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Ladislav Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Томић; born 1976) is a politician in Serbia, currently serving his third term in the Assembly of Vojvodina. Previously a member of other parties, he now serves with the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS).

Private career

Tomić is a doctor of veterinary medicine. He lives in Kikinda.^[1]

Politician

Tomić entered political life as a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. He was first elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election, winning Kikinda's first constituency seat in the second round. The election was won by the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) and its allies, and the Radicals served in opposition. Tomić also appeared in the seventh position on the Radical Party's list for Kikinda in the 2008 Serbian local elections and was selected for a mandate when the list won seventeen mandates.^[2]^[3]^[4] (From 2000 to 2011, mandates in Serbian elections held under proportional representation were assigned to successful parties and coalitions rather than individual candidates, and it was common practice for the mandates to be assigned out of numerical order. Tomić did not automatically receive a mandate by virtue of his list position.)

The Radical Party experienced a serious split later in 2008, and several members formed the more moderate Serbian Progressive Party under the leadership of Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić. Tomić sided with the Progressives.

Serbia's electoral system was reformed in 2011, such that proportional mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists. Tomić did not seek re-election for a constituency seat in the 2012 provincial election but was instead given the eleventh position on the Progressive Party's proportional list and was re-elected when the list won fourteen seats.^[5] The DS and its allies again won the election, the Progressives served in opposition. At the municipal level, Tomić received the second position on the Progressive list for Kikinda in the 2012 local elections and was re-elected when the list won twelve mandates.^[6]^[7] He served as president of the Progressive board in Kikinda at this time.

Tomić resigned as president of the Kikinda Progressive board in November 2012, following a controversy in which another Progressive party member offered an appointment to a Social Democratic Party of Serbia delegate in return for bringing down the local DS-led government. The district leader of the Progressives accused Tomić of having acted incorrectly in the matter; Tomić said that he did not accept this criticism but that he had no choice but to resign under the circumstances.^[8] He subsequently served as an independent delegate^[9] and did not seek re-election at the provincial or local level in 2016.

Tomić later joined the DSS. He was given the fourth position on the party's METLA 2020 list in the 2020 provincial election and was elected when the list won five mandates.^[10] The Progressives and their allies won the election, and the DSS serves in opposition. Tomić is now a member of the assembly committee on petitions and motions and the committee on establishing equal authenticity of provincial legislation in languages in official use.^[11] He also led the DSS list in Kikinda and was re-elected to the municipal assembly when its list won a single mandate.^[12]^[13] He is a member of the DSS presidency at the republic level.^[14]

Electoral record

Provincial (Vojvodina)

2008 Vojvodina assembly election
Kikinda I (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds^[15]
Total valid votes		14,833	100	9,132	100
Ladislav Tomić	Serbian Radical Party	3,799	25.61	4,901	53.67
Dragan Strajnić	For a European Vojvodina: Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić	3,074	20.72	4,231	46.33
Stevan Grbić	Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	2,626	17.70
Dušan Lujanov	Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia	1,434	9.67
Imre Kabok	Hungarian Coalition–István Pásztor	1,182	7.97
Ljiljana Krneta	Liberal Democratic Party	1,008	6.80
Zoltan Moldvai	Coalition: Together for Vojvodina - Nenad Čanak	896	6.04
Dušan Lujanov	Political Organization of the Movement KI - 39	814	5.49
Invalid ballots		769		190
Total votes casts		15,602	60.98	9,322	36.40

References

^ Ladislav Tomić, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 22 February 2021.
^ Službeni List (Opštine Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 6 (1 May 2008), p. 1.
^ Službeni List (Opštine Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 9 (16 May 2008), p. 2.
^ Službeni List (Opštine Kikinda), Volume 43 Number 12 (3 June 2008), p. 2.
^ Изборна листа 5 - ПОКРЕНИМО ВОЈВОДИНУ-ТОМИСЛАВ НИКОЛИЋ:СРПСКА НАПРЕДНА СТРАНКА, НОВА СРБИЈА, ПОКРЕТ СОЦИЈАЛИСТА, ПОКРЕТ СНАГА СРБИЈЕ-БК - кандидати за посланике, Избори 2012, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 7 January 2021.
^ Službeni List (Opštine Kikinda), Volume 47 Number 7 (25 April 2012), p. 11.
^ Službeni List (Opštine Kikinda), Volume 47 Number 10 (15 May 2012), p. 3.
^ "Ostavka šefa odbora SNS u Kikindi zbog afere", 021.rs, 21 November 2012, accessed 22 February 2021.
^ "Poljoprivrednici iz Kikinde ne daju zemljište Tenisu", N1, 24 March 2016, accessed 22 February 2021.
^ Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 7 МЕТЛА 2020) - Изборна листа, Izbori 2020, Provincial Electoral Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 14 February 2021.
^ Ladislav Tomić, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 22 February 2021.
^ Službeni List (Grada Kikinde), Volume 5 Number 6 (8 June 2020), p. 19.
^ Službeni List (Grada Kikinde), Volume 5 Number 7 (22 June 2020), p. 2.
^ Izvršni odbor, Democratic Party of Serbia, accessed 22 February 2021.
^ Source: Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (21 КИКИНДА I), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.