Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 24 April 2016, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election.
Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members were elected on a different four-year cycle (although local assembly elections were held in the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other cities and municipalities also did not hold local elections in 2016, for the same reason.
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes) in 2016, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.
The Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which won majority victories at the republic and provincial levels, also won most of the local elections.
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities.
The Progressive Party and its allies finished first in fourteen municipalities and ultimately formed government in all fourteen. The three municipalities that the Progressives did not win were New Belgrade, Stari Grad, and VraÃÂar. In New Belgrade, Aleksandar à  apiÃÂ's independent list placed first, and à  apiàwas confirmed for a second term as mayor. In Stari Grad, the Democratic Party and its allies won the election and formed the local government. In VraÃÂar, a multi-party coalition led by the Democratic Party narrowly defeated the Progressives, but the Progressives were able to form a government after splitting the coalition.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo:
Slobodan Bata AdamoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives, the Socialists, and Rade TanasijeviÃÂ's Accord movement.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ÃÂukarica:
Incumbent mayor SrÃÂan KolariÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-nine delegates. The local governing alliance consisted of the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka:
The DS list did not receive five per cent of all votes cast and so did not cross the electoral threshold.
Dragoljub Simonoviàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He resigned amid controversy in March 2019 and was replaced by à ½ivadinka AvramoviÃÂ.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac:
Bojan SinÃÂeliàof the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, with the support of thirty-five delegates (out of thirty-nine who attended the session). The members of the LazarevacâÂÂOut Home list were not present for the vote. Although the selection of a Progressive Party representative as mayor was expected, the choice of SinÃÂeliàwas surprising to many.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac:
Vladan Glià ¡iàof the Progressive Party (not to be confused with the future parliamentarian of the same name) was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of thirty-eight delegates. The Socialist Party supported the administration.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar à  apiàwas confirmed for another term in office with the support of twenty-six out of forty-seven delegates.
Branka StamenkoviÃÂ was elected from the fourth position on the Enough Is Enough list.
Nada Kolundà ¾ija of the Democratic Party was elected from the third position on the For a Just Serbia list. She resigned her seat on 20 July 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac:
The Private Citizens of Obrenovac list did not receive five per cent of the total vote and so did not cross the electoral threshold.
Incumbent mayor Miroslav ÃÂuÃÂkoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula:
Aleksandar JoviÃÂiÃÂ of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, which the support of thirty-four delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals.
Future parliamentarian ÃÂorÃÂe TodoroviÃÂ was elected from the nineteenth position on the SNS's list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica:
Incumbent mayor Vladan KociÃÂ of the Progressive party was confirmed for a new term in office, receiving the votes of thirty delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives and the Socialists. Zoran KrasiÃÂ was elected at the head of the Radical Party list, although he resigned his mandate on 15 September 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac:
Irena Vujoviàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local coalition government included the Progressives and the Socialists. Social Democratic Party member Nenad Konstantinoviàwas elected from the lead position on the Democratic Party alliance list; parliamentarian Nataà ¡a VuÃÂkoviàwas re-elected as a Democratic Party candidate on the same list. SrÃÂan Nogo, at the time a member of Dveri, appeared in the fifth position on the Democratic Party of SerbiaâÂÂDveri list and was not elected.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot:
à ½ivorad Milosavljeviàof the Progressive Party, who had served as mayor of Sopot since 1989, was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad:
Marko BastaÃÂ, at the time a member of the Democratic Party, was chosen as mayor by a secret ballot in May 2016 with the support of thirty-eight delegates. The Socialist Party participated in the local coalition government. The Progressives and Enough Is Enough subsequently indicated they would serve in opposition.
There was some ambiguity concerning the relationship between the Serbian Radical Party and the local government. In May 2016, the Radical Party's Belgrade president Miljan Damjanoviàannounced that the Radicals would be joining the DS-led administration. The DS later denied that an agreement had been reached between the parties. Ljubià ¡a Kukolj from the Radicals was included in the municipal council that was formed on 12 May 2016, although Bastaàcontended that this followed negotiations on an individual rather than a party level. After further controversy, Kukolj withdrew from council on 26 May 2016. This notwithstanding, the Radicals gave at least unofficial support to BastaÃÂ's administration afterward.
Future parliamentarian Ugljeà ¡a Markoviàof the Socialist Party received a local assembly mandate on 29 September 2016 and served for the remainder of the term.
