István Biró (; born 25 September 1951) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2008 to 2016 as a member of the Democratic Party (Demokratska stranka, DS). He is now a member of the People's Party (Narodna stranka, NS).
Private career Biró is from Mali Iđoš, Vojvodina. He is a medical doctor and has worked as a general practitioner.Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (25 КУЛА) , Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017.Ištvan Biro, istinomer.rs, accessed 20 November 2021.
Politician Biró ran for mayor of Mali Iđoš in the 2004 Serbian local elections, appearing as the joint candidate of the Social Democratic Party (Socijaldemokratska partija, SDP) and the Reformists of Vojvodina (Reformisti Vojvodine, RV).Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 35 Number 6 (7 September 2004), pp. 57-58. He was defeated in the first round of voting.Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 35 Number 7 (20 September 2004), p. 81.
He later joined the DS and was elected for the Mali Iđoš constituency seat in the 2008 Vojvodina provincial election. The DS and its allies won a majority victory, and Biró served as a supporter of the administration. He also appeared in the second position on the DS's electoral list for the Mali Iđoš municipal assembly in the concurrent 2008 local elections and was given a mandate after the list won seven seats, placing second against the Hungarian Coalition.Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 40 Number 4 (26 April 2008), p. 30.Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 40 Number 7 (12 May 2008), p. 55.Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 40 Number 9 (25 June 2008), p. 65.For the 2008 local elections, all mandates were assigned to candidates on successful lists at the discretion of the sponsoring parties or coalitions. See Law on Local Elections (2007) , Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 129/2007); made available via LegislationOnline, accessed 29 May 2021. Biró did not receive an automatic mandate.
In 2009, he was appointed to the program committee of Radio Television of Vojvodina."Конституисан Програмски одбор РТВ", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 9 July 2009, accessed 20 November 2021.
Biró was re-elected to the Vojvodina assembly in the 2012 provincial election. The DS and its allies won a plurality victory and formed a coalition government, and Biró again served as a government supporter for the next four years. Vojvodina adopted a system of full proportional representation for the 2016 provincial election, and Biró appeared in the eighty-third position on the DS's list; the list won only ten mandates, and he was not returned for a third term.Изборне листе за изборе за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 2 - ЗА ВОЈВОДИНУ РАДА И ЗНАЊА – ДЕМОКРАТСКА СТРАНКА, ДСХВ, НОВА, ЗЕП-ЗЕЛЕНИ – ДР БОЈАН ПАЈТИЋ) , Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 11 May 2018.
He subsequently left the DS and, as of 2020, is the commissioner of the People's Party in Mali Iđoš."Јеремић: Недолазак ЕУ посматрача због ризика од короне потврда да нема услова за изборе", People's Party, 11 June 2020, accessed 20 November 2021.
Electoral record Provincial (Vojvodina) + 2012 Vojvodina assembly electionMali Iđoš (constituency seat) - First and Second RoundsSource: Резултати избора за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне Покрајине Војводине по већинском изборном систему (2012) (25 Кула) , Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 8 August 2017. Ištvan Biró (incumbent) Choice for a Better Vojvodina–Bojan Pajtić (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 1,205 20.34 2,593 52.68 Balint Juhas Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians 1,514 25.56 2,329 47.32 Milorad Pejović Citizens' Group: Municipality of Mali Iđoš 758 12.80 Dejan Prnjat Serbian Progressive Party 586 9.89 Eržebet Šinković Eržebet Šinković–United Regions of Serbia 574 9.69 Obrad Bogdanović Socialist Party of Serbia 483 8.15 Nenad Stevović Montenegrin Party 293 4.95 Radmila Bigović Serbian Radical Party 277 4.68 Peter Mate League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak 233 3.93 Total valid votes 5,923 100 4,922 100
+ 2008 Vojvodina assembly electionMali Iđoš (constituency seat) - First and Second RoundsSource: Избори мај 2008. године - резултати по већинском изборном систему (54 Суботица I) , Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia, accessed 18 March 2017. Ištvan Biró "For a European Vojvodina, Democratic Party–G17 Plus, Boris Tadić" (Affiliation: Democratic Party) 1,589 26.46 1,763 52.10 Šandor Halgato (incumbent) Hungarian Coalition–István Pásztor 1,851 30.82 1,621 47.90 Predrag Lubarda Coalition: Democratic Party of Serbia–New Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica (Affiliation: Democratic Party of Serbia) 997 16.60 Stanko Bogetić Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)–Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) 840 13.99 Ibolja Bata Liberal Democratic Party 414 6.89 Anamarija Novakov Together for Vojvodina–Nenad Čanak 315 5.24 Total valid votes 6,006 100 3,384 100 Invalid ballots 360 132 Total votes casts 6,366 59.77 3,516 33.01
Municipal (Mali Iđoš) + 2004 Mali Iđoš municipal electionMayor of Mali Iđoš – Second Round ResultsSlužbeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 35 Number 6 (7 September 2004), pp. 57-58; Službeni List (Opštine Mali Iđoš), Volume 35 Number 7 (20 September 2004), p. 81; ЛОКАЛНИ ИЗБОРИ: Председници општина и градова, изабрани на локалним изборима, 2004., , Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, 3 October 2010, accessed 12 July 2021. Ištvan Siđi (incumbent) For a European Mali Iđoš – Coalition: Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) and Democratic Party (DS) 2,291 62.94 Veselin Vušurović "Socialist Party of Serbia–Slobodan Milošević" 1,349 37.06 Dr. Ištvan Biró Social Democratic Party–Reformists of Vojvodina eliminated in the first round Goran Bulatović Citizens' Group: Mali Iđoš, Lovćenac, Feketić eliminated in the first round Dragan Kaluđerović Guto Serbian Radical Party eliminated in the first round Predrag Lubarda Democratic Party of Serbia–Vojislav Koštunica eliminated in the first round Slavko Rađenović Social Democracy Dr. Vuk Obradović eliminated in the first round Miodrag Strugar Strength of Serbia Movement Bogoljub Karić eliminated in the first round Mihalj Čordaš G17 Plus eliminated in the first round Total valid votes 3,640 100
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