Dragan Živkov


Dragan Živkov is a former politician in Serbia. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2012 as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party.

Private career

Živkov is a private entrepreneur from Bečej in the province of Vojvodina. In 2005, he indicated that he ran a family-owned company dealing with services and transport in civil engineering. He is also the president of FK Vojvodina Bačko Gradište.

Politician

Živkov first sought election to the national assembly in the 1997 Serbian parliamentary election, appearing in the seventh position on the Radical Party's electoral list for the Zrenjanin division. The list won four seats, and he did not receive a mandate.
He later appeared in the second position on the Radical Party's list for the Vrbas division in the 2000 election for the Chamber of Citizens in the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia. The list did not win any mandates. He was, however, elected to the Bečej municipal assembly in the concurrent 2000 Serbian local elections, winning in the second division in Bačko Gradište. This was the last local electoral cycle in Serbia wherein members were elected in single-member constituencies; all subsequent local electoral cycles have been held under proportional representation.
Serbia's electoral system was reformed at the republic level in 2000, such that the entire country became a single electoral division and all mandates were awarded to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions, irrespective of numerical order. Živkov appeared in the sixty-first position on the Radical Party's list in the 2003 Serbian parliamentary election. The list won eighty-two mandates, and he was included in the party's delegation when the assembly met in January 2004. Although the Radicals won more seats than any other party in 2003, they fell well short of a majority and served in opposition in the parliament that followed. Živkov was a member of the committee on inter-ethnic relations and the committee on economic reforms.
Žikvov was the Radical Party's candidate for mayor of Bečej in the 2004 Serbian local elections and finished third. He also led the party's list in the concurrent municipal assembly election and was re-elected when the list won seven mandates. The Radicals initially participated in a local coalition government after the election, and Žikvov was a member of the municipal council from 14 October 2004 until 16 April 2005, when the party was excluded from the administration. Bečej's sitting mayor lost a recall election in late 2005, and Živkov ran in the 2006 by-election to fill the position. He was defeated in the second round of voting. Serbia subsequently abandoned the direct election of mayors.
Živkov appeared on the Radical Party's lists in the 2007 and 2008 parliamentary elections and was included in the party's assembly delegation both times. He was also re-elected to the Bečej assembly in the 2008 local elections, after leading a combined list of the Radicals, the Democratic Party of Serbia, and New Serbia. The Radical Party continued to serve in opposition in this time, at both the republic level and the municipal level in Bečej. The party also experienced a serious split in late 2008, with several members joining the more moderate Serbian Progressive Party under the leadership of Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić. Živkov remained with the Radicals.
Serbia's electoral system was reformed yet again in 2011, such that mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Živkov appeared in the sixty-fifth position on the Radical Party's list in the 2012 parliamentary election and led the party's list in Bečej in the concurrent 2012 local elections. Both lists failed to cross their respective electoral thresholds.
Živkov also sought election to the Assembly of Vojvodina on two occasions, running for the Bečej constituency seat in the 2004 and 2012 provincial elections. He was defeated both times. He has not sought a return to political life since 2012.

Electoral record

Provincial ([Vojvodina])

CandidateParty or CoalitionVotes%Votes%
Tibor JakabCoalition: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and Christian Democratic European Movement2,63820.357,02252.83
Dragan Živkov DžajaSerbian Radical Party2,39518.486,27047.17
Đorđe Predin BadžaPeople's Democratic Party2,37718.34
Endre SaboG17 Plus1,37110.58
Šandor RepergerStrength of Serbia Movement1,2149.37
Zora AlićSocialist Party of Serbia1,1318.73
Peter RožaDemocratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians1,0267.92
Ištvan TariDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians8096.24
Total valid votes12,96110013,292100
Invalid ballots533478
Total votes casts13,49439.1513,77039.95

Municipal ([Bečej])

CandidateParty or CoalitionVotes%Votes%
Đorđe Predin BadžaPeople's Democratic Party1,87914.267,21553.31
József F. VargaCoalition: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and Christian Democratic European Movement3,06823.296,31946.69
Dragan Živkov DžajaSerbian Radical Party1,82813.87
Zoran SubotičkiG17 Plus1,82113.82
Sándor PállDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians1,50011.39
Živan GavrilovićSocialist Party of Serbia1,2399.40
Zoran Stojšin Democratic Party9377.12
Šandor RepergerStrength of Serbia Movement5834.43
Đorđe TotCitizens' Group3202.43
Total valid votes13,17510013,534100

CandidateParty or CoalitionVotes%
Dragan Živkov DžajaSerbian Radical Party12524.95
Miodrag Despotović MijaSocialist Party of Serbia–Yugoslav Left–Slobodan Milošević11122.16
Pavle StojšićDemocratic Opposition of Serbia–Dr. Vojislav Koštunica10220.36
Laslo FeherDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians7314.57
Reza MolnarCitizens' Group5911.78
Ištvan BurzaCitizens' Group316.19
Total valid votes501100