BastaÃÂ left the Democratic Party in December 2016 but continued to serve as mayor. He later joined the Party of Freedom and Justice in 2019 and became the president of its city board for Belgrade. He was removed from this role and the party's organization in Stari Grad was dissolved in June 2020, after BastaÃÂ chose to participate in that year's local elections in defiance of a party boycott.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of SurÃÂin:
The Movement for a Rich Municipality of SurÃÂin list did not receive five per cent of the total vote and so fell below the electoral threshold.
Stevan à  uà ¡a of the Progressive Party was subsequently chosen as mayor, with the support of twenty-two delegates.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Voà ¾dovac:
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Saviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, by a vote of thirty-nine to fifteen. The local administration was supported by the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals, as well as the Our Voà ¾dovac group (which split from the DveriâÂÂDemocratic Party of Serbia list).
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of VraÃÂar:
The Free VraÃÂar alliance did not remain united after the election, and Milan NedeljkoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor with the support of twenty-three delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressive Party, the Socialist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party of Serbia. The opposition parties boycotted the vote.
Vojin BiljiÃÂ was elected from the fifth position on the Enough Is Enough list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun:
Incumbent mayor Dejan Matiàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election. The Serbia Is Winning list formed a local coalition government with the Radical Party. Aleksandar à  eà ¡elj, who was elected to the assembly at the head of the Radical Party list, served as a member of the municipal council (i.e., the executive branch of the government) from 17 June 2016 to 27 October 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara:
Miloà ¡ Ignjatoviàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of twenty-nine delegates. The government was supported by the Socialists and the Mirijevo list.
Radmila Vasiàwas elected from the third position on the DSSâÂÂDveri list.
Aleksandra TomiÃÂ was elected from the lead position on the Progressive Party's list. She resigned her seat on 29 September 2016.
Local elections were held in the one city (Zrenjanin) and all four of the municipalities in the Central Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in Zrenjanin and SeÃÂanj and plurality victories in Novi BeÃÂej and à ½itià ¡te. An independent list won the election in Nova Crnja; the leader of the list joined the Progressive Party after the election.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin:
Incumbent mayor ÃÂedomir JanjiÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed in office after the election, with the support of the Socialists and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja:
Incumbent mayor Pera Milankov joined the Progressive Party after the election and was confirmed for another term as mayor. In 2018, he was convicted of giving and accepting bribes and given a prison sentence of one year and ten months; as the sentence was not final pending an appeal, he continued to serve as mayor. He was dismissed in June 2019 and replaced by fellow Progressive Party member Vladimir Brakus.
Attila Juhász was elected from the lead position on the VMSZ list. He resigned his seat on 18 August 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi BeÃÂej:
Saà ¡a Maksimoviàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with support from the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and members of Milovoj Vrebalov's group.
Ivica Milankov was elected from the lead position on the Radical Party's list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of SeÃÂanj:
Incumbent mayor Predrag Miloà ¡eviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He died on 15 April 2017 and was replaced by Predrag RaÃÂenoviÃÂ, also of the Progressive Party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of à ½itià ¡te:
Incumbent mayor Mitar VuÃÂureviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Subotica) and both of the municipalities in the North BaÃÂka District. The Progressive Party won plurality victories in Subotica and Mali IÃÂoà ¡, while the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was successful in BaÃÂka Topola (where the Progressives joined a coalition government after the election).
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Subotica:
Bogdan Laban of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The Progressives and their allies governed in a coalition that included the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Tomislav à ½igmanov, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, was elected from the second position on the Democratic Party's list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BaÃÂka Topola:
Incumbent mayor Gábor Kislinder of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for a new term in office after the election. The government was formed by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and the Serbian Progressive Party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali IÃÂoà ¡:
Marko LaziÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Kikinda) and all five municipalities of the North Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won a majority victory in Kikinda as well as plurality victories in ÃÂoka and Novi Kneà ¾evac, forming government in all three jurisdictions. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians won plurality victories Kanjià ¾a and Senta and in both cases formed a coalition government with the Progressives. An independent list won in Ada; its leader joined the Progressives later in the year.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kikinda:
Incumbent mayor Pavle Markov of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians participated in the city's coalition government.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ada:
Incumbent mayor Zoltán Bilicki of the For Our Municipality list was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He joined the Progressive Party in December 2016. József Tóbiás was appointed to the municipal council after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ÃÂoka:
Stana ÃÂember of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives and the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kanjià ¾a:
Róbert Fejsztámer of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor after the election. The Progressive Party participated in the local government.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Kneà ¾evac:
Radovan UveriÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Senta:
Incumbent mayor Rudolf Czegledi of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Progressive Party participated in the local government.
Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and ten of the eleven separate municipalities of the South BaÃÂka District. The exception was Vrbas, which was on a different four-year electoral cycle at the time.
The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Nià ¡, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.
The Progressive Party and its allies placed first in all cities and municipalities that held elections, and members of the Progressive Party were subsequently chosen as mayors in all jurisdictions.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad:
Incumbent mayor Miloà ¡ VuÃÂeviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for a second term in office after the election, by a vote of fifty-two to twenty-two (with four invalid votes). The government was supported by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the League of Social Democrats.
Milorad MirÃÂiÃÂ, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected to the assembly from the second position on the Radical Party list. Future parliamentarian Mirka LukiÃÂ Ã Â arkanoviÃÂ was elected from the third position on the Socialist Party's list. Parliamentarian Nada LaziÃÂ received the fifteenth position on the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina list and was not elected.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BaÃÂ:
Incumbent mayor Dragan Staà ¡eviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He was replaced by Borislav Antoniàof the same party on 10 October 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BaÃÂka Palanka:
Branislav à  uà ¡nica of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BaÃÂki Petrovac:
SrÃÂan SimiÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BeÃÂej:
Incumbent mayor Vuk Radojeviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-eight of the thirty-three delegates who were present. He was replaced later in the year by Dragan Toà ¡iàof the same party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BeoÃÂin:
Mitar MilinkoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran:
Neà ¡ko ÃÂestiàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced by his party colleague Radivoj Paroà ¡ki on 6 July 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci:
Nenad MilenkoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin:
Incumbent mayor ÃÂuro à ½iga of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Titel:
Dragan Boà ¾iàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2013, and the next election took place in 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of à ½abalj:
Incumbent mayor ÃÂedomir Boà ¾iàand his independent group joined the Progressives after the election, and Boà ¾iàwas confirmed for another term in office.
Local elections were held in the two cities (PanÃÂevo and Vrà ¡ac) and five of the six other municipalities of the South Banat District. The exception was Kovin, where the previous election had been held in 2013 and the next election was held in 2017. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions that held elections except Vrà ¡ac and Bela Crkva, where they won plurality victories. In all jurisdictions that held elections, the Progressive Party emerged as the dominant party in the local government.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of PanÃÂevo:
Incumbent mayor Saà ¡a Pavlov of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Marinika TepiÃÂ was elected from the lead position on the list of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. She was also elected to the national assembly and resigned her seat in the local parliament on 4 July 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Alibunar:
Incumbent mayor Predrag Beliàof the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He was replaced by Duà ¡an Dakiàof the same party in July 2018.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bela Crkva:
Incumbent mayor Darko BogosavljeviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of KovaÃÂica:
Milan Garaà ¡eviàof the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
There was no municipal election in Kovin in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2013, and the next election took place in 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Opovo:
Zoran TasiÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Plandià ¡te:
Jovan Repac of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Vrà ¡ac:
Dragana MitroviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Sremska Mitrovica) and five of the other six municipalities in the Srem District. The exception was PeÃÂinci, where the most recent local election had taken place in 2014. In all jurisdictions that held elections, the Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won the elections and formed government.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Sremska Mitrovica:
Vladimir PetkoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He resigned in September 2016 and was replaced by Vladimir Sanader of the same party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of InÃÂija:
Vladimir Gak of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Irig:
Incumbent mayor Stevan Kazimiroviàof the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The local government consisted of the Progressive Party's alliance, the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Zoran Kneà ¾eviÃÂ's group, and the Movement of Socialists.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of PeÃÂinci in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2014, and the next election took place in 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ruma:
Incumbent mayor SlaÃÂan ManÃÂiÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Aleksandar MartinoviÃÂ was elected from the lead position on the Progressive Party's list and led the party's assembly group in the term that followed.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of à  id:
Predrag VukoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stara Pazova:
Incumbent mayor ÃÂorÃÂe RadinoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Sombor) and two of the other three municipalities in the West BaÃÂka District. The exception was Odà ¾aci, where the most recent local election had taken place in 2013. The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won the elections and formed government in all jurisdictions that held elections.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Sombor:
Duà ¡anka Goluboviàof the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. Parliamentarian à ½ika Gojkoviàwas elected to the assembly from the first position on the SPO list; he resigned his seat on 22 June 2016.
