SERBIA

Population

Total population in Serbia is 7,040,272 by 1st January 2017. The median age of Serbians is 38.38 which is less than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).

Political Parties

The most recent parliamentary election was held in April 2016. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Wikipedia):

Party Name

Vote Share

Ideological Orientation

Serbia is Winning

48.25

Conservative

SPS–JS–ZS

10.95

Social democracy

Serbian Radical Party

8.1

Nationalist

Enough is Enough

6.02

Liberal

For a Just Serbia

6.02

Liberal

Dveri–DSS

5.04

Conservative

Electoral System

The system used in Serbia is List PR within a nationwide single constituency in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (Wikipedia). The voter turnout in 2016 election was 56.07% (idea.int).

Quality of Democracy

Serbia is an improving parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 2.5 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Serbia is ranked 77th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 41 out of 100.

Gender Equality

34% of the parliamentarians are women currently. Serbian Electoral Law promotes at least 30% representation of both sexes (idea.int).

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