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Branko Ranković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Ранковић; born 26 July 1971) is a Serbian politician. He served in the Serbian national assembly from 2004 to 2007 as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). Ranković is now a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and serves in the Koceljeva municipal assembly.

Early life and career

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Ranković was raised in the village of Mali Bošnjak in the Koceljeva municipality, where he graduated from secondary mechanical school. After completing military service, he worked on his family's farm.[1]

Politician

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Serbian Radical Party

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Ranković joined the Serbian Radical Party in 1997 and, in the same year, became the president of the Mali Bošnjak community council.[2] In the 2000 Serbian local elections, he ran as the SRS candidate in Koceljeva's twenty-second district.[3] Online accounts do not indicate if he was successful; there was only one SRS candidate elected to the municipal assembly in this cycle.[4] (This was the last local electoral cycle in which candidates were elected for single-member constituency seats; subsequent local assembly elections have been held under proportional representation.)

The 2000 local elections took place concurrently with the 2000 Yugoslavian presidential election, in which longtime Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević fell from power after being defeated by Vojislav Koštunica. This was a watershed moment in Serbian politics, resulting in the end of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)'s dominance after a decade in power. The Serbian government fell after Milošević's defeat in the Yugoslavian election, and a new Serbian parliamentary election was called for December 2000. Prior to the vote, Serbia's electoral laws were reformed so that the entire country became a single electoral division and all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful electoral lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions, irrespective of numerical order.[5] Ranković appeared in the 149th position on the Radical Party's list and was not assigned a mandate when the list won twenty-three seats out of 250.[6][7]

Parliamentarian

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Ranković received the sixty-eighth position on the Radical Party's list in the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election and was given an assembly mandate when the list won eighty-two seats.[8][9] Although the Radicals won more seats than any other party, they fell well short of a majority and ultimately served in opposition. During his assembly term, Ranković was a member of the industry committee.[10]

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors for the 2004 Serbian local elections. Ranković ran as the Radical Party's candidate in Koceljeva and was defeated in the first round of voting. He also appeared in the lead position on the party's list for the Koceljeva municipal assembly and was elected when the SRS won six seats.[11] [12][13]

He did not appear on the Radical Party's list in the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, and his parliamentary term ended in that year. He received the 217th position on the party's list for the 2008 parliamentary election and did not receive a new mandate when the list won seventy-eight seats.[14][15]

For the 2008 Serbian local elections in Koceljeva, Ranković received the twenty-eighth position on the SRS list (which was mostly alphabetical).[16] The Radicals again won six seats in the municipality.[17] It is unclear if he was assigned a mandate; he does not appear in a list of delegates from 2011.[18][19]

Serbian Progressive Party

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The Serbian Radical Party experienced a serious split in late 2008, and several of its members joined the moderate Serbian Progressive Party under the leadership of Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić. It is unclear from available records if Ranković joined the Progressives in 2008 or at a later time. In any event, he appeared on the twenty-second position on the SNS's list for Koceljeva in the 2020 Serbian local elections and was re-elected to the municipal assembly when the list won a landslide victory with twenty-eight out of thirty-one seats.[20][21] (By this time, Serbia's electoral laws had been reformed such that all assembly mandates were given to candidates on successful lists in numerical order).

Ranković appeared in the nineteenth position on the SNS's list for Koceljeva in the 2023 Serbian local elections and was re-elected when the list won twenty-two seats.[22][23][24] When the assembly convened in February 2024, he was appointed to the municipal assembly's mandate-immunity committee.[25]

Electoral record

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Local (Koceljeva)

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2004 Municipality of Koceljeva local election: Mayor of Koceljeva
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Veroljub MatićCitizens' Group3,60970.74
Mihajlo PaunovićSerbian Renewal Movement–G17 Plus (Affiliation: Serbian Renewal Movement)1,49329.26
Branko RankovićSerbian Radical Party
other candidates
Total5,102100.00
Source: [26][27][28]