Future parliamentarian Emese ÃÂri appeared in the sixth position on the list of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Parliamentarian Zlata ÃÂeriÃÂ led the New Serbia list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Apatin:
Radivoj Sekuliàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced by Milan à  krbiàof the same party in January 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kula:
Perica VidekanjiÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He stood down in May 2018 and was replaced by Velibor MilojiÃÂiÃÂ, who in turn resigned in September of the same year, prompting new local elections. After resigning, MilojoÃÂiÃÂ served as leader of a provisional administration.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Odà ¾aci in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2013, and the next election took place in 2017.
Local elections were held in both cities (i.e., à  abac and Loznica) and all six municipalities of the MaÃÂva District. In à  abac, the Serbian Progressive Party won a narrow victory over an alliance led by incumbent mayor Nebojà ¡a Zelenoviàof Together for Serbia, but Zelenoviàwas subsequently able to form a coalition government with support from other parties, giving the opposition parties a rare victory.
The Progressives and their allies won majority victories in Loznica, Koceljeva, Krupanj, and Vladimirci. In Mali Zvornik, they formed a coalition government after falling one seat short of a majority.
The Socialist Party of Serbia narrowly won the election in BogatiÃÂ and afterward formed a coalition government that included the Progressives. In Ljubovija, the Socialists won a plurality victory, but the Progressives formed government in an alliance with an independent list, and the Socialists served in opposition. While the parties were aligned at the republic level during this time, the Progressives and Socialists were the principle rivals for power in some municipalities of the MaÃÂva District.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of à  abac:
Incumbent mayor Nebojà ¡a ZelenoviÃÂ's à  abac Is Ours coalition formed an alliance with the Victory for à  abac movement after the election, and Zelenoviàwas re-elected as mayor. Two delegates from United Serbia also supported the administration.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BogatiÃÂ:
Incumbent mayor Nenad Beserovac of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Koceljeva:
Incumbent mayor Duà ¡an IlinÃÂiàof the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen for a new term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Krupanj:
Ivan IsailoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ljubovija:
Milovan KovaÃÂeviÃÂ, a former Socialist who was elected on the For a Just Ljubovija list, was chosen as mayor after the election. Despite winning the election, the Socialists served in opposition when the assembly convened, along with the Radicals.
Sreto PeriÃÂ, who appears to have led the Radical Party's list, served in the municipal assembly for the term that followed.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Loznica:
Incumbent mayor Vidoje PetroviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen for a new term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Zvornik:
Incumbent mayor Zoran JevtiÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vladimirci:
Incumbent mayor Milorad MilinkoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election. In August 2016, a new coalition was reported to have come to power without the Progressives, with Dragan SimeunoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia in the role of mayor. The Progressives refused to cede power, leading to a situation in which both sides claimed to be the legitimate government of the municipality. Ultimately, the Progressives remained in power, and MilinkoviÃÂ continued to serve as mayor.
Local elections were held in the one city (ÃÂaÃÂak) and two of the three other municipalities in the Moravica District. The Progressive Party and its allies were successful in all three of the jurisdictions that held elections.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of ÃÂaÃÂak:
Milun TodoroviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor following the election, with the support of forty-six delegates. Biljana RubakoviÃÂ, who briefly served in the national assembly, was elected from the third position on Dveri's list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Gornji Milanovac:
Dejan KovaÃÂeviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ivanjica:
Zoran LazoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Future parliamentarian Milovan Jakovljeviàof Dveri appeared in the second position on the combined Democratic Party of SerbiaâÂÂDveri list.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of LuÃÂani in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2014, and the next election took place in 2018.
Local elections were held in the one city (Jagodina) and all five other municipalities of the Pomoravlje District. United Serbia won a majority victory in its home base of Jagodina in an alliance with the Socialist Party of Serbia. The Progressive alliance won majority victories in ÃÂuprija and Despotovac, and it was ultimately able to form a stable coalition government in Rekovac as well.
The Democratic Party won and formed government in ParaÃÂin, and an independent list won and formed government in Svilajnac.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Jagodina:
Incumbent mayor Ratko StevanoviÃÂ of United Serbia was elected from the fourth position on his party's list was confirmed afterward for another term in office.
