"Election silence" in force ahead of voting on Sunday

Participants in the March 16 early parliamentary elections and local elections in Belgrade and several other towns have wrapped up their campaigns.

Izvor: B92

Friday, 14.03.2014.

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"Election silence" in force ahead of voting on Sunday

During this period, the media are not allowed to publish election propaganda and public opinion polls. On election day, the media will report where and when candidates and other political figures voted, but will not carry their statements, or predict the outcome of elections until the polling stations close.

B92 websites will honor this legal obligation and will not publish content, or readers' comments regarding election activities and party propaganda during this time.

Serbians will choose 250 members of parliament in one country-wide constituency under a closed list proportional system. 6,767,325 citizens are eligible to vote, and will do so at 8,262 polling stations in central Serbia and Vojvodina, 90 in Kosovo, and 20 abroad.

Serbians voting in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Italy, Libya, Macedonia, Norway, Russia, Germany, Slovenia, Turkey, UAE, France, Holland, Croatia, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland, will be able to do so on March 16, from 07:00 until 20:00 local times.

In Britain and the United States, the polling stations will be open on March 15, from 07:00 until 20:00 local times.

The election commission (RIK) will announce the final results 96 hours after the polling stations close, and will in the meantime be publishing unofficial results.

Political parties, coalitions, and groups of citizens running in these elections will have to receive at least five percent of the cast votes, i.e., cross the threshold, in order to win seats in parliament.

This rule does not apply to lists of ethnic minorities. As soon as the turnout figure is known, it will be divided by 250 and this number will represent the number of votes necessary for a minority list to win one seat.

Thus, with an average turnout of some four million people, a minority list would need to receive between 14,000 and 16,000 votes to win one seat in Serbia's new parliament.

This parliament will have to be constituted within 30 days of RIK's announcement of the final and official election results.

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