Civic Initiative of Gora
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The Civic Initiative of Gora (Serbian
Serbian language
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: Грађанска Иницијатива Горе, Građanska Inicijativa Gore) is a Gorani political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

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In the legislative elections on 24 October 2004
Kosovan parliamentary election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 24 October 2004....

, the party won 0.2% of the popular vote and 1 out of 120 seats. They successfully defended that seat at the 2007 election
Kosovan parliamentary election, 2007
Parliamentary elections to the unicameral Assembly of Kosovo were held on 17 November 2007, together with municipal elections. The Assembly of Kosovo is the legislative branch of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government that the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ...

, which preceded the disputed 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was adopted on 17 February 2008 by individual members of the Assembly of Kosovo acting in personal capacity and not binding to the Assembly itself...

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The party has since taken a seat in the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
The Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija , is the assembly of the association of local governments created by the municipal authorities in Kosovo elected in the May 11, 2008 municipal elections called by the Government of Serbia...

, which is not recognized by the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo.
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