United Serbia leader Dragan MarkoviÃÂ Palma was re-elected from the lead position on his party's list and was appointed afterward for a new term as speaker of the city assembly. Petar PetroviÃÂ was re-elected from the second position on the list and appointed for a new term as deputy speaker.
à ½ivota StarÃÂeviàwas re-elected to the assembly from the eighth position on the United Serbia list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ÃÂuprija:
Incumbent mayor Ninoslav EriÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Despotovac:
Nikola NikoliÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ParaÃÂin:
Incumbent mayor Saà Âa Paunoviàof the Democratic Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He left the party in early 2020 and served as an independent.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rekovac:
Pavle MijajloviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of seventeen delegates. The government initially consisted of the Progressives (whose ranks had expanded after the vote via flyovers) and the Social Democratic Party. This administration fell after only thirty-two days, and a new government was briefly formed in June 2022 by the Socialist Party of Serbia, United Serbia, and the Democratic Party; Predrag ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor. This administration, too, fell shortly thereafter, and Aleksandar ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ of the Progressives was chosen as mayor in July 2016, leading a coalition government with United Serbia.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Svilajnac:
Incumbent mayor Predrag MilanoviÃÂ was confirmed for another term in office after the election, leading a coalition government that comprised his own independent list and the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Gorica GajiÃÂ of the Democratic Party of Serbia appeared in the lead position on her party's coalition list with Dveri. The list received 4.99% of the total votes cast in the municipality (including invalid votes) and thereby missed the electoral threshold by the narrowest of margins.
Local elections were held in the one city (Kruà ¡evac) and all five other municipalities of the Rasina District. The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won a majority victory in Kruà ¡evac; the Progressive alliance also won plurality victories in Trstenik and Varvarin, and in each case formed government afterward.
Milutin JeliÃÂiÃÂ led New Serbia to a majority victory in Brus; he joined the Progressive Party in 2017. Jugoslav Stajkovac's independent list won a majority victory in Aleksandrovac; when he retired in 2019, he was replaced by a member of the Progressive Party.
The only municipality where the Progressives did not hold power by 2020 was ÃÂiÃÂevac, where Zlatan KrkiÃÂ's independent group had won a majority victory.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kruà ¡evac:
Incumbent mayor Dragi NestoroviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He died on 21 October 2017. On 25 December 2017, Jasmina PaluroviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as his successor.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Aleksandrovac:
Incumbent mayor Jugoslav Stajkovac was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He retired in March 2019 and was replaced by Mirko MihajloviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Brus:
Incumbent mayor Milutin JeliÃÂiÃÂ of New Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. In August 2017, he joined the Serbian Progressive Party.
JeliÃÂiàannounced his resignation as mayor on 1 March 2019 after being charged with sexual harassment. He was replaced by Saà Âa Miloà ¡eviÃÂ, also of the Progressive Party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ÃÂiÃÂevac:
Incumbent mayor Zlatan KrkiÃÂ was confirmed for another term in office after the election, leading an administration that included his own independent list and New Serbia.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Trstenik:
Aleksandar ÃÂiriÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, leading an administration that also included the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Serbian Renewal Movement.
Miroslav AleksiÃÂ, who had served as mayor in the previous term, was re-elected to the assembly at the lead of the Together With the People coalition list. In 2017, he allowed his People's Movement of Serbia to be reconstituted as the People's Party under Vuk JeremiÃÂ's leadership and became a vice-president of the new party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Varvarin:
Vojkan PaviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of twenty-six delegates.
Local elections were held in the two cities (Kraljevo and Novi Pazar) and the three other municipalities of the Raà ¡ka District. The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won in the predominantly Serb municipalities of Kraljevo, Raà ¡ka, and VrnjaÃÂka Banja. The Sandà ¾ak Democratic Party won in the predominantly Bosniak city of Novi Pazar, while the Party of Democratic Action of Sandà ¾ak won in Tutin, also a predominantly Bosniak community.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kraljevo:
Predrag TerziÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
United Serbia parliamentarian Marija JevÃÂiÃÂ was re-elected to the city assembly from the third position on the Socialist-led list.
Vesna NikoliÃÂ VukajloviÃÂ was elected from the lead position on the Radical Party's list.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Pazar:
Nihat Bià ¡evac of the Sandà ¾ak Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Parliamentarian Enis ImamoviÃÂ was elected from the lead position on the SDA list. He resigned on 27 June 2016.
