1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election

1993–94 Republic of Serbian Krajina general election

Presidential election

12 December 1993 (first round) 23 January 1994 (second round)

Candidate Milan Martić Milan Babić Party SPS SDS Popular vote 104,234 97,377 Percentage 51.70% 48.30%

President before election Goran Hadžić SDS Elected President Milan Martić SPS

A flyer advertising Milan Babić during the election

General elections were held in the Republic of Serbian Krajina on 12 December 1993, with a second round of the presidential election on 23 January 1994.

Campaign

Martić was supported by Slobodan Milošević during the presidential election in Serbian Krajina. Martić ran for the Serb Party of Socialists which received significant financial support from Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia. On 21 January, Martić stated that he would “speed up the process of unification” and “pass on the baton to our all Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević."

Results

President

Martić received 54,000 fewer votes than Babić in the first round, but went on to win the second round with 104,234 votes.

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Milan Babić	Serb Democratic Party	114,767	49.3	97,377	48.30
	Milan Martić	Serb Party of Socialists	60,386	25.9	104,234	51.70
	Rade Leskovac	Serbian Radical Party	26,523	11.4
Four other candidates
Total					201,611	100.00
Valid votes					201,611	97.17
Invalid/blank votes					5,864	2.83
Total votes					207,475	100.00
Source: UPI

Parliament

Party		Seats
	Serb Democratic Party	33
	Serbian Democratic Party of the Serbian Lands	17
	Serbian Radical Party	16
	Civic Union	8
	Serb Party of Socialists	6
	Social Democratic Party	5
Total		85
Source: Gulić