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Tomislav Bogunović

Tomislav Bogunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Богуновић; born 15 December 1955) is a politician in Serbia. He was the mayor of Bač from 2000 to 2012 and served in the Assembly of Vojvodina during the same period. During his time as an elected official, Bogunović was a member of the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS).

Early life and career

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Bogunović was born in Bačka Topola, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He moved to Bač the following year, completed high school in Bačka Palanka, graduated from the University of Novi Sad's Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and took post-graduate studies in Belgrade. He holds a master's degree in geographical sciences. He was also a professional football player and was a referee in the Yugoslav First League.[1]

Politician

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Bogunović contested the 1990 Serbian parliamentary election as an independent candidate in the "Bačka Palanka II & Bač" division. He was defeated by Radovan Pankov of the Socialist Party of Serbia.[2][3] He joined the DS in 1995.

Municipal politics

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The DS contested the 1996 Serbian local elections as part of the Zajedno (Together) alliance with the Serbian Renewal Movement and other parties. Bogunović was elected to the Bač municipal assembly that year as a Zajedno candidate and subsequently led the alliance's assembly group. In the 2000 local elections, he was re-elected to the assembly as a candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, a broad coalition of parties that included the DS. He became the municipality's mayor for the first time on 14 October 2000.

Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors for the 2004 local elections. Bogunović was re-elected to the position, defeating Socialist Party-endorsed candidate Milenko Babić in the second round of voting.[4] The direct election of mayors was subsequently eliminated again, and Bogunović was chosen by the assembly for a third term after leading the DS to victory in the 2008 elections.[5][6]

In 2010, Bogunović accompanied Serbian president Boris Tadić on a delegation to Vukovar in Croatia, where Tadič apologized on behalf of Serbia for the Ovčara massacre during the Croatian War in 1991.[7]

Bogunović led the DS to another plurality victory for Bač in the 2012 local elections, but he was removed from power afterwards by a coalition of the Serbian Progressive Party and the Socialists.[8][9] He again appeared at the head of the DS list in the 2016 local elections; this time. the list won only two seats out of twenty-five.[10] He continued to serve in the local assembly until 2020[11] and was not a candidate in that year's local election, which the DS boycotted.

Assembly of Vojvodina

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Bogunović was elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina for the Bač division in the 2000 Vojvodina provincial election.[12] The Democratic Opposition of Serbia won a landslide victory in this election, and Bogunović served as vice-chair of the security committee and a member of the education committee.[13]

Bogunović was re-elected for the Bač division in the 2004 and 2008 provincial elections. He was promoted to chair of the security committee after the 2004 election and continued in this role after 2008. In 2009, he was appointed to the newly created provincial security council.[14][15] He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2012. After this time, he served as deputy provincial secretary for health, social policy, and demography.[16]

There were discussions that Bogunović would run for the provincial leadership of the DS in 2015, but this did not occur.[17] After 2012, Vojvodina adopted a system of full proportional representation; Bogunović appeared in the seventieth position on the DS's electoral list in the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election and was not elected when the list won only ten mandates.[18]

Bogunović also appeared on the DS's electoral lists for the National Assembly of Serbia in the 2007 and 2014 parliamentary elections, although he did not receive a mandate on either occasion.[19][20]

Electoral record

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Assembly of Vojvodina

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2012 Vojvodina assembly election
Bač (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[21]
Milenko Babić Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS),
United Serbia (JS), Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDP Serbia)
(Affiliation: Socialist Party of Serbia) 		2,437 31.40 4,051 54.86
Tomislav Bogunović (incumbent) Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 2,586 33.32 3,333 45.14
Sava Nićetin Let's Get Vojvodina Moving–Tomislav Nikolić
(Serbian Progressive Party, New Serbia, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement) 		989 12.74
Stevan Kanja League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina 940 12.11
Marko Zelinčević Serbian Radical Party 810 10.44
Total valid votes 7,762 100 7,384 100
2008 Vojvodina assembly election
Bač (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[22]
Tomislav Bogunović (incumbent) For a European Vojvodina Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 3,909 44.55 4,375 63.42
Darko Jovanović Serbian Radical Party 1,943 22.44 2,523 36.58
Milenko Babić Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS)
(Affiliation: Socialist Party of Serbia) 		1,595 18.18
Boško Orlić Democratic Party of Serbia New Serbia Vojislav Koštunica 513 5.85
Štefan Slonka Together for Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak 443 5.05
Darko Vojnović Liberal Democratic Party 372 4.24
Total valid votes 8,775 100 6,898 100
Invalid ballots 286 190
Total votes casts 9,061 66.97 7,088 52.39
2004 Vojvodina assembly election
Bač (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds[23]
Tomislav Bogunović (incumbent) Democratic Party–Boris Tadić 3,219 44.34 4,102 54.14
Slobodan Lepojević Bobo Serbian Radical Party 1,349 18.58 3,475 45.86
Nova Abadžić For the Revival of the Municipality of Bač 1,286 17.71
Zoran Atanasković Democratic Party of Serbia 808 11.13
Vladimir Guslov G17 Plus 598 8.24
Total valid votes 7,260 100 7,577 100
Invalid ballots 386 190
Total votes casts 7,646 57.11 7,767 58.01

