Serbian presidential election, January 20 and February 3

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50,5% at 17:00

[Harry Hayfield]

Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

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Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

I'd assume Uncommitted means None of these Candidates, like they had in Russia and Ukraine (?)

[Harry Hayfield]

Figures from the Serbian Electoral Commission

Tadic 51.1%
Nikolic 47.8%
Uncommitted 1.1%
Turnout: 67.6%

[ag]

Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

I'd assume Uncommitted means None of these Candidates, like they had in Russia and Ukraine (?)

Seems to be more like "invalid ballots". BTW, Russia doesn't have "none of the above" line anymore.

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Latest Exit Poll Numbers from EuroNews:

Tadic 50.5%
Nicolic 47.9%
Uncommitted 1.6%

I'd assume Uncommitted means None of these Candidates, like they had in Russia and Ukraine (?)

Seems to be more like "invalid ballots". BTW, Russia doesn't have "none of the above" line anymore.

Ah okay.

I said had BTW.

[ag]

Given the narrow result, we all should thank the high turnout in Vojvodina:

Vojvodina 70.1%
Nationwide average: 67.6%
Central Serbia (w/out Belgrade) 67.1%
Belgrade 66.5%
Kosovo (among the registered Serbian voters only) 55.9%

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Vojvodina is the cause of Tadic's re-election?

[ag]

Vojvodina is the cause of Tadic's re-election?

Well, looks like that. Just eliminate the Hungarian vote - and you'd, probably, have Nikolic.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Dodged a bullet here.

[Frodo]

It would help the Western cause to have Serbia join NATO, with eventual membership in the European Union in the not too distant future.  Any likelihood of the former happening, or is Serbia going to have to remain in its current stasis? 

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It would help the Western cause to have Serbia join NATO, with eventual membership in the European Union in the not too distant future.  Any likelihood of the former happening, or is Serbia going to have to remain in its current stasis? 

Close to half of the electorate just voted for a Nazi. Guess.

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It would help the Western cause to have Serbia join NATO, with eventual membership in the European Union in the not too distant future.  Any likelihood of the former happening, or is Serbia going to have to remain in its current stasis? 

Close to half of the electorate just voted for a Nazi. Guess.

And there's still a big Nazi Party representation in Parliament and there is also "not-quite-as-Nazi-but-pretty-fascist" Kostunica in government.

[ag]

It would help the Western cause to have Serbia join NATO, with eventual membership in the European Union in the not too distant future.  Any likelihood of the former happening, or is Serbia going to have to remain in its current stasis? 

There is one big obstacle to Serbia's integration, and that's Kosovo. It would take a while to get reconciled with the territory's loss, and until that happens Serbia will stay an odd man out. What has to be done is putting out a clear road map to Serbia's integration into NATO and the EU, accompanied by credible commitments to help the country en route (naturally, accepting Kosovo's secession and cooperating on the war criminals would have to be there, but so should other things, to make it all more palatable).  Furthermore, EU and NATO should continue on with integrating Croatia, Montenegro, and, later, Macedonia, Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo: the example of the neighbors is going to be very valuable here.