2012 Serbian presidential election

2012 Serbian presidential election

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Turnout	46.26% ( 21.86 pp)
Candidate Tomislav Nikolić Boris Tadić Party SNS DS Alliance Let's Get Serbia Moving Choice for a Better Life Popular vote 1,552,063 1,481,952 Percentage 51.16% 48.84%
Tomislav Nikolić   Boris Tadić   Ivica Dačić   Vojislav Koštunica   Zoran Stanković   István Pásztor   Muamer Zukorlić   Election not held First round results by municipality   Tomislav Nikolić   Boris Tadić   Draw   Election not held Second round results by municipality
President before election Slavica Đukić Dejanović (acting) SPS Elected president Tomislav Nikolić SNS

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Presidential elections were held in Serbia on 6 May 2012 alongside parliamentary elections.^[1] The elections were 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.^[2] As no candidate won a majority, a runoff was on 20 May, with incumbent Tadić facing Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Progressive Party.^[3]

According to preliminary results published by CeSID,^[4] Ipsos^[5] and RIK, Tomislav Nikolić had beaten his opponent Boris Tadić and is the new President of Serbia.^[6] Official results confirmed that, putting Nikolić at 51% against Tadić's 49%.