Electoral system for the president

Republic of Serbia, Law on Election of the President of the Republic (2007), accessed 23 April 2020

Who has been elected President of the Republic

Article 18. The candidate who receives the majority of votes cast by the voters that voted shall be elected President of the Republic.

The number of voters who voted shall be determined according to the number of ballot papers found in a ballot box.

Repeated ballot

Article 19. If none of the candidates receives the majority of votes of the voters who voted, the ballot shall be repeated within 15 days of the first election day.

The day when the voting shall be repeated shall be determined by the Republic Electoral Commission with a decision published in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia".

The day when the voting is to be repeated shall have to be set for a non-working day.

Candidates participating in the repeated ballot

Article 20. The two candidates that received the largest number of votes cast shall participate in the repeated ballot.

More than two candidates shall participate in the repeated ballot if there are more candidates who share the first or the second place.

On the ballot paper in the repeated ballot, the candidate who received the largest number of votes cast shall be the first in order.

The order of the candidates who received the same number of votes shall be determined by lot.