Candidates elected on the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandà ¾ak list included Chief Mufti Muamer Zukorlià(#1 on the list), party leader Jahja Fehratovià(#2), Misala Pramenkovià(#3), and Amela LukaàZoranià(#6).
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Raà ¡ka:
Incumbent mayor Ignjat RakitiÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Tutin:
Incumbent mayor à  emsudin KuÃÂeviàof the Party of Democratic Action of Sandà ¾ak was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He died in a car accident in October 2017. The following month, the assembly chose Kenan Hot, also of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandà ¾ak, as his replacement.
Bajro Gegiàwas elected from the second position on the Party of Democratic Action of Sandà ¾ak list. Zaim Redà ¾epoviàwas elected from the second position on the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandà ¾ak list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of VrnjaÃÂka Banja:
Incumbent mayor Boban ÃÂuroviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Kragujevac) and five of the six other municipalities of the à  umadija District. The exception was AranÃÂelovac, where the last election had been held in 2014.
The Progressives and their allies won plurality victories in Kragujevac, BatoÃÂina, and KniÃÂ and formed government in all three communities. In Topola, an alliance led by the Progressives and New Serbia won a majority victory. The Serbian Renewal Movement won a narrow plurality victory in Lapovo and formed a coalition government with the Progressives; a member of the Serbian Renewal Movement initially served as mayor but was replaced by a Progressive Party member in 2017.
The Social Democratic Party won a narrow victory in RaÃÂa; shortly after the election, the party's entire elected membership joined the Progressives.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Kragujevac:
Incumbent mayor Radomir NikoliÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
The local party New Strength (Nova Snaga) contested the election on the list of the Social Democratic Party. Party leader and future parliamentarian Nikola Neà ¡iàreceived the seventh position on the SDS's list; he was not immediately elected, but he received a mandate on 6 June 2016 as the replacement for another member.
Future parliamentarian SlaÃÂana RadisavljeviÃÂ of the Democratic Party of Serbia appeared in the third position on that party's combined list with Dveri.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of AranÃÂelovac in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2014, and the next took place in 2018.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BatoÃÂina:
Zdravko MladenoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of KniÃÂ:
Zoran ÃÂoroviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He resigned in July 2018 and was replaced by Miroslav NikoliÃÂ of the same party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lapovo:
Saà ¡a Ivkoviàof the Serbian Renewal Movement was chosen as mayor after the election, in an alliance with the Progressive Party. The Serbian Renewal Movement split in 2017, and Ivkoviàand his assembly group joined the breakaway Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia. He stood down as mayor on 21 September 2017 and was replaced by Boban MiliÃÂiàof the Progressive Party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of RaÃÂa:
Nenad SavkoviÃÂ of the Social Democratic Party was chosen as mayor after the election. Shortly thereafter, the Social Democratic Party's entire municipal board (including SavkoviÃÂ) resigned its membership. They later joined the Progressives.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Topola:
Incumbent mayor Dragan à ½ivanoviàof New Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. Dragan Jovanoviàwas chosen as speaker of the assembly.
New Serbia split in early 2017, Jovanoviàformed a new party called Better Serbia. à ½ivanoviàsided with Jovanoviàand became a member of the party.
Local elections were held in the one city (i.e., Uà ¾ice) and eight of the nine separate municipalities of the Zlatibor District. The exception was KosjeriÃÂ, where the previous local election had taken place in 2013.
The Serbian Progressive Party's coalition won majority victories in Uà ¾ice and Priboj as well as plurality victories in Arilje, Bajina Baà ¡ta, Nova Varoà ¡, Poà ¾ega, and Prijepolje; in all of these municipalities, Progressive Party delegates were chosen as mayor. Milan Stamatoviàof the Serbian People's Party led his alliance to a majority victory in ÃÂajetina, and the Party of Democratic Action of Sandà ¾ak won in Sjenica.
The city of Uà ¾ice is divided into two municipalities: Uà ¾ice and Sevojno. The municipality of Uà ¾ice does not have direct assembly elections: members of the city assembly also serve at the municipal level. Delegates to the Municipal Assembly of Sevojno are elected, although there was no election in 2016; the previous vote had taken place in 2014.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Uà ¾ice:
Incumbent mayor Tihomir PetkoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Sevojno in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2014, and the next election took place in the 2018.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Arilje:
Incumbent mayor Zoran Todoroviàof the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He resigned in September 2018 and was replaced by Miloà ¡ Nedeljkoviàof the same party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bajina Baà ¡ta:
Incumbent mayor Radomir FilipoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election with the support of thirty-seven delegates.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of ÃÂajetina:
Incumbent mayor Milan StamatoviÃÂ of the Serbian People's Party (SNP) was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He left the SNP in 2017 and founded the Healthy Serbia party.
