in Belgrade. Following the initial reports of the SPS's defeat, he told party officials that "legal possibilities" existed for annulling a number of opposition mandates and giving the Socialists victory in a repeat vote. Opposition victories in several constituencies were indeed annulled by the city's election commission, and repeat elections were called for 27 November. The opposition boycotted the repeat vote, describing the process as fraudulent, and several SPS and aligned candidates were accordingly declared elected by default. Ivković was a vocal supporter of the repeat elections, at one time telling the Belgrade election commission, "If the results are what we expect and which we feel are right, we’ll quickly organize a city assembly because we have to continue living normally in this city." The opposition protests continued after the repeat elections in Belgrade. Ivković planned for a "counter-protest" rally organized by Milošević's allies to end the controversy, but it instead resulted in increased protests from opponents of the administration. The Belgrade election commission later annulled the repeat elections and reinstated the victory of Zajedno in January 1997. Ivković said that the SPS would appeal the decision, but before this could happen he was replaced as the party's Belgrade leader by Dragan Tomić. In the aftermath of these events, Čović described Ivković as "the man most responsible" for the party's defeat in the city and accused him of election fraud. Ivković later remarked that he voted for his own dismissal as local SPS leader, having by this time lost his desire the continue in the role. The Belgrade election commission's recognition of the opposition's victory did not bring an end to the election controversy, and the state authorities ultimately recognized the victory of Zajedno in Belgrade and other jurisdictions via a "lex specialis" in February 1997. Notwithstanding the broader controversy, Ivković was personally elected for New Belgrade's fourth division. Ivković, in his capacity as a University of Belgrade professor, later sought to initiate a dialogue with student leaders over the 1996–97 protests. The students responded, "Your hands are bloody, blood was spilled because of your counter rally. You are too late." Federal parliamentarian (1996–2000) Ivković was elected to the Yugoslavian assembly's Chamber of Citizens in the 1996 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, which was held concurrently with the local elections. Online reports do not indicate the division for which he was elected, though it may be reasonably inferred to have been New