(20 May 2012) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of election winner Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the nationalist Serbian Progressive party, arriving for news conference
2. Medium shot of people applauding
3. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the nationalist Serbian Progressive party, winner of Serbia's presidential elections:
"There is God's justice. Tonight I have won the presidential elections thanks to the Serbian citizens."
4. Wide shot of the presser, people applauding, cheering "victory"
5. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Tomislav Nikolic, leader of the nationalist Serbian Progressive party, winner of Serbia's presidential elections:
"I would like to thank the Serbian citizens who voted for me and to the Serbian citizens who voted for my opponent. The elections went magnificently, in the Serbian way. What I promised I will do. Serbia will not change its EU path. Serbia wants to protect its people in Kosovo. These elections were not referendum on who is going to lead Serbia towards EU. Here we had to solve internal problems which Democratic Party and Boris Tadic created."
6. Wide shot of Nikolic leaving press conference, people applauding, opening champagne bottle
7. Wide of incumbent president Boris Tadic arriving for news conference, people applauding
8. Close up of banner reading (Serbian) "Boris Tadic for president"
9. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Boris Tadic, Serbia's outgoing president:
"Today, the Serbian citizens decided that the new president is Tomislav Nikolic. I congratulate him. It was a deserved and fair victory and I wish him the best of luck in his forthcoming duties."
10. Journalists watching TV
11. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Boris Tadic, Serbia's outgoing president:
"For the past eight years, I was responsible for every human life, every job loss, every dramatic situation that Serbia found itself in, and I wish to say here, in the end it was not easy. I hope that Tomislav Nikolic will have more understanding about the presidential duties."
12. Medium shot of the journalist
13. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Boris Tadic, Serbia's outgoing president:
"See you in some other movie."
14. Wide shot of the journalists
STORYLINE
Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency on Sunday, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its
attempts to join the European Union.
The Center for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent polling group, said the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party won 49.4 percent of the vote, while pro-European Union incumbent Boris Tadic received 47.4 percent.
Tadic, who championed Serbia's bid to become an EU member, had been leading the pre-runoff polls, but Nikolic's nationalist supporters appeared to have more enthusiasm for casting their ballots.
Election observers said turnout was about 10 percent lower than in 2008, when Tadic beat Nikolic by a slight margin.
The results were expected to be officially confirmed by Monday.
Nikolic must name a prime minister, but that task has been complicated because of the outcome of the May 6 parliamentary election.
Although Nikolic's party won the most seats, Tadic's Democrats tentatively agreed on an alliance with Socialists that would give them a majority.
Nikolic has claimed the May 6 vote was marred by fraud.
The outcome also could hugely impact Serbia's plans to become an EU member, a major step for a country that was a pariah state under late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s.
Serbia has refused to recognise Kosovo's independence.
But that change is widely believed to be a ploy to gain more votes.

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