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Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Preliminary results released by the City Election Commission (GIK) in Belgrade show that the Progressives (SNS) will have 64 seats in the new city assembly.

Head of the interim city administration Sinia Mali voted on Sunday (Beta)

They won 44.19 percent of the vote in the early local election held in the Serbian capital simultaneously with the parliamentary election, these results, based on 47.03 percent of all polling stations, showed.

Other parties that will have councilors in Belgrade's 110-seat assembly are the Democrats (DS) with 15.7 percent (22 seats), the SPS-PUPS-JS coalitions with 11.47 percent (16 seats), and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) with 6.2 percent (8 seats).

All others were left below the five-percent threshold by voters on Sunday, including the Liberal Democrats (LDP) who received 3.13 percent, Boris Tadi's New Democratic Party (NDS) with 3.7 percent, and Dveri with 3.55 percent.

The future mayor of Belgrade will be chosen by the city assembly.

The commission will hold another news conference at noon today and reveal the latest data.

BELGRADE -- An analyst believes the parties left out of parliament - the DSS, the URS, and the LDP - will have a hard time attempting to survive on the political scene.

BELGRADE -- U.S. Ambassador Michel Kirby says according to the election results, the voters have shown that they are expecting economic reforms and creation of new jobs.

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Progressives in convincing victory in Belgrade