Tibor Vaš

Tibor Vaš is a politician in Serbia from the country's Hungarian community. He was a member of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2001 to 2008 and has served in the municipal government of Zrenjanin and on Serbia's Hungarian National Council. Vaš is a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).

Private life and career Vaš is an economist based in Zrenjanin.

Political career Member of the Assembly of Vojvodina Vaš was elected to the Vojvodina Assembly for Zrenjanin's sixth division in the 2000 Vojvodina provincial election, the first to be held following the downfall of Serbian and Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milošević. The LSV participated in this election as part of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), which won a landslide majority victory.

Vojvodina's electoral system was subsequently reformed, switching from a first past the post model to one in which half the assembly seats were selected by proportional representation and the other half by run-off elections in individual constituencies. Vaš was re-elected in the 2004 provincial election for Zrenjanin's redistricted second division as a candidate of the LSV-led Together for Vojvodina alliance. Following the election, this alliance joined with the Democratic Party and other groups to form a new coalition government, and Vaš again served as a supporter of the provincial ministry. He was vice-chair of the provincial agricultural committee in this period.

Vaš was defeated in his bid for re-election in Zrenjanin's second constituency seat in the 2008 election. (He was also included in Together for Vojvodina's electoral list in the same election, receiving the nineteenth position. The alliance won five proportional seats. During this period, mandates were distributed at the discretion of successful parties and coalitions and were often awarded out of numerical order. Vaš could have been selected for a new mandate by virtue of being included on the Together for Vojvodina's proportional list, although in the event he was not. )

He received the thirty-eighth position on the LSV's electoral list in the 2016 provincial election. By this time, Serbia's electoral system had been reformed again, such that all seats were determined by proportional representation and mandates on successful lists were awarded in numerical order. The LSV won nine seats, and he was not included in its assembly delegation.

Municipal government Vaš has served at different times on Zrenjanin's municipal assembly and municipal council (the latter being the executive branch of the municipal government). He was stripped of his city assembly mandate in December 2012 under very controversial circumstances; this decision was subsequently overturned in court and his mandate returned.

Hungarian National Council Vaš led his own electoral list for the elections to Serbia's Hungarian National Council in 2014. The list won one seat, and he served on the council for the next four years. He did not seek re-election in 2018.

Elections for the National Assembly Vaš has sought election to the National Assembly of Serbia on two occasions. In the 2007 Serbian parliamentary election, he received the forty-fifth position on a coalition list that included the LSV and was led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The list won fifteen seats; Vaš was not selected for a mandate. He later received the 149th position on a coalition list led by the LDP, the LSV, and the Social Democratic Party in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election. By this time, mandates were awarded in numerical order; the list won thirteen mandates, and he was not elected.

Electoral record Provincial (Vojvodina) + 2008 Vojvodina assembly electionZrenjanin II (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds Bratislav Tomić For a European Vojvodina–Boris Tadić 5,105 26.47 6,859 62.90 Tibor Vaš (incumbent) Coalition: Together for Vojvodina-Nenad Čanak 4,313 22.36 4,046 37.10 Sima Baloš Serbian Radical Party 3,265 16.93 Ferenc Šmit Hungarian Coalition–István Pásztor 2,138 11.08 Milan Mandić Socialist Party of Serbia–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia 1,674 8.68 Dragiša Albulj Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica 1,603 8.31 Judita Popović Liberal Democratic Party 1,190 6.17 Total valid votes 19,288 100 10,905 100 Invalid ballots 779 1,003 Total votes casts 20,067 65.06 11,908 38.20

+ 2004 Vojvodina assembly electionZrenjanin II (constituency seat) - First and Second Rounds Tibor Vaš (incumbent) Together for Vojvodina 2,041 19.17 4,134 52.15 Zoltan Đarmati Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 2,133 20.04 3,793 47.85 Milorad Krstin Serbian Radical Party 1,839 17.28 Aleksandra Vojičić Democratic Party of Serbia 1,328 12.48 Slobodan Radišić Strength of Serbia Movement 1,104 10.37 Laslo Fuks G17 Plus 1,057 9.93 Ivanka Stanimirov Socialist Party of Serbia 629 5.91 Ljubiša Samardžić Democratic Alternative–Social Democratic Party 514 4.83 Total valid votes 10,645 100 7,927 100 Invalid ballots 728 2,537 Total votes casts 11,373 37.20 10,464 37.45