(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many people in Serbia would consider re-electing current president Boris Tadic, according to a poll by the Strategic Marketing & Media Research Institute. 38 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic Party (DS) member in an upcoming ballot.

Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Tomislav Nikolic is second with 23 per cent, followed by current prime minister Vojislav Kostunica of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) with six per cent, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Cedomir Jovanovic with three per cent, and economy and regional development minister Mladan Dinkic of the G-17 Plus with two per cent.

In a prospective run-off scenario, Tadic is in first place with 56 per cent, followed by Nikolic with 44 per cent.

The remnants of the Yugoslav Federation were transformed into Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003. Following the Balkan war, Kosovo was established as an independent part of Serbia under the protection of the United Nations (UN) and NATO. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent state with full international and legal subjectivity.

Tadic won the 2004 Serbian presidential election, defeating Nikolic in the second round with 53.2 per cent of all cast ballots.

On Nov. 2, leaders of the DS, the DSS and the G-17 Plus agreed on electoral reforms that the government wants to see adopted by Dec. 10. The new regulations include a call for an early presidential election, likely to be held in January 2008. The president’s office confirmed the news in a statement, which read: "There is complete agreement that elections will be called after December 10 and the current round of Kosovo talks, provided that the country’s territorial integrity is not jeopardized."

The three parties also committed to approve legislation to hold local and provincial elections throughout Serbia as soon as possible.

Polling Data

Who would you vote for in the presidential election?

Run-off scenario

Source: Strategic Marketing & Media Research Institute
Methodology: Interviews with 1,017 certain Serb voters, conducted in October 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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