The 1990 Multiparty elections in serbia

Abstract

Our aim is to investigate the multiparty elections in serbia in 1990 and to provide an answer to the crucial question of why Slobodan Milošević and his socialist Party of Serbia (sPs) won the elections. After a thorough analysis it has been established that the critical reasons for their absolute electoral parliamentary and presidential victory have been the following:

1) rural areas and small urban settlements voted for the sPs due to an informative blockade;

2)  the elderly voted for the sPs;

3)  with the exception of the Hungarians, all minorities voted for the sPs as a less nationalistic option than the sPo;

4)  the largest minority, the Albanians (10%), boycotted the elections;

1. 5)  all Kosovo Serbs voted for the sPs; and

2. 6)  the whole electoral procedure was controled by the sPs.