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United Serbia

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

United Serbia
Јединствена Србија
AbbreviationJS
PresidentDragan Marković
Parliamentary leaderDragan 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 Assembly
5 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
2 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
1 / 110
Website
jedinstvenasrbija.org.rs

History

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It was founded on 15 February 2004,[1] as a split from the far-right Party of Serbian Unity with Dragan Marković Palma elected as the leader on the first party assembly.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][2]

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 is Dragan Marković, former mayor of Jagodina.

The United Serbia, including its leader Palma, supported the "Serbs for Trump" campaign and Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.[5]

Ideology and platform

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JS is positioned on the right-wing on the political spectrum,[6] and it has been described as populist,[7][8] and national-conservative.[9] It is staunchly socially conservative,[10] and it also advocates regionalism.[10]

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary elections

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National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2007 Dragan Marković 667,615 16.83%   3rd
2 / 250
   2 JS–DSS–NS Support
2008 313,896 7.75%   4th
3 / 250
   1 JS–SPS–PUPS Support
2012 567,689 15.18%   3rd
7 / 250
   4 JS–SPS–PUPS Support
2014 484,607 13.94%   2nd
7 / 250
   0 JS–SPS–PUPS Support
2016 413,770 11.28%   2nd
6 / 250
   1 JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP Support
2020 334,333 10.78%   2nd
8 / 250
   2 JS–SPS–Zeleni–KP Support
2022 435,274 11.79%   3rd
8 / 250
   0 JS–SPS–Zeleni Government (2022–23)
Support (2023–)
2023 249,916 6.73%   3rd
5 / 250
   3 JS–SPS–Zeleni Support

Presidential elections

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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

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  1. ^ "Jedinstvena Srbija". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. ^ a b 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.
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