CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTION SYSTEM IN SERBIA

Abstract

Serbia does not have codified electoral legislation; however, there have been many attempts to secure conformity in selecting a manner of choosing the representatives and provincial members of assembly with the manner of choosing the members of Parliament. The manners are conceptually the same even though the levels differ, which would require some differences in the system. The local and provincial electoral systems in Serbia can be generally characterized as stable, modernized and in accordance with the standardized types of electoral decisions. They do not deviate from modern democratic demands, and all the disadvantages noted in the political aspect often overcome the possibilities of normativization and transcend legal issues. The changes that need to be made in terms of electoral solutions are: personalization of mandate, demonopolization of the nomination procedure and demetropolization of the representative units, at the same time ensuring that the generally accepted principles of free mandate are given a more adequate and normative definition.

Key words: provincial autonomy, local government, electoral system