Serbian Parliament/President/Local Elections - May 6, 2012

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_parliamentary_election,_2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_presidential_election,_2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_local_elections,_2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojvodina_parliamentary_election,_2012

Polls close in 10 minutes.

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RTS (Serbian TV) provides the results:



24.7% Pokrenimo Srbiju - Tomislav Nikolić - 72 seats
23.2% Izbor za bolji život - Boris Tadić - 67 seats
16.6% Ivica Dačić - SPS, PUPS, JS - 48 seats
  7.2% Demokratska stranka Srbije - Vojislav Koštunica - 20 seats
  6.6% Čedomir Jovanović - Preokret - 19 seats
  6.1% Ujedinjeni regioni - Mlađan Dinkić - 17 seats
  3.7% Dveri za život Srbije
  2.4% Savez vojvođanskih Mađara - Ištvan Pastor - 6 seats
  0.5% Nijedan od ponuđenih odgovora - 1 seat
  9.0% Others

http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/1950/Izbori+2012/1097176/Naprednjaci+i+demokrate+najbrojniji.html

Presidential results:



26.7% Boris Tadić
25.5% Tomislav Nikolić
15.3% Ivica Dačić
  7.7% Vojislav Koštunica
  7.1% Zoran Stanković
  5.3% Čedomir Jovanović
  3.9% Jadranka Šešelj
  2.7% Vladan Glišić
  2.1% Ištvan Pastor
  1.7% Zoran Dragišić
  1.1% Moamer Zukorlić
  0.8% Danica Grujičić

http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/1950/Izbori+2012/1097172/Tadi%C4%87+i+Nikoli%C4%87+u+drugom+krugu.html

Run-off between Tadić and Nikolić, like in the previous election.

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So what kind of President does everyone think Nikolic is going to be?  Is he going to be Putin's bitch, or is he going to continue Tadic's efforts in bringing Serbia into the European Union (and by extension, the West)?

Probably the latter most of the time, with a few ridiculous statements once in a while to not piss off his nationalist base.

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So what kind of President does everyone think Nikolic is going to be?  Is he going to be Putin's bitch, or is he going to continue Tadic's efforts in bringing Serbia into the European Union (and by extension, the West)?

Probably the latter most of the time, with a few ridiculous statements once in a while to not piss off his nationalist base.

Here we are, with only a few days in:

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