Assembly of Vojvodina
The Assembly of Vojvodina, formally the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is the legislative body of Vojvodina, an autonomous province of Serbia.
The assembly is composed of 120 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The current assembly was elected in 2023 provincial elections. The assembly elects a president who presides over the sessions, currently Juhász Bálint of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the Assembly of Vojvodina is laid down by the Constitution of Serbia and by the Statute of Vojvodina as its supreme legal act.The Assembly of Vojvodina does not have legislative powers stricto senso since it only enacts decisions, resolutions, declarations, and recommendations. It elects, dismisses, and controls the work of the Government of Vojvodina; approves and audits the provincial budget; decides on the borrowing of province in accordance with the national law; authorises a provincial referendum; ratifies agreements with the sub-national territorial units of other states in accordance with the national laws; elects the provincial ombudsman; promulgates acts on the establishment, competences, and regulation of provincial agencies and provincial public companies; proposes laws and other acts to the National Assembly.
Parliamentary groups
Distribution of seats by parties:- SNS coalition – 62
- Party of Freedom and Justice – 9
- Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians – 9
- Socialist Party of Serbia–United Serbia – 7
- People's Movement of Serbia–Ecological Uprising – 7
- National Democratic Alternative – 7
- Democratic Party–Movement of Free Citizens – 6
- Forward Vojvodina – 5