List of political parties in Serbia
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This is a list of political parties in Serbia
. Serbia has a multi-party system
with numerous parties
, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone. Parties must cooperate to form coalition government
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Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Serbia has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
with numerous parties
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 which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone. Parties must cooperate to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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Parliamentary parties
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Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ; , Savez vojvođanskih Mađara ) is an ethnic Hungarian political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Its chairman is István Pásztor. The former party chairman József Kasza is now its honorary president... |
Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség Savez vojvođanskih Mađara |
István Pásztor István Pásztor István Pásztor is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad... |
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Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak The Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak is a political party in the Sandžak region of Serbia. At the final legislative elections, 28 December 2003, the party elected one seat on the list of the Democratic Party.... |
Bošnjačka demokratska stranka Sandžaka | Esad Džudžević | 1 | |
Christian Democratic Party of Serbia Christian Democratic Party of Serbia The Christian Democratic Party of Serbia is a Christian democratic political party in Serbia. At the final legislative elections in Serbia and Montenegro, held December 28, 2003, the party won no seats... |
Demohrišćanska stranka Srbije | Branislav Lečić Branislav Lecic Branislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, and politician. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor in 1978... |
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Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina | Demokratski Savez Hrvata u Vojvodini | Petar Kuntić | 1 | |
Democratic Party Democratic Party (Serbia) The Democratic Party is a political party in Serbia. It is described as a social liberal or social democratic party.-Pre-war history:The Democratic Party was established on 16 February 1919 from unification of Sarajevo parties independent radicals, progressives, liberals and the Serbian part of... |
Demokratska stranka | Boris Tadić Boris Tadic Boris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February... |
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Democratic Party of Serbia Democratic Party of Serbia The Democratic Party of Serbia is a political party in Serbia.-Foundation:The Democratic Party of Serbia was founded when a faction of the Democratic Party that supported its involvement in the Democratic Movement of Serbia split from the party and formed their own in 1992.Soon after the March... |
Demokratska stranka Srbije | Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica Vojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003... |
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G17 Plus G17 Plus G17 Plus , abbreviated to G17+, is a centre-right political party in Serbia. With 22 seats in the National Assembly, it is the third-largest party, and currently participates in a coalition with, amongst others, the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party... |
G17 plus | Mlađan Dinkić | 21 | |
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina The League of Vojvodina Social Democrats is a regionalist social democratic political party in Serbia... |
Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine | Nenad Čanak Nenad Canak Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician... |
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Liberal Democratic Party | Liberalno demokratska partija | Čedomir Jovanović Cedomir Jovanovic Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović is a Serbian politician and president of the Liberal Democratic Party .- Early life :... |
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New Serbia New Serbia New Serbia is a political party in Serbia. It was created in 1997 by a number of dissidents from the Serbian Renewal Movement.... |
Nova Srbija | Velimir Ilić Velimir Ilic Velimir "Velja" Ilić is Serbian politician and a former Minister of Capital Investments in the Serbian government in the cabinet of Vojislav Koštunica.- Biography :... |
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Party for Democratic Action Party for Democratic Action The Party for Democratic Action is a minority political party, representing ethnic Albanians in Southern Serbia. Its current leader is Riza Halimi.At the latest legislative election in 2007, it has won one seat in the parliament.... |
Partia për bashkimin demokratik të shqiptarve Partija za demokratsko delovanje |
Riza Halimi | 1 | |
Party of United Pensioners of Serbia Party of United Pensioners of Serbia The Party of United Pensioners of Serbia is a political party in Serbia. Party leader is Jovan Krkobabić. The party took part in 2007 parliamentary election in coalition with the Social Democratic Party and won no seats... |
Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije | Jovan Krkobabić Jovan Krkobabic Jovan Krkobabić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Party of United Pensioners of Serbia. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs appointed on July 7, 2008.... |
