The Serbian Election Commission has announced the results of the first round of the presidential election held on 20 January.

1. Total number of voters: 6,708,697
2. Votes cast: 4,116,844
3.  Number of invalid ballot papers: 78,462

1. Tomislav Nikolic (Serbian Radical Party) 39.99% (1,646,172)
2. Boris Tadic (Democratic Party) 35.39% (1,457,030)
3. Velimir Ilic (New Serbia) 7.43% (305,828)
1. Milutin Mrkonjic (Socialist Party of Serbia) 5.97% (245,889)
2. Cedomir Jovanovic (Liberal Democratic Party) 5.34% (219,689)
3. Istvan Pastor (Hungarian Coalition) 2.26% (93,039)
4. Milanka Karic (Strength of Serbia Movement) 0.98% (40,332)
5. Marijan Risticevic (Popular Peasant Party–United Peasant Party) 0.45% 18,500
6. Jugoslav Dobricanin (Reformist Party) 0.29% (11,894)

There will be a second round on 3 February.

Source: Government of Serbia