Ahead of the start of work of the new parliamentary convocation, the research team of the Foundation for Liberal Practical Politics prepared an analysis of its structure. Future members of parliament are classified according to different categories, such as geographic affiliation, gender, age, professional field, and affiliation with political parties and electoral lists.
Below are the basic findings:
Of the 19 electoral lists that participated in this year’s elections, 12 entered parliament. Of these, 5 are minority lists. The most members of parliament were elected from the list “Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve” [“Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything”] – 120.
Representatives of as many as 31 political organizations entered parliament. The most representatives will be held by the Serbian Progressive Party – 98, and 10 or more members of parliament will also be held by: the Socialist Party of Serbia (22), the People’s Party (11), the Democratic Party (10), the Party of Freedom and Justice (10), and the Oath Keepers [Zavetnici] (10).
The new convocation will count 96 women (38.4%) and 154 men (61.6%).
13 of the total of 250 members of parliament come from minority lists.
The average age of the newly elected people’s representatives is 48.2 years. More than half, specifically 138 members of parliament, are between 31 and 50 years old. The next most numerous category is between 51 and 65 years old – 73 members. Over 65 years old are 25 members of parliament, i.e. exactly 10%. In the upcoming period, 6z4r
The most young members of parliament – 9, come from the list “Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve.” The youngest political organization in parliament will be the Free Citizens Movement [Pokret slobodnih građana]. The three PSG members of parliament together average 34 years of age.
When it comes to the professional activity of the future members of parliament, most of them come from the field of law (45), economics (44), political sciences (24), management (17), and medicine and culture, 15 each.
The geographic representativeness of parliament is certainly the most contentious. Only 72 cities and municipalities will have representatives in the convocation starting on August 1. On the other hand, 102 local self-government units, in which 1,271,988 voters have the right to vote, will not have their representatives.
The overrepresentation of Belgrade as the capital city also stands out. Of 250 members of parliament, as many as 105 have residence on the territory of the capital (42%), while 24.6% of registered voters live in Belgrade.
In the next section you can find a detailed analysis of the representativeness of parliament in excel format