4 ▁municipal ▁election . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁serving ▁as ▁mayor , ▁ Ć iri ć ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Assembly ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁following ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Ser bian ▁parliament ary ▁election . ▁He ▁received ▁the ▁forty - four th ▁position ▁on ▁elect oral ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁Democratic ▁O pp osition ▁of ▁Ser bia , ▁a ▁broad ▁al liance ▁that ▁included ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁and ▁that ▁won ▁a ▁lands lide ▁majority ▁with ▁ 1 7 6 ▁out ▁of ▁ 2 5 0 ▁parliament ary ▁mand ates . ▁ Ć iri ć ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁al liance ' s ▁parliament ary ▁deleg ation ▁and ▁took ▁his ▁seat ▁when ▁the ▁assembly ▁met ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁( From ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Ser bian ▁parliament ary ▁mand ates ▁were ▁awarded ▁to ▁spons oring ▁parties ▁or ▁coal itions ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁individual ▁candidates , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁common ▁practice ▁for ▁mand ates ▁to ▁be ▁awarded ▁out ▁of ▁numerical ▁order . ▁While ▁ Ć iri ć ▁did ▁not ▁automatically ▁receive ▁a ▁mand ate ▁by ▁virtue ▁of ▁his ▁position ▁on ▁the ▁list , ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁included ▁as ▁a ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁representative .) ▁The ▁Democratic ▁O pp osition ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁later ▁dissol ved , ▁and ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁cont ested ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁parliament ary ▁election ▁at ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁al liance . ▁ Ć iri ć ▁received ▁the ▁si xty -