Serbia 21 (Serbian Cyrillic: Србија 21, romanizedSrbija 21, abbr. S21) was a political organisation in Serbia. It was founded in early 2020 by former members of the Social Democratic Party (SDS) and Democratic Party (DS).

Serbia 21
Србија 21
Srbija 21
AbbreviationS21
PresidentMarko Đurišić
Founders
FoundedFebruary 2020 (2020-02)
Dissolvedafter July 2020
Split fromSocial Democratic Party
IdeologySocial liberalism
Political positionCentre to centre-left
Colors  Cyan
Slogan"Za Evropsku Srbiju"
("For European Serbia")
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
srbija21.rs

History

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Marko Đurišić and Nenad Konstantinović were previously a part of the Social Democratic Party (SDS) but after the party stated that they will boycott the upcoming elections they decided to create a new political organisation which will participate in the next elections and which will also focus on the Serbian accession to the European Union.[1] After some time they were also supported by Gordana Čomić of the Democratic Party (DS).[2] The party participated in the 2020 parliamentary election, and they stated multiple times that "it is only possible to change the system and to remove Vučić from power if we participate in the elections".[3] Boris Tadić, the president of the Social Democratic Party, has classified the organisation as "Vučić's project".[4] By the time of the election, the organisation had two MPs and a joint parliamentary group with Vojvodina Front.[5]

They were also a part of the United Democratic Serbia (UDS) coalition, together with Party of Modern Serbia (SMS), League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV)-led Vojvodina Front and the Civic Democratic Forum (GDF).[6][7] The organisation has remained inactive since the 2020 parliamentary election.

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary elections

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National Assembly of Serbia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Government
2020 30,591 0.95%
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  2 UDS Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ "Srbija 21 na izborima". N1 (in Serbian). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ ""Srbija 21" izlazi na izbore, konferenciji prisustvovala i Gordana Čomić". N1 (in Serbian). 27 February 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Srbija 21 ide na izbore: Znamo kako se pobeđuje i menja vlast". N1 (in Serbian). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Tadić neće sa Srbijom 21". N1 (in Serbian). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Formirana poslanička grupa Vojvođanski front-Srbija 21". Politika Online. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ^ Republička izborna komisija (14 March 2020). "120. седница Републичке изборне комисије".
  7. ^ Predstavljena koalicija Ujedinjena demokratska Srbija, na listi i Gordana Čomić Archived 9 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, N1, 9 March 2020