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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

2. Website Address abroad, in which case they are temporarily exclud-
http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/ ed from the original voter list. Internally displaced
persons vote at their place of temporary residence,
3. Nature of EMB
Independent but have to reconfirm their registration every two
years. Special voter lists are compiled for military
4. No. of Members in EMB voters and voters in prisons and detention facilities
17 based on information provided by the respective
institutions.
5. Terms of office
4 years 4. Voter id card
Identity Card
6. EMB Members selected by
Legislature and political parties

7. Chairperson’s Appointing Authority
Legislature

8. Names of Elections conducted by EMB
Parliamentary elections
Presidential elections 5. Voter turnout in last National Elections
53.89%
9. Names of the Other Bodies Related with the
Electoral Process in the country 6. Voting Method
No Manual marking of Ballot papers

10. Titles of Electoral Legislation(s) 7. Audit Trail
LAW ON THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF Not implemented
THE PARLIAMENT (“Official Gazette of RS”, no. 8. Voting Process
35/2000, 57/2003 – decision of CCRS, 72/2003 – The Republic Electoral Commission & Electoral
oth.law, 75/2003 – correction of oth. law, 18/2004, Committee conducts the elections in Serbia. On
101/2005 – oth. law, 85/2005 – oth. law, 28/2011 the poll day, voting starts at 7:00 am and closes at
– decision of CC and 36/2011) 8:00 pm. Votes are casted by means of ballot pa-

(B) ELECTORAL PROCESS per. In order to cast vote, the voter has to circle the
sequence number written in front of the selected
1. Total Population election list. After marking the vote, the voter drops
8.7 Million (Feb. 2019) the folded ballot paper into a transparent ballot
2. Registered Electors box.
6.7 Million (April 2017) (C) ELECTION CALENDAR

3. Method of Voter Registration
The right to vote is granted to all citizens who reach 1. Last Election Dates
18 years of age by election day and have a per- Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21
manent residence in Serbia, except those who lost June 2020.
legal capacity through a court decision. The vot- 2. Future Election Date
er registration is passive. The Unified Voter Reg- In 2024
ister (UVR) is an electronic database maintained 3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
by the Ministry of Public Administration and Local No
Self-Government (MPALSG) and updated continu-
ously based on municipalities’ records, inputs pro- 4. Compulsory Voting
vided by state institutions, and voters’ requests. No
Voters are entitled to request inclusion in the voter
lists at their place of temporary residence and also

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