Radovan Jančić Explained

Radovan Jančić (Serbian: Радован Јанчић; born February 3, 1958) is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Early life and career

Jančić was born in Srpski Krstur in Vojvodina, then part of the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] He is a civil engineering technician in private life.[2]

Member of the National Assembly

Jančić sought election to the Assembly of Vojvodina in the 2008 provincial election as a candidate of the Serbian Radical Party in the Novi Kneževac division. He was defeated in the second round of voting by Jovanka Petrović, a candidate endorsed by the Democratic Party.[3] The Radical Party split later in 2008, and Jančić joined the breakaway Progressive Party.

Jančić received the seventy-sixth position on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election and was elected to the assembly when the list won a landslide victory with 131 out of 250 mandates.[4] He is currently of member of the parliamentary committee on agriculture, forestry, and water management; a deputy member of two other committees; and a member of the parliamentary friendship groups for Austria, Belarus, France, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Switzerland.[5] He is also active in municipal politics in Novi Kneževac[6] and was re-elected to the municipal assembly in the 2016 Serbian local elections.[7]

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

2008 Vojvodina assembly election
Novi Kneževac (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds
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Jovanka PetrovićFor a European Vojvodina: Democratic PartyG17 Plus, Boris Tadić1,28720.412,85066.98
Radovan JančićSerbian Radical Party1,09517.371,40533.02
Nándor ÚjhelyiHungarian CoalitionIstván Pásztor1,02716.29
Željko GrubačićDemocratic Party of Serbia97515.46
Sava GrujićSocialist Party of SerbiaParty of United Pensioners of Serbia5809.20
Endre FehérCoalition: Together for Vojvodina - Nenad Čanak4597.28
Miloš TeofanovCitizens' Group: For Our Homeland - Miloš Teofanov4477.09
Dragan LancošNew Serbia4356.90
Total valid votes6,3051004,255100
Invalid ballots290129
Total votes casts6,59565.304,38443.41

References

  1. http://www.otvoreniparlament.rs/poslanik/8050 RADOVAN JANČIĆ
  2. http://www.parlament.gov.rs/RADOVAN_JANCIC.910.488.html RADOVAN JANCIC
  3. http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=rezultati2008v&i=2008 Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему
  4. http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-2016-izborne-liste.php Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ - СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ)
  5. http://www.parlament.gov.rs/RADOVAN_JANCIC.910.488.html RADOVAN JANCIC
  6. http://www.noviknezevac.rs/narodni-poslanik-radovan-jancic/ НАРОДНИ ПОСЛАНИК – РАДОВАН ЈАНЧИЋ
  7. http://www.paragraf.rs/opstinska-glasila/novi_knezevac/pdf/novi_knezevac-19-2016.pdf 2016 Election Results
  8. http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=rezultati2008v&i=2008 Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (29 НОВИ КНЕЖЕВАЦ)