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Social Democratic Party of Serbia | Socijaldemokratska partija srbije | Rasim Ljajić Rasim Ljajic Rasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Labor, Employment, and Social Affairs of Serbia since 15 May 2007. He is a medical graduate. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia, elected on 21 January 2007 on the list of the Democratic Party in the parliament, where it has three... |
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Serbian Progressive Party Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party is a right-wing political party in Serbia.-History:The Serbian Progressive Party formed as a group of breakaway MPs in parliament from the Serbian Radical Party led by Tomislav Nikolić over disagreements about the direction of the party. Its founding congress was... |
Srpska napredna stranka | Tomislav Nikolić Tomislav Nikolic Tomislav "Toma" Nikolić is a Serbian politician, President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is also a former member of the Serbian Radical Party, where he served as Deputy Leader of the party and parliamentary leader during the absence of Vojislav Šešelj... |
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Serbian Renewal Movement Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement is a political party in Serbia.It was founded in 1990.In 1997 a dissident group abandoned the party and formed New Serbia.... |
Srpski pokret obnove | Vuk Drašković Vuk Draškovic Vuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968... |
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Serbian Radical Party Serbian Radical Party The Serbian Radical Party is a far-right Serbian nationalist political party in Serbia, founded in 1991. Currently the second-largest party in the Serbian National Assembly, it has branches in three of the nations that currently border Serbia – all former federal republics of Yugoslavia... |
Srpska radikalna stranka | Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000... |
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Social Democratic Union Social Democratic Union (Serbia) The Social Democratic Union is a social democratic political party in Serbia.At the last legislative elections, on January 21, 2007, the party was a member of the LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition that won 15 seats.... |
Socijaldemokratska unija | Žarko Korać Žarko Korac Professor Žarko Korać , Ph.D. is a Serbian psychologist and politician.He teaches psychology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy and is one of the founders and president of the Social Democratic Union... |
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Social-Liberal Party of Sandžak | Socijalno-liberalna stranka Sandžaka | Bajram Omeragić | 1 | |
Socialist Party of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this... |
Socijalistička partija Srbije | Ivica Dačić Ivica Dacic Ivica Dačić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Socialist Party of Serbia and is First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Internal Affairs.... |
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Together for Šumadija | Zajedno za Šumadiju | Veroljub Stevanović Veroljub Stevanović Veroljub Stevanović born 17 September 1946, Kragujevac, Serbia. Is a Serbian politician and current Mayor of Kragujevac.-Biography:Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac in City of Kragujevac.... |
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United Serbia United Serbia United Serbia is a political party in Serbia, centered in Jagodina. It was previously a close ally of New Serbia, and was a member of its coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia.... |
Jedinstvena Srbija | Dragan Marković Dragan Marković Dragan Marković , born in Končarevo in 1960 and commonly known as Palma , is a Serbian politician and entrepreneur, currently serving as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia and founder and the party leader of United Serbia political party... |
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Non-parliamentary parties
- Strength of Serbia Movement (Pokret snaga Srbije)
- National PartyNational Party (Serbia)The People's Party is a political party in Serbia founded in 2008 by former mayor of Novi Sad and former Serbian Radical Party member Maja Gojković. The NP was previously part of the populist coalition of the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia...
(Narodna Partija) - Reformists of VojvodinaReformists of VojvodinaReformists of Vojvodina is a political party in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. At the last legislative elections in Vojvodina, on September 19, 2004, the party won 2 seats in the provincial parliament....
(Reformisti Vojvodine) - Pirate Party of SerbiaPirate Party of SerbiaThe Pirate Party of Serbia represents a new political movement in Serbia based on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party. It was founded in February 2008 in Smederevo...
(Piratska Partija Srbije) - The Greens of SerbiaGreens of SerbiaZeleni – The Greens of Serbia are the green organisation in Serbia. They were registered as a non-governmental organisation and since March 2010 as a political organization. Greens of Serbia were founded in the early autumn of 2001 with former Green Union members. They became a legal entity on 14...
(Zeleni Srbije)
Minority parties
- Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina HungariansDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina HungariansDemocratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians (Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyarok Demokratikus Közössége (VMDK), Serbian: Демократска заједница војвођанских Мађара (ДЗВМ), Demokratska zajednica vojvođanskih