A small number of municipalities in Serbia held local elections in 2013. These were not part of Serbia's regular cycle of local elections but took place in jurisdictions where either the local government had fallen or the last local elections for four-year terms had taken place in 2009.
All local elections in 2013 were held under a system of proportional representation. Mayors were not directly elected but were instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes), although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.
Results Belgrade Voždovac An election was held in Voždovac on 15 December 2013 due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in2009.
Aleksandar Savić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.ALEKSANDAR SAVIĆ NOVI PREDSEDNIK GRADSKE OPŠTINE VOŽDOVAC, Municipality of Vożdovac, 31 January 2014, accessed 7 October 2021.
Zemun An election was held in Zemun on 2 June 2013 due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2009.
Dejan Matić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.M. Jovičević, "Dejan Matić (SNS) izabran za predsednika opštine Zemun", Blic 4 July 2013, accessed 7 October 2021. Aleksandar Šešelj, the son of Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, appeared in the fifth position on the Radical list.Služeni List (Grada Beograda), Volume 57 Number 19 (22 May 2013), p. 5.
Vojvodina Kovin An election was held in Kovin on 7 April 2013, due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2009."Lokalni izbori u Kovinu", Radio Television of Serbia, 7 April 2013, accessed 24 June 2022.
Gordana Zorić of the Serbian Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election."Kovin: Žene na čelnim funkcijama", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 15 May 2013, accessed 25 June 2022. She resigned the office in June 2014 after being elected to the National Assembly of Serbia, and fellow Progressive Party member Dušan Petrović was appointed as her successor."Zašto je Petrović isključen iz SNS-a", Radio Television of Serbia, 6 August 2014. Petrović was in turn expelled from the Progressives in August 2014, in February 2015 he was replaced as mayor by Sanja Petrović, also of the Progressive Party."PROMENE U LOKALNOJ VLASTI – SANJA PETROVIĆ PREDSEDNICA OPŠTINE", www.vesti.rs (source: Kovin Ekspres), 19 February 2015, accessed 25 June 2022.
In June 2015, shifting political alliances brought to power a new coalition administration that included the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Democratic Party, the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, and former members of the Progressives. Socialist delegate Zoran Nikolić was chosen as mayor."ZORAN NIKOLIĆ NOVI PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE KOVIN – SMENJENA SANJA PETROVIĆ", www.vesti.rs (source: Kovin Ekspres), 23 June 2015, accessed 25 June 2022. His administration lasted until September 2015, when the Progressives returned to power with Sanja Petrović once again in the mayor's office."Naprednjaci ponovo preuzeli vlast u Kovinu", Blic, 18 September 2015, accessed 24 June 2022. She served for the remainder of the term.
Odžaci An election was held in Odžaci on 15 December 2013, at what was effectively the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in January 2010.
Dušan Marijan of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor when the new assembly convened in January 2014.Petar Dukić, "Konstituisana nova lokalna vlast u opštini Odžaci", Radio Odžaci, 15 January 2014, accessed 18 February 2022.
Vrbas An election was held in Vrbas on 13 October 2013 due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2009.
Bratislav Kažić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election. Milan Glušac, also of the Progressives, was chosen as deputy mayor.Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 48 Number 14 (7 November 2013), p. 470-71. Kažić resigned as mayor in July 2016 and was succeeded by Glušac."Кажић отишао, Глушац нови председник општине Врбас", Dnevnik, 14 July 2016, accessed 7 October 2021. Glušac, in turn, resigned as mayor in January 2017 to prompt a new local election ahead of schedule (coinciding with the 2017 Serbian presidential election) and was appointed as leader of a provisional authority that governed the municipality in advance of the vote."Глушац поднео оставку, локални избори заједно са председничким", Municipality of Vrbas, 25 January 2017, accessed 7 October 2021.ПРЕДСЕДНИК ОПШТИНЕ ВРБАС, Municipality of Vrbas, accessed 7 October 2021.
Future parliamentarian Ivan Kostić appeared in the lead position on Dveri's list.Službeni List (Opštine Vrbas), Volume 48 Number 10 (2 October 2013), p. 14.
Šumadija and Western Serbia Kosjerić A local election was held in Kosjerić on 26 May 2013, due to the expiry of the term of the previous assembly elected in 2009."Kad Kosjerić složno glasa", undated [May 2013], accessed 8 May 2022.
Incumbent mayor Milijan Stojanić of the Serbian Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.N. Kovačević, "Milijan Stojanić i dalje predsednik opštine", Danas, 26 June 2013, accessed 8 May 2022.
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