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 Miloà ¡eviàand 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. 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.
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.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Belgrade:
Note: Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
Results for the City Assembly of Belgrade by municipality:
Slobodanka Gruden of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Vladimir MatiÃÂ served as mayor of ÃÂukarica after the election, and Dragoljub SpasenoviÃÂ served as deputy mayor. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Jovan MamiÃÂ served as mayor of Grocka after the election. He may not have been a member of a political party; in the December 1992 Serbian local elections, he was re-elected to the Grocka municipal assembly as a Citizens' Group candidate.
Slavoljub NikoliÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor of Lazarevac after the election.
Radivoje JovanoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor of Mladenovac after the election.
Incumbent New Belgrade mayor ÃÂedomir à ½drnja, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.
Vladimir RajiÃÂ, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, served as mayor of Palilula after the election.
Slavica TanaskoviÃÂ, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, served as mayor of Rakovica after the election.
Incumbent mayor à ½ivorad Milosavljeviàof the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Nenad BogosavljeviÃÂ served as mayor of VraÃÂar after the election.
Nenad Ribar of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor of Zemun after the election.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. When the assembly convened on 25 June 1992, Ljubo SlijepÃÂeviÃÂ was chosen as mayor, while Ivanka Stanimirov became deputy mayor and Novica PavloviÃÂ was named as chair of the executive council. All were members of the Socialist Party.
When the Nova Crnja municipal assembly convened in July 1992, Ilija MediÃÂ of the Socialists was chosen as mayor. In accordance with the municipal statute, he also served as president of the executive committee.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of à ½itià ¡te:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. When the municipal assembly convened on 29 June 1992, Predrag Amià ¾iàwas chosen as mayor and Kosta Milivojeviàas deputy mayor. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia. By virtue of serving as mayor, Amià ¾iàwas also president of the executive committee.
Elections took place in all three municipalities of the North BaÃÂka District. The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) won the elections in Subotica and BaÃÂka Topola but fell short of a majority in both cases. In Subotica, the party formed a coalition government with the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, while in BaÃÂka Topola it formed an administration in cooperation with the Socialist Party of Serbia.
In Mali IÃÂoà ¡, local politician Károly Pál led a coalition of opposition parties to a majority victory. As some of the parties in the coalition were technically boycotting the election, all of its candidates ran as independents.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Subotica:
Four of the independent (Citizens' Group) candidates were endorsed by the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. When the assembly convened on 29 June 1992, incumbent mayor József Kasza of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was confirmed for a new term in office, Stanka Kujundà ¾iàof the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina became deputy mayor, and Imre Kern, elected as an independent (Citizens' Group) candidate, became president of the executive committee.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of BaÃÂka Topola:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. When the new assembly met on 29 June 1992, János Kószó of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians was chosen as mayor, independent delegate Dániel Holló as deputy mayor, and Dragià ¡a Kosanoviàof the Socialists as president of the executive council.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali IÃÂoà ¡:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. The local boards of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK), the Reform Democratic Party of Vojvodina (RDSV), the Democratic Party (DS), and the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) formed an alliance for this election. As the last two parties were technically boycotting the local elections, all candidates of the alliance ran as independents.
Károly Pál, a member of the RDSV who was elected as an independent, was chosen as mayor on 15 June 1992, defeating Mirko Popoviàof the Socialist Party by 14 votes to 11.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kikinda:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. When the municipal assembly convened on 29 June 1992, Rajko Matoviàwas chosen as mayor and à ½ivodarka Dacin was chosen as deputy mayor. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ada:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
When the assembly convened on 3 July 1992, Róbert Fajka of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK) was chosen as mayor. Miloà ¡ Cvetkoviàof the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) ran for deputy mayor but was not successful, receiving only eight votes rather than the required majority. No other members of the municipal executive were elected when the meeting was adjourned.
Ferenc Gruber was chosen as deputy mayor and János Bozsóki as executive council president when the assembly met again on 9 July 1992. Both were members of the VMDK.
Mirko Stojkov of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor of ÃÂoka after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Kanjià ¾a:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
The Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMDK), at the time the dominant party in Serbia's Hungarian community, did not participate in the local elections in Kanjià ¾a, and a large percentage of the municipality's majority Hungarian population appears to have boycotted the vote. In fifteen constituencies, no election took place because there were no candidates.
Although only seven of the eighteen elected delegates were formally endorsed by the Socialist Party, some of the independent delegates were also party members; Jovo Tomià ¡iÃÂ, the local leader of the Serbian Radical Party, was also elected as an independent. In practice, the Socialists appear to have had a working majority in the assembly. The Hungarian language newspaper Magyar Szó noted that only nine of the elected delegates were ethnically Hungarian (as based on their names), notwithstanding that Hungarians made up eighty-eight per cent of the municipality's population.
When the new assembly convened on 30 June 1992, Vladimir à  upiàof the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor. No members of the VMDK were chosen to serve on the municipal executive, a decision that was criticized in the pages of Magyar Szó.
