Parliamentary Elections, 21 January 2007

Following the recommendation of a needs assessment mission conducted in November 2006, ODIHR deployed a long-term election observation mission on 17 December 2006 consisting of 12 experts and 16 long-term observers based in the capital and eight regional centers. The mission was headed by Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens of Germany.

For observation of the election-day procedures, the mission was joined by delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Altogether, 308 short-term observers were deployed from 43 OSCE participating States.

According to the mission's final report: "The 21 January 2007 Elections to the National Assembly in the Republic of Serbia were conducted in line with the OSCE Commitments and other standards for democratic elections. They provided a genuine opportunity for the citizens of Serbia to freely choose from a range of political platforms. The campaign was calm, and institutional checks and balances ensured that the election results were recorded accurately, transparently and in a timely manner."

Previous Elections

The OSCE/ODIHR observed elections in Serbia in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004.