round vote. The Federal Electoral Commission did not issue any statement until 26 September, when they announced that Koštunica had an eight-point lead in the first round, but did not record the required 50% of all votes cast to avoid a runoff vote. Electoral documents were subsequently incinerated. When Đinđić announced that his party, on the basis of votes counted in 98.5% of polling stations, that there was a discrepancy of 400,000 votes between his party's records and that of the Federal Electoral Commission, demonstrations ensued throughout multiple cities in Serbia. Chamber of Citizens Chamber of Republics References Elections in Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia 2000 in Yugoslavia Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević Yugoslavia Foreign electoral intervention United States involvement in regime change