Branko Gajin (; born 5 November 1958) is a politician in Serbia.
He was the mayor of Srbobran from 2004 to 2012 and served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2011.
For much of his time as an elected official, Gajin was not a member of any political party.
Private career
Gajin is a lawyer and has been the co-owner of the pharmacy "Eliksir" in Srbobran.Кабинет председника општине Србобран, , Municipality of Srbobran, 7 May 2012, accessed 13 July 2021.
Politician
Gajin sought election to the National Assembly of Serbia in the 1990 parliamentary election, running in the division of Temerin and Srbobran with a combined endorsement from the Serbian Renewal Movement and the People's Radical Party.
He was defeated by Milan Krčedinac of the Socialist Party of Serbia.
Serbia introduced the direct election of mayors in the 2004 local elections, and Gajin was elected as mayor of Srbobran as an independent candidate, leading a local citizens' group called the "Alliance for Srbobran."
He subsequently joined the Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska stranka Srbije, DSS), although he resigned his membership in June 2007, citing (among other things) the DSS's delay in forming a government at the republic level."
Председник општине и три одборника напустили ДСС", Municipality of Srbobran, 19 June 2007, accessed 14 July 2021."
DSS ostao bez odbornika u Skupštini opštine", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 19 June 2017, accessed 14 July 2021.
The direct election of mayors was abandoned after 2004; in all local election cycles since then, mayors have been chosen by the elected members of city and municipal assemblies.
Gajin led his independent electoral list to victory in the 2008 local elections with thirteen out of twenty-eight mandates, and he was chosen afterwards for a second term as mayor.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 41 Number 2, (5 May 2008), p. 32.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 41 Number 3 (25 May 2008), pp.
45-46."
Одржана 2. седница Скупштине општине", Municipality of Srbobran, 9 July 2008, accessed 14 July 2021.
He was also elected to the Assembly of Vojvodina in the concurrent 2008 Vojvodina provincial election as an independent candidate in the Srbobran constituency.
He resigned from the latter role on 24 October 2011, after restrictions were introduced on holding dual mandates.Сазив 2008-2012, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 14 July 2021."
Skupština Vojvodine o budžetu i ostavkama", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 24 October 2011, accessed 14 July 2021.
Gajin announced an alliance between his movement and the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS) in Srbobran in 2009."
Predsednik Opštine ojačava redove demokrata", Danas, 28 January 2009, accessed 14 July 2021.
In the 2012 local elections, he sought re-election as mayor at the head of a combined list.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 45 Number 3 (26 April 2012), p.
45. The list won a plurality victory with nine mandates, but the Socialist Party (which finished second) was able to form a coalition government with other parties, and Gajin's term as mayor came to an end.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 45 Number 4 (21 May 2012), pp.
61-62."
Zoran Mladenović novi predsednik opštine Srbobran", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 10 July 2012, accessed 10 July 2021.
He later left the DS and again led his own list in the 2016 local elections.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 49 Number 5 (13 April 2016), pp.
55-56.
The list finished in second place with seven mandates; the Serbian Progressive Party won the election and was subsequently able to form a new government.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 49 Number 8 (25 April 2016), pp.
1-2.Službeni List (Opštine Srbobran), Volume 49 Number 9 (26 May 2016), p.
11. Gajin served in the assembly until 2020 and was not a candidate in that year's municipal election.Одборници Скупштине општине Србобран, , Municipality of Srbobran, 24 April 2020, accessed 14 July 2021.
Electoral record
Assembly of Vojvodina
'''2008 Vojvodina assembly election<br />Srbobran (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds'''<ref>Source: [http://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana?s=rezultati2008v&i=2008 Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (49 СРБОБРАН)], Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.
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Municipality of Srbobran
'''2004 Srbobran municipal election<br />Mayor of Srbobran – Second Round Results'''<ref>The fact that Gajin won the election in the second round is confirmed by ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003173307/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs:80/axd/Izbori/spisakpn.php?ind=1}}, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021; Kutić's identity as the candidate he defeated in the second round is confirmed in Lokalni Izbori u Srbiji 2004 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020657/http://www.cesid.org/lokalni2004/rezultati.jsp?opstina=80390}}, Center for Free Elections and Democracy, 27 September 2007, accessed 11 July 2021.
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National Assembly of Serbia
'''1990 Serbian parliamentary election<br />Member for Temerin and Srbobran'''<ref>[http://arhiva.rik.parlament.gov.rs/arhiva-izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-1990.php 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.
</ref><ref>[http://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/arhiva-izbori-za-narodne-poslanike-1990.php 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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