Municipality of Bač

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2004 Bač municipal election
Mayor of Bač (Second Round Results)'[24]
Tomislav Bogunović (incumbent) Democratic Party 4,212 52.97
Milenko Babić For the Revival of the Municipality of Bač 3,740 47.03
Miloš Vuković Democratic Party of Serbia eliminated in first round
Dragan Medić Serbian Radical Party eliminated in first round
Pavle Dajić G17 Plus eliminated in first round
7,952 100

National Assembly of Serbia

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1990 Serbian parliamentary election
Member for Bačka Palanka II–Bač[25][26]
Tomislav Bogunović Citizens' Group
Miloš Kokanov Serbian Renewal Movement
Radovan Pankov Socialist Party of Serbia elected
Prerad Preradović People's Radical Party
Josip Sorić Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina/Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia in Vojvodina/
Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative/League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

References

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  1. ^ "Tomislav Bogunović – predsednik opštine Bač, biografija", eKapija, 26 May 2010, accessed 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Листе кандидата за народне посланике Народне скупштине Републике Србије, по изборним јединицама), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за народне посланике у Народну скупштину Републике Србије 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ Bogunović's election is confirmed in "Tomislav Bogunović – predsednik opštine Bač, biografija", eKapija, 26 May 2010, accessed 11 July 2021. Bogunović's identity as the candidate he defeated in the second round is confirmed in Lokalni Izbori u Srbiji 2004, Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 29 July 2007, accessed 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ Lokalni Izbori 2008; Bureau of Statistics, Republic of Serbia; pp. 12, 44.
  6. ^ "BOGUNOVIĆ PREDSEDNIK OPŠTINE BAČ", vesti.rs (source: Radio Television of Vojvodina), 13 June 2008, accessed 11 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Борис Тадић се у Вуковару извинио за Овчару", Nova srpska politička misao, 4 November 2010, accessed 11 July 2021.
  8. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Bač), Volume 37 Number 9 (9 May 2012), p. 98.
  9. ^ "SNS: Bivši predsednik opštine Bač vređao novu vlast", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 20 June 2012, accessed 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ Službeni List (Opštine Bač), Volume 49 Number 16 (14 May 2016), pp. 2-3.
  11. ^ "ОДБОРНИЦИ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ БАЧ САЗИВ 2016 - 2020" Archived 2020-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Municipality of Bač, 9 February 2020, accessed 11 July 2021.
  12. ^ Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине одржаних 24. септембра и 8. октобра 2000. године, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 5 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Tomislav Bogunović – predsednik opštine Bač, biografija", eKapija, 26 May 2010, accessed 11 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Tomislav Bogunović – predsednik opštine Bač, biografija", eKapija, 26 May 2010, accessed 11 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Скупштина Војводине именовала Покрајински савет за безбедност", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 2 February 2009, accessed 11 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Томислав Богуновић присуствовао обележавању 30 година рада Геронтолошког клуба у Бајмоку", Government of Vojvodina, 30 October 2013, accessed 11 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Васин и Бугарски у трци за председника ПО ДС", Dnevnik, 12 March 2015, accessed 11 July 2021.
  18. ^ Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 2 - ЗА ВОЈВОДИНУ РАДА И ЗНАЊА – ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА, ДСХВ, НОВА, ЗЕП-ЗЕЛЕНИ – ДР БОЈАН ПАЈТИЋ), Избори 2016, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 6 April 2021.
  19. ^ Bogunović was given the thirty-fourth position on the DS's list in 2007. The list won sixty-four mandates, and he was not chosen for the DS's assembly delegation. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 21. јануара и 8. фебрауара 2007. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (Демократска странка – Борис Тадић), Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed 11 July 2021. From 2000 to 2011, parliamentary mandates were awarded to successful parties or coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be distributed out of numerical order. See Law on the Election of Representatives, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 35/2000, made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 28 February 2017.
  20. ^ Bogunović received the sixty-fifth position on the party's list in 2016 and was not elected when it won only nineteen mandates. See Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године, ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (СА ДЕМОКРАТСКОМ СТРАНКОМ ЗА ДЕМОКРАТСКУ СРБИЈУ), Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija, accessed 10 July 2021.
  21. ^ Source: Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (2012) (4 Бач), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 August 2017.
  22. ^ Source: Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (4 БАЧ), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.
  23. ^ Укупни резултати избора расписаних за 19. септембар 2004. године - већински изборни систем (4 БАЧ), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.
  24. ^ The list of candidates appears at "U Baču pet kandidata za predsjednika Općine", Hrvatska Riječ, 10 September 2004, accessed 11 July 2021. The fact that Bogunović won the election in the second round is confirmed by ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021. Babić's identity as the candidate he defeated in the second round is confirmed in Lokalni Izbori u Srbiji 2004 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 29 July 2007, accessed 11 July 2021.
  25. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Листе кандидата за народне посланике Народне скупштине Републике Србије, по изборним јединицама), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 February 2017.
  26. ^ Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године (Извештај о укупним резултатима избора за народне посланике у Народну скупштину Републике Србије 9. и 23. децембра 1990. године), Republika Srbija - Republička izborna komisija, accessed 17 February 2017.
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