SUC news: BELGRADE, Dec. 8 (Beta) - The Center for Free Elections and Democracy said on Dec. 8 that 2,950,000 voters had voted in the Serbian presidential election held the same day, which was 45.2 percent of registered voters.
Citing preliminary results, the center declared the election a failure. It added that Vojislav Kostunica, running for the Democratic Party of Serbia, had received 1,700,000 votes or 57.5 percent of the total.
Vojislav Seselj of the Serbian Radical Party had 1,070,000 votes, or 36.3 percent. Only 105,000 people, 3.6 percent, voted for Borislav Pelevic of the Party of Serb Unity.
Serbian Legislature Speaker Natasa Micic will become acting president when incumbent President Milan Milutinovic's term expires on Jan. 5. Milutinovic was once a close associate of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic.
A new election has to be called within 60 days. On Dec. 8, Micic pledged to do a conscientious job and uphold the constitution if the election failed.