At stake in this election:

• 250 seats in the Parliament

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Slobodan MILOSEVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Momir BULATOVIC
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral Parliament with 250 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Parliament 250 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Bloc: Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)
  • Leader: Vojislav KOSTUNICA and Zoran DJINDJIC
  • Seats won in this election: 176
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
  • Leader: Slobodan MILOSEVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 37
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Serbian Radical Party (SRS)
  • Leader: Vojislav SESELJ
  • Seats won in this election: 23
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Party of Serbian Unity (PSU)
  • Leader: Zeljko RAZNJATOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 14
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO)
  • Leader: Vuk DRASKOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Jugoslav Left (JUL)
  • Leader: Miriana MARKOVIC
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• The last parliamentary elections were held on September 21, 1997.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,516,346 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 6,395,862 (September 2000)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,827,523 (2000)

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Serbia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (12 May 2001)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 10 (following the 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 66 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Serbia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (17 December 2007)

·         Has Serbia ratified CRPD: Yes (31 July 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 1,127,451 (est.)