References

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  1. ^ Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 15 Number 1861 (Koceljeva, September 2004), p. 2.
  2. ^ Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 15 Number 1861 (Koceljeva, September 2004), p. 2.
  3. ^ Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 11 Number 1201 (Belgrade, September 2000), p. 18.
  4. ^ Izbori, 2000. Za Odbornike Skupština Opština i Gradova, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, p. 51.
  5. ^ Serbia's Law on the Election of Representatives (2000) stipulated that parliamentary mandates would be awarded to electoral lists (Article 80) that crossed the electoral threshold (Article 81), that mandates would be given to candidates appearing on the relevant lists (Article 83), and that the submitters of the lists were responsible for selecting their parliamentary delegations within ten days of the final results being published (Article 84). See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, Archived 2021-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 13 April 2024.
  6. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 23. децембра 2000. године и 10. јануара 2001. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (1 Српска радикална странка – др Војислав Шешељ), Archived 2023-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 13 April 2024.
  7. ^ Детаљи о народном посланику: ЖИВАНОВИЋ, СРБОЉУБ, Archived 2003-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 24 December 2024.
  8. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 28. децембра 2003. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (2. СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА - др ВОЈИСЛАВ ШЕШЕЉ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ PRVA SEDNICA, 27.01.2004., Otvoreni Parlament, accessed 18 May 2018.
  10. ^ Детаљи о народном посланику: РАНКОВИЋ, БРАНКО "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2024-12-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 1 December 2024.
  11. ^ Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 15 Number 1861 (Koceljeva, September 2004), p. 4.
  12. ^ Lokalni Izbori – Republika Srbija, Lokalni Izbori 2004, Bureau of Statistics — Republic of Serbia, pp. 13, 70.
  13. ^ In the 2004 local elections, the first one-third of mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists in numerical order. Ranković was automatically elected. See Law on Local Elections Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 33/2002; made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021.
  14. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 11. маја 2008. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (4 СРПСКА РАДИКАЛНА СТРАНКА - Др ВОЈИСЛАВ ШЕШЕЉ), Archived 2021-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024.
  15. ^ 11 June 2008 legislature, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 March 2017.
  16. ^ Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 19 Number 3184 (Koceljeva, May 2008), p. 4.
  17. ^ Lokalni Izbori 2008, Bureau of Statistics – Republic of Serbia, pp. 12, 50.
  18. ^ SKUPŠTINA OPŠTINE KOCELJEVA - ODBORNICI, Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Municipality of Koceljeva, accessed 26 December 2024.
  19. ^ For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See Law on Local Elections (2007) Archived 2022-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 129/2007); made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021.
  20. ^ Službeni List (Grada Šapca i Opština: Bogatić, Vladimirci i Koceljeva), p. 33.
  21. ^ Službeni List (Grada Šapca i Opština: Bogatić, Vladimirci i Koceljeva), Volume 43 Number 9 (22 June 2020), p. 3.
  22. ^ ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ - КОЦЕЉЕВА НЕ СМЕ ДА СТАНЕ, Local Election 17 December 2023, Koceljeva Municipal Election Commission, accessed 26 December 2024.
  23. ^ УКУПАН ИЗВЕШТАЈ О РЕЗУЛТАТИМА ГЛАСАЊА ЗА ИЗБОРЕ ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СО КОЦЕЉЕВА, Lokalni Izbori 2023, Koceljeva Municipal Election Commission, accessed 10 April 2024.
  24. ^ Službeni List (Grada Šapca i Opština: Bogatić, Vladimirci, and Koceljeva), Volume 47 Number 3 (9 February 2024), pp. 188-189.
  25. ^ "Održana konstitutivna sednica Skupštine Opštine Koceljeva", Glas Podrinja, 7 February 2024, accessed 26 December 2024.
  26. ^ ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., "REPUBLICKI ZAVOD ZA STATISTIKU - Republike Srbije". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021.
  27. ^ Ranković's identity as the Radical Party's candidate is confirmed in Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 15 Number 1838 (September 2004), p. 24. The fact that he did not make it to the second round is confirmed in Velika Srbija [Serbian Radical Party publication], Volume 15 Number 1956 (September 2004), pp. 16-17.
  28. ^ Srpska Reč], Number 355 (29 September 2004), p. 14.
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