A draw in favour of Nikolić

... chest, huge debts, confusion in health and education, neglected villages destroyed by the army, two million unemployed, and a corrupt administration. The leader of the parliamentary elections was the Serbian Progressive Party (SPP), led by Tomislav Nikolic. Together with three other small parties, it gained 24.1% of votes (73 mandates). Coming second was the now former ruling Democratic Party (DP) with 22.4% of the vote (68 seats). In third place came the Socialists (SPS) - 14.4% (44 mandates). ...