>The Official Web Presentation of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs > >Yugoslav Daily Survey - Special Issue > >FEDERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY RESULTS BELGRADE, Sep 26 >(Tanjug) - On the basis of results processed so far for 10,153 polling >stations, the Federal Electoral Commission can announce the first preliminary >results of presidential election held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. >Turnout was 64.16 percent, or 5,036,478 out of the total electorate of >7,848,818. The five presidential candidates won the following number of votes: >- Miroljub Vidojkovic 40,765 or 0.80 percent - Vojislav Kostunica 2,428,714 or >48.22 percent - Slobodan Milosevic 2,026,478 or 40.23 percent - Vojislav >Mihailovic 130,598 or 2.59 percent - Tomislav Nikolic 256,876 or 5.10 percent >Invalid ballots - 3.03 percent According to these figures, a runoff >presidential election is expected to be held. According to the preliminary >results of the federal parliamentary elections, the distribution of seats is >as follows: Chamber of Citizens - DOS (Democratic Opposition of Serbia) - 59 - >SPS-JUL (Socialist Party of Serbia, Yugoslav Left) - 44 - SNP (Socialist >National Party) - 28 - SRS (Serbian Radical Party) - 3 - SNS (Serbian People's >Party) - 2 Two seats will go to SPO, DZVM or SSJ, depending on final results. >Chamber of the Republics - DOS (Democratic Opposition of Serbia) - 10 - >SPS-JUL (Socialist Party of Serbia, Yugoslav Left) - 7 - SRS (Serbian Radical >Party) - 2 - SPO (Serbian Renewal Movement) - 1 - SNS (Serbian People's Party) >- 1 The final results will be made public within the deadline set by the law, >the Commission said. > > > >©1999 Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federeal Republic of >Yugoslavia > >Kneza Milosa 24 - 26, Belgrade; phone: 381 11 36 15 055; fax: 381 11 36 18 >366; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
