Campaigning for May 6 elections ends on Friday

Participants in the forthcoming elections in Serbia are allowed to conduct their campaigns and address their voters by Thursday at midnight. After that, election silence will begin and last until the polling stations close on Sunday, May 6, at 20:00 CET. Campaigning for May 6 elections ends on Friday According to the Law on Election of Members of Parliament, election silence must come into effect 48 hours before the holding of elections. During that period, election propaganda via the media, as well as campaign rallies and publishing of opinion polls are all banned. Parties, coalitions and candidates are also prohibited from displaying their symbols and other propaganda material within a 50-meter radius around the polling stations. On election day, the media may report where and when party leaders and other candidates cast their ballots, but their statements can only be broadcast after the polls close. A total of 18 election lists, submitted by parties and coalitions, will compete for seats in the Serbian parliament, while 12 candidates are standing in the presidential election. 7,026,579 Serbians are eligible to cast their ballots in 8,587 polling stations in the country and abroad. Presidential, parliamentary, local, and provincial elections will be held on May 6. In case no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the presidential election, a runoff between the two most successful contenders will be organized two weeks later. Ballot papers are printed for May 6 elections (Tanjug) Ballots from Kosovo to be counted in central Serbia The Republic (state) Election Commission (RIK) has decided that the ballots cast in the polling stations in Kosovo and Metohija will be counted in central Serbia - in the town of Raska, and that this will be organized with the assistance of the OSCE. This was announced on Monday in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia. The announcement containing instructions for organizing parliamentary and presidential elections in the territory of the province also states that "the safety of participants in the election process cannot be guaranteed without cooperation with the OSCE mission". This international organization will also be entrusted with "safely transporting (election) material from the administrative crossing to the polling stations, and from the polling stations to the administrative crossing". The announcement further stated that locations of the polling stations in Kosovo would be determined by the Commission in cooperation with the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, and that in doing so, "special attention will be paid to the security situation in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija". Tanjug

Campaigning for May 6 elections ends on Friday

According to the Law on Election of Members of Parliament, election silence must come into effect 48 hours before the holding of elections.

During that period, election propaganda via the media, as well as campaign rallies and publishing of opinion polls are all banned.

Parties, coalitions and candidates are also prohibited from displaying their symbols and other propaganda material within a 50-meter radius around the polling stations.

On election day, the media may report where and when party leaders and other candidates cast their ballots, but their statements can only be broadcast after the polls close.

A total of 18 election lists, submitted by parties and coalitions, will compete for seats in the Serbian parliament, while 12 candidates are standing in the presidential election.

7,026,579 Serbians are eligible to cast their ballots in 8,587 polling stations in the country and abroad.

Presidential, parliamentary, local, and provincial elections will be held on May 6.

In case no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the presidential election, a runoff between the two most successful contenders will be organized two weeks later.

Ballots from Kosovo to be counted in central Serbia

The Republic (state) Election Commission (RIK) has decided that the ballots cast in the polling stations in Kosovo and Metohija will be counted in central Serbia - in the town of Raška, and that this will be organized with the assistance of the OSCE.

This was announced on Monday in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.

The announcement containing instructions for organizing parliamentary and presidential elections in the territory of the province also states that "the safety of participants in the election process cannot be guaranteed without cooperation with the OSCE mission".

This international organization will also be entrusted with "safely transporting (election) material from the administrative crossing to the polling stations, and from the polling stations to the administrative crossing".

The announcement further stated that locations of the polling stations in Kosovo would be determined by the Commission in cooperation with the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, and that in doing so, "special attention will be paid to the security situation in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija".