Misplaced Pages

United Serbia

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from United Serbia (political party)) Political party in Serbia

United Serbia Јединствена Србија
AbbreviationJS
PresidentŽivota Starčević (acting)
Parliamentary leaderVacant
FounderDragan Marković
Founded15 February 2004; 20 years ago (2004-02-15)
Split fromParty of Serbian Unity
HeadquartersŽeleznička 2, Jagodina
Youth wingYouth of United Serbia
Women's wingAktiv žena
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Parliamentary groupUnited Serbia
Colours
  •   Red
  •   Blue
  •   White
National Assembly5 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina2 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade1 / 110
Website
jedinstvenasrbija.org.rs

United Serbia (Serbian: Јединствена Србија, romanizedJedinstvena Srbija, abbr. JS) is a national-conservative political party in Serbia.

History

It was founded on 15 February 2004, as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan Marković Palma elected as the leader on the first party assembly. During its early years, the party had close relations with other right-wing parties such as New Serbia and Democratic Party of Serbia, even participating with them in the 2007 parliamentary election. During the 2008 parliamentary election, they participated in a coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia and supported the accession of Serbia into the European Union.

United Serbia was the first to announce the beginning of talks with the coalition For a European Serbia, led by the President Boris Tadić, on forming the new government. The party leader was Dragan Marković, former mayor of Jagodina, until his death in November 2024.

The United Serbia, including its leader Palma, supported the "Serbs for Trump" campaign and Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.

Ideology and platform

JS is positioned on the right-wing on the political spectrum, and it has been described as populist. and national-conservative. It is staunchly socially conservative, and it also advocates regionalism.

Organisation

In 2012, JS had 82,000 members.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2007 Dragan Marković 667,615 16.83% Increase 3rd 2 / 250 Increase 2 JS–DSSNS Support
2008 313,896 7.75% Decrease 4th 3 / 250 Increase 1 JS–SPSPUPS Support
2012 567,689 15.18% Increase 3rd 7 / 250 Increase 4 JS–SPS–PUPS Support
2014 484,607 13.94% Increase 2nd 7 / 250 Steady 0 JS–SPS–PUPS Support
2016 413,770 11.28% Steady 2nd 6 / 250 Decrease 1 JS–SPS–ZeleniKP Support
2020 334,333 10.78% Steady 2nd 8 / 250 Increase 2 JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP Support
2022 435,274 11.79% Decrease 3rd 8 / 250 Steady 0 JS–SPS–Zeleni Government 2022–23
Support 2023
2023 249,916 6.73% Steady 3rd 5 / 250 Decrease 3 JS–SPS–Zeleni Support
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, which will be known as the Chart extension, can be found on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes
2004 Ljiljana Aranđelović 11th 11,796 0.38%
2008 Velimir Ilić 3rd 305,828 7.57% Supported Ilić
2012 Ivica Dačić 3rd 556,013 14.89% Supported Dačić
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% Supported Vučić
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01%

References

  1. "Jedinstvena Srbija". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Jedinstvena Srbija | Srbija izbori". www.srbijaizbori.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "DSS, NS i JS posetila severni deo Kosova". KIM radio. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "Vlada sa DS ili novi izbori?". www.bbc.com. June 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. "Help your country, Serbia, in the fight for truth: Palma sends a message to Serbs in America". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. Pantović, Milivoje (19 June 2020). "Serbia election: Vucic declares landslide win in controversial vote". euronews. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. Suvakovic, Uros (24 November 2020). "Porodica kroz programske stavove političkih partija u Srbiji: presek stanja u drugoj deceniji XXI veka". Srpska politička misao (in Serbian). 69 (3/2020): 43–61. doi:10.22182/spm.6932020.2.
  8. "A Conservative Populist Charged with Pimping Girls". Beta Briefing. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. Carloni, Enrico; Paoletti, Diletta (2022). Anti-Corruption Models and Experiences: The Case of the Western Balkans. Diritto e Società. p. 58. ISBN 9788835140146.
  10. ^ Cvejić, Slobodan; Spasojević, Dušan; Stanojević, Dragan; Todosijević, Bojan (November 2020). "Electoral Compass 2020, analysis of the political landscape in Serbia" (PDF). library.fes.de. Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  11. "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana". Blic (in Serbian).

External links

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a political party in Serbia is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Serbia Political parties in Serbia
Bracketed numbers indicate number of seats in parliament
National Assembly (250)
Non-parliamentary
Coalitions
Current
Defunct
Defunct
Categories: