Serbian presidential election, 2012

Serbian presidential election, 2012

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Candidate Tomislav Nikolić Boris Tadić Party SNS DS Popular vote 1,552,063 1,481,952 Percentage 49.54% 47.31%
Second round results by districts
President before election Slavica Đukić Dejanović (Acting) SPS Elected President Tomislav Nikolić SNS

Slavica Đukić Dejanović
(Acting)
SPS

Tomislav Nikolić
SNS

The presidential election took place on 6 May 2012 in Serbia, on the same date as the parliamentary election. The election was called following President Boris Tadić's early resignation in order to coincide with the parliamentary and local elections to be held on the same date. The Speaker of the Parliament, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, took over as the Acting President. As no candidate won a majority, a runoff was on 20 May, with incumbent Tadić facing Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Progressive Party.

According to preliminary results published by CeSID,Ipsos and RIK, Tomislav Nikolić has beaten his opponent Boris Tadić and is the new President of Serbia. Official results confirmed that, putting Nikolić at 51.12% against Tadić's 48.88%.

First round of the elections was held on 6 May. Republic Electoral Commission has confirmed twelve candidates. Candidate numbers were decided using a random draw on 20 April.

Both the SNS and the DS supported Serbia's candidature for the EU, with the SNS' Nikolić having sharply contrasted his stance in the past few years. A few hours before the voting centres opened, Tadić told Croatian television that "anything else [than a Democratic Party victory] would be a big risk and a big gamble for Serbia's European integration [and] for regional politics."

Shortly after the first round, a preliminary coalition agreement between the DS and the SPS was reached, which meant that the SPS would also endorse Tadić in the run-off. The DSS officially supported Nikolić in the run-off.