Presidential elections were held in Serbia on 6 May 2012 alongside parliamentary elections.[1] The elections were called following PresidentBoris Tadić's early resignation in order to coincide with the parliamentary and local elections to be held on the same date. The Speaker of the Parliament, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, took over as the Acting President.[2] As no candidate won a majority, a runoff was on 20 May, with incumbent Tadić facing Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian Progressive Party.[3]
According to preliminary results published by CeSID,[4]Ipsos[5] and RIK, Tomislav Nikolić had beaten his opponent Boris Tadić and is the new President of Serbia.[6] Official results confirmed that, putting Nikolić at 51% against Tadić's 49%.