1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election

Elections in Croatia
1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election

Presidential election
12 December 1993 (first round)
23 January 1994 (second round)
 
Candidate Milan Martić Milan Babić
Party SPS SDS
Popular vote 104,234 97,377
Percentage 51.70% 48.30%

President before election

Goran Hadžić
SDS

Elected President

Milan Martić
SPS

A flyer advertising Milan Babić during the election

General elections were held in the Republic of Serbian Krajina on 12 December 1993, with a second round of the presidential election on 23 January 1994.

Campaign

Martić was supported by Slobodan Milošević during the presidential election in Serbian Krajina.[1] Martić ran for the Serb Party of Socialists which received significant financial support from Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia.[2] On 21 January, Martić stated that he would “speed up the process of unification” and “pass on the baton to our all Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević."[3]

Results

President

Martić received 54,000 fewer votes than Babić in the first round, but went on to win the second round with 104,234 votes.[1][4][5][6][7]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan BabićSerb Democratic Party114,76749.397,37748.30
Milan MartićSerb Party of Socialists60,38625.9104,23451.70
Rade LeskovacSerbian Radical Party26,52311.4
Four other candidates
Total201,611100.00
Valid votes201,61197.17
Invalid/blank votes5,8642.83
Total votes207,475100.00
Source: UPI

Parliament

PartySeats
Serb Democratic Party33
Serbian Democratic Party of the Serbian Lands17
Serbian Radical Party16
Civic Union8
Serb Party of Socialists6
Social Democratic Party5
Total85
Source: Gulić

References

  1. ^ a b "Milan Babic: Croatian Serb leader". 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. ^ Filip Švarm, Milosevic Loses Krajina Archived 2008-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, Vreme News Digest Agency No 117, rutgers.edu, 20 December 1993.
  3. ^ Prosecutor v. Milan Martić Judgement. p. 8. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; accessed 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ Logos, Aleksandar (2019). Istorija Srba 1 - Dopuna 4; Istorija Srba 5. Belgrade. p. 127. ISBN 978-86-85117-46-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "1994/01/23 18:30 THE ELECTION SHOCK IN KRAJINA". www.aimpress.ch. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. ^ "January 17, 1994 Vreme News Digest Agency No 121". www.scc.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  7. ^ "Милан Мартић председник" (PDF). www.glassrpske.com. 27 January 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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