Bojana Boà ¾aniàof the Serbian People's Party was elected to the assembly from the third position on the SNP's coalition list. She resigned her seat on 9 May 2016.
Future parliamentarian ÃÂorÃÂe DabiÃÂ was elected from the fourth position on the Progressive Party's list.
There was no municipal election in KosjeriÃÂ in 2016. The previous election had taken place in 2013, and the next election took place in 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Varoà ¡:
Branko Bjeliàof the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was supported by the Progressive alliance, the Sandà ¾ak Democratic Party (SDP), and the Socialist Party of Serbia. A Progressive delegate later defected to the opposition, and in September 2016 a new administration was formed with Radosav Vasiljeviàas mayor. VasiljeviÃÂ's administration was supported by his own citizens' group, the Democratic Party, and New Serbia.
VasiljeviÃÂ formed a new coalition with the Progressives in 2017.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Poà ¾ega:
Incumbent mayor Milan Boà ¾ic of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He was removed from office in June 2019 after being arrested and was replaced by ÃÂorÃÂe Nikitoviàof the same party.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Priboj:
Incumbent mayor Lazar RvoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. Incumbent delegate and future parliamentarian Dijana RadoviÃÂ was elected from the third position on the Socialist list; she resigned her position on 15 June 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Prijepolje:
Dragoljub ZindoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of twenty-five delegates.
Samir Tandir of the Bosniak Democratic Union of Sandà ¾ak was elected from the lead position on the BDZ Sandà ¾akâÂÂLDP list. Sabira Hadà ¾iavdiàof the same party was elected from the third position on the list. Hadà ¾iavdiàresigned from the municipal assembly on 12 October 2016 after being appointed as acting director of the municipality's Center for Social Work.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sjenica:
Incumbent mayor Hazbo MujoviÃÂ of the Party of Democratic Action was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Minela Kalender, the incumbent deputy mayor, was elected to the assembly from the third position on the Party of Democratic Action's list. She resigned on 30 May 2016 after being appointed as a member of the municipal council. Her term in the latter body appears to have been brief; she attended its inaugural meeting on 9 June 2016, but by September 2016 she was no longer listed as a member.
Local elections were held for the City Assembly of Nià ¡, the assemblies in all five of Nià ¡'s constituent municipalities, and the assemblies in all six of the Nià ¡ava District's other municipalities.
The Progressive Party and its allies won all of the elections in Nià ¡. Outside the city, the results were mixed. The Progressives were successful in Aleksinac and Doljevac, and a coalition of the Progressives and United Peasant Party won in Svrljig. The Progressives also won the election in Meroà ¡ina, although local divisions in the party led to an unstable governing alliance in the years that followed. The Socialists won Gadà ¾in Han, and incumbent mayor Dobrica Stojkoviàled New Serbia to a rare majority victory in Raà ¾anj.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Nià ¡:
Darko BulatoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor following the election, with the support of forty-six delegates.
Momir Stojanoviàwas elected from the lead position on the Honestly for Nià ¡ list. He was technically a member of the Serbian Progressive Party at the time of the election, but he resigned from the party later in the year.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Crveni Krst:
Incumbent mayor Miroslav MilutinoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed in office for another term, by a unanimous vote of the delegates present.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Medijana:
Milan Krstiàof the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the "Honestly for Nià ¡" group. Krstiàresigned in September 2017 and was replaced by Nebojà ¡a KociÃÂ, who had previously left the Democratic Party to join the Progressives.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nià ¡ka Banja:
Dejan JovanoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula, Nià ¡:
Aleksandar à ½drale of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election with the support of twenty-two delegates.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Pantelej:
Bratimir VasiljeviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Aleksinac:
Incumbent mayor Nenad StankoviÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Doljevac:
Incumbent mayor Goran LjubiÃÂ of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Gadà ¾in Han:
Incumbent mayor Saà ¡a ÃÂorÃÂeviàof the Socialist Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of the Democratic Party. He stood down in March 2019 following a recalibration of political forces in the community; his replacement was Marija CvetkoviÃÂ, a former Socialist who had joined the Progressives.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Meroà ¡ina:
There were several changes in the municipal administration of Meroà ¡ina between 2016 and 2020, amid ongoing divisions in the ranks of the Serbian Progressive Party's local organization.
Sanja Stajiàof the Progressives was chosen as mayor after the election. She was replaced by fellow Progressive Saà ¡a Jovanoviàin February 2018. The administration was reshuffled in May 2018, and Bojan Neà ¡iàwas chosen as the municipality's new mayor â Neà ¡iàhad been elected on the "Naprednjaci" list, which by this time had affiliated itself with the Socialist Party. The "Naprednjaci" group later merged into the Progressives. In September 2018, Neà ¡iàresigned as mayor and Jovanoviàreturned to office. The municipal assembly was ultimately dissolved in August 2019, and Sanja Stajiàwas named as president of an interim administration that governed the municipality until new elections were held in 2020.
Future parliamentarian Sanja MiladinoviÃÂ was elected to the assembly from the lead position on the Democratic Party's list.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Raà ¾anj:
Incumbent mayor Dobrica StojkoviÃÂ of New Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He left the party later in the term.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Svrljig:
Incumbent mayor Jelena TrifunoviÃÂ of the United Peasant Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Local elections were held in the one city (Pirot) and the three other municipalities of the Pirot District.
In Pirot, an independent list led by incumbent mayor Vladan VasiÃÂ won a narrow victory over the Serbian Progressive Party's alliance and afterward formed a coalition government with smaller parties. The Progressives joined the government in 2017, and in early 2020 VasiÃÂ and his group collectively joined the Progressives.
In both Babuà ¡nica and Dimitrovgrad, the Progressive Party's alliance won plurality victories and became the dominant presence in the local government. In Bela Palanka, an incumbent mayor from the Social Democratic Party initially won the election, after which the results were annulled, the mayor in question joined the Progressives (taking the entire local Social Democratic Party board with him), and the Progressive alliance won a majority victory in the repeat election.
By 2020, the Progressives dominated the local governments of all four jurisdictions in the district.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Pirot:
Incumbent mayor Vladan VasiÃÂ of the Coalition for Pirot was confirmed for another term in office after the election, leading a coalition government that also included the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Social Democratic Party. In July 2017, the Serbian Progressive Party joined the governing coalition. In February 2020, VasiÃÂ and the Coalition for Pirot collectively joined the Progressives.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Babuà ¡nica:
Dragan VidanoviÃÂ from the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, leading a coalition government that also included the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Serbian Renewal Movement. VidanoviÃÂ resigned in December 2017, citing health concerns, and was replaced by SlaÃÂana NikoliÃÂ, also of the Progressives.
The initial results of the election in Bela Palanka showed the Social Democratic Party winning fourteen seats, the Serbian Progressive Party seven, the Socialist Party of Serbia five, and United Serbia two, with one seat going to a citizens' group. These elections were annulled in early May 2016 on the grounds of multiple irregularities. Shortly after the elections were annulled, the entire local board of the Social Democratic Party, led by incumbent mayor Goran MiljkoviÃÂ, joined the Progressives. In July 2016, MiljkoviÃÂ joined was appointed as leader of a provisional administration pending a new vote.
A new vote took place on 18 September 2016 and was boycotted by most opposition parties. The results were as follows:
Goran MiljkoviÃÂ was confirmed for a new term as mayor on 29 September 2016.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Dimitrovgrad:
Vladica Dimitrov of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, leading a coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia that was also supported by the Movement of Socialists.
Local elections were held in the one city (Smederevo) and the two other municipalities of the Podunavlje District. The Serbian Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all three jurisdictions.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Smederevo:
Incumbent mayor Jasna AvramoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Smederevska Palanka:
Petar MiliÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local Progressive organization subsequently experienced serious internal divisions, and in December 2016 a new coalition government was formed with Toplica PintoroviÃÂ, also of the Progressives, chosen as mayor. These divisions ultimately prevented the functioning of the local government, and in October 2017 the municipal assembly was dissolved. Nikola VuÃÂen of the Progressives was chosen as leader of a provisional government, pending new elections in 2018.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Velika Plana:
Incumbent mayor Igor MatkoviÃÂ of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Former mayor Dejan à  ulkiàof the Democratic Party of Serbia led the Our Municipality in the First Place list and was re-elected to the assembly.