At stake in this election:

• 250 seats in the National Assembly (Narodna skupstina)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Slavica Đukić DEJANOVIC *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Mirko CVETKOVIC
• Assembly: Serbia has a unicameral National Assembly (Narodna skupstina) with 250 seats.

* DEJANOVIC is Acting President

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
• In the National Assembly (Narodna skupstina) 250 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Parties compete in one, nationwide district. There is a 5 percent threshold to enter parliament, however, there is no minimum threshold for political parties representing coalitions of ethnic minorities. The d'Hondt method is used to award seats. According to an amendment to the Law on Elections of Representatives enacted in 2011, at least one in every three candidates in numerical order on every party list is required to be of the other gender.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Choice for a Better Life / ИЗБОР ЗА БОЉИ ЖИВОТ
  • Leader: Boris TADIC
  • Seats won in last election: 71
• Party: Let's Get Serbia Moving / ПОКРЕНИМО СРБИЈУ**
  • Leader: Tomislav NIKOLIC
  • Seats won in last election: 81
• Party: Serbian Radical Party / Српска радикална странка, Srpska radikalna stranka (SRS)
  • Leader: Vojislav ŠESELJI
  • Seats won in last election: 56
• Coalition: United Regions of Serbia / Уједињени региони Србије; Ujedinjeni regioni Srbije (URS)****
  • Leader: Mladan DINKIC
  • Seats won in last election: 22
• Alliance: Ivica Dačić List*****
  • Leader: Ivica DACIC
  • Seats won in last election: 20
• Party: Democratic Party of Serbia
  • Leader: Vojislav KOSTUNICA
  • Seats won in last election: 21
• Party: Turnover
  • Leader: Čedomir JOVANOVIC
  • Seats won in last election: 16
• Party: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
  • Leader: István PASZTOR
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Party: Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak
  • Leader: Sulejman UGLJANIN
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Alliance: All Together**********
  • Leader: Emir ELFIC
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Albanian Coalition from Preševo Valley
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: None of the above
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in last election: 0

** Coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party. Includes: New Serbia, Association for Small and Medium Enterprise and Entrepreneurs, Coalition of Refugee Associations in the Republic of Serbia, Power of Serbia Movement - BK, People's Peasant Party, Bosniak People's Party, Democratic Party of Macedonians, Roma Party, Vlach Unity Movement, Socialist Movement, Movement for the Economic Revival of Serbia
**** The URS is led by G17 PLUS and includes Together for Šumadija, Vojvodina's Party, People's Party.
***** Comprises the Socialist Party, Party of United Pensioners, and United Serbia
********** Comprises the BDU, CAH, DUC, DFVH, and Slovak Party.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 7,199,077 (2012)
• Registered Voters: 6,749,688 (May 2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population:3,682,143 (2012)

·         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: 81 (following the 2012 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 66

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

Disability Data:

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

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

·         Population with a disability: 1,079,861 (est.)