The VMDK later participated in the December 1992 local elections in Kanjià ¾a and won a landslide majority.
Incumbent Novi Kneà ¾evac mayor Duà ¡an JanÃÂiàof the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Senta:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
When the assembly met on 3 July 1992, Gábor Tóth Horti was chosen as mayor, Rudolf Hopp as deputy mayor, and Ferenc Szà ±cs as chair of the executive committee. All were members of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Sad:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed. Vladimir DivjakoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.
Incumbent BaÃÂka Palanka mayor Ljubomir NovakoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
The first attempt at selecting a mayor, on 30 June 1992, ended in failure after three votes. The first vote was invalidated when Socialist Party candidate Miloà ¡ Straà ¾meà ¡terov received eighteen votes, Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians candidate Endre Huszágh received seventeen, and one ballot included a vote for both candidates. On the second vote, Huszágh received eighteen votes, Straà ¾meà ¡terov received seventeen, and there was one blank ballot. As a majority of votes was required, this was not sufficient for Huszágh to become mayor. On the third ballot, Husà ºagh received seventeen votes, Straà ¾meà ¡terov received fourteen, and five ballots were invalid. During this meeting of the assembly, it was noted that the Radical delegates and three of the independents were aligned with the Socialists, while the other two independents were not aligned with any group.
When the local assembly convened for a second time on 6 July 1992, Straà ¾meà ¡terov was elected as mayor with nineteen votes, as against seventeen for László Fehér of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Incumbent Sremski Karlovci mayor Pavle à  traser of the Socialist Party of Serbia was confirmed for another term in office after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin:
Only parties or alliances that won representation in the assembly are listed.
The municipal assembly convened on 29 June 1992. Stevan Vjeà ¡tica was chosen as mayor, Jovan Pekez as deputy mayor, and Draà ¡ko KovaÃÂeviàas president of the executive committee. All were members of the Socialist Party.
SrÃÂan StokuÃÂa of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor of Vrbas after the election.
MomÃÂilo PotiÃÂ served as mayor after the election.
Divna IÃÂitoviÃÂ served as mayor after the election.
Nikola Jelovac became the mayor of Sombor after the election. He fell seriously ill shortly after beginning his term in office, and although he formally served until January 1993 his condition did not significantly improve during this time.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Apatin:
When the assembly convened on 1 July 1992, Duà ¡an Novkoviàwas chosen as mayor and Nikola Tataloviàas deputy mayor. On 3 August 1992, Miloà ¡ à  evarac was chosen as president of the executive council. All were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Miladin Stojanoviàserved as mayor of Kula after the election, and Boà ¾idar Jovanoviàserved as deputy mayor. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
The Socialist Party of Serbia won the election in ÃÂaÃÂak. Rodoljub PetroviÃÂ was chosen as mayor, Ljubomir Sikora as deputy mayor, and Mihailo MariÃÂ as president of the executive board; all were members of the Socialist Party.
Draà ¾imir Maruà ¡iàof the Socialist Party of Serbia became the mayor of Gornji Milanovac after the election.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Nià ¡:
Stojan RanÃÂeloviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vranje:
Dragan TomiÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor after the election. (TomiÃÂ is not to be confused with Dragomir Dragan TomiÃÂ, who was at the time the overseer of the Vranje-based company Simpo.)
The Socialist Party of Serbia won the local elections in Kruà ¡evac, and à ½ivorad Jovanoviàof the Socialists served afterward as mayor.
Konstantin JovanoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia served as mayor of Novi Pazar after the elections.
à ½ivorad Neà ¡iàwas chosen as mayor of Kragujevac on 30 June 1992, while DragiàLaziàwas chosen as deputy mayor and Milorad Matiàas president of the executive board. All were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Incumbent mayor MiliÃÂ PopoviÃÂ of the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen for another term in office after the election.
Radojko PetriÃÂ served as mayor after the election, while Dragan VasojeviÃÂ was chosen as president of the executive board. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Uà ¾ice:
Incumbent mayor Zoran VujoviÃÂ was confirmed for another term in office after the election, while Vidoje DrndareviÃÂ was chosen as a deputy mayor. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
The elections in Kosovo and Metohija were largely boycotted by members of the Kosovo Albanian community, which had set up parallel governing institutions in the province in 1991 under the name of the Republic of Kosova.
Results of the election for the City Assembly of Prià ¡tina:
Novica Sojeviàof the Socialist Party of Serbia was chosen as mayor of Prià ¡tina on 16 July 1992, while Zvonimir Steviàof the Socialists defeated Ugljeà ¡a ÃÂoliàof the Serbian Radical Party to become deputy mayor. Duà ¡an SimiÃÂ, also of the Socialists, served as president of the executive board.
Results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Istok:
Harun Hasani served as president of Gora after the election, while Ljajko Zirfet was president of the executive committee. Both were members of the Socialist Party of Serbia.