLeague of Communists of Serbia202,6273.66
Total5,540,716100.00
Total votes5,540,716–
Registered voters/turnout6,631,83983.55
Source: Martinov[3]

References
  1. "Кобно кашњење Београда док се рушио Берлински зид". Politika. 11 November 2016.
  2. "Pre 30 godina Milošević je došao na vlast". Telegraf. 6 December 2019.
  3. Zlatoje Martinov (2000) U podnožju demokratskih propileja: izbori u Srbiji, 1990–2000, p19
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