1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 3 November 1996.^[1] A coalition of the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Yugoslav Left and New Democracy emerged as the largest bloc in the Federal Assembly, winning 64 of the 138 seats.^[2] Radoje Kontić, member of the Montenegrin ruling party, the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, was confirmed as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was replaced, in 1998, by Momir Bulatović, leader of Socialist People's Party of Montenegro.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Serbia
	Left Coalition (SPS–JUL–ND)	1,848,669	45.41	64	+17
	Coalition Together	969,296	23.81	22	–
	Serbian Radical Party	764,430	18.78	16	–14
	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	81,311	2.00	3	New
	List for Sandžak	62,111	1.53	1	New
	Vojvodina Coalition	57,645	1.42	2	+1
	Serbian Radical Party – Nikola Pašić	47,598	1.17	0	New
	Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians	46,809	1.15	0	–3
	United Radical Party of Serbia	26,223	0.64	0	New
	Parliamentary People's Party	25,156	0.62	0	New
	New Communist Party of Yugoslavia	21,602	0.53	0	0
	Natural Law Party	11,856	0.29	0	New
	Vojvodina	11,024	0.27	0	New
	Party for the Protection of Citizens	7,650	0.19	0	New
	Workers' Party of Yugoslavia	6,964	0.17	0	0
	Movement for the Protection of Human Rights	6,629	0.16	0	0
	Democratic Political Party of Roma	5,638	0.14	0	0
	Foreign Currency Savers Party	5,161	0.13	0	New
	Universalist Movement	5,153	0.13	0	New
	Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina	4,947	0.12	0	0
	Party of Independent Democrats of Serbia	4,817	0.12	0	New
	Party of Serbian Unity	4,326	0.11	0	New
	Democratic Reform Party of Muslims	4,131	0.10	0	0
	League of Communists of Yugoslavia	3,454	0.08	0	New
	Association of Foreign Currency and Dinar Savers	2,219	0.05	0	New
	Bosniak List of Sandžak	1,420	0.03	0	New
	Yugoslav Working Class "Josip Broz Tito"	1,174	0.03	0	New
	Progressive Party – Progressives	856	0.02	0	New
	Universal Movement – New Order of Raška	557	0.01	0	New
	Independents	32,081	0.79	0	0
Total		4,070,907	100.00	108	0
Valid votes		4,070,907	94.63
Invalid/blank votes		231,175	5.37
Total votes		4,302,082	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,141,484	60.24
Montenegro
	Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro	146,221	50.88	20	+3
	People's Party	66,165	23.02	8	+4
	Social Democratic Party of Montenegro	26,128	9.09	1	New
	Party of Democratic Action of Montenegro	12,327	4.29	1	+1
	Serbian Radical Party of Montenegro	14,829	5.16	0	–4
	Serb Union (SSS–SSJ)	8,287	2.88	0	New
	Communists of Montenegro (SKPJ–SKCG–DKP–NKPJ)	5,140	1.79	0	New
	Yugoslav Left	3,380	1.18	0	New
	Union of Communists of Montenegro	1,292	0.45	0	New
	Serbian Democratic Party of Montenegro	1,091	0.38	0	New
	Foreign Currency Depositors Party	1,005	0.35	0	New
	Serbian National Renewal	918	0.32	0	0
	Party of Serbian Unity	624	0.22	0	New
Total		287,407	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		287,407	96.09
Invalid/blank votes		11,691	3.91
Total votes		299,098	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		450,303	66.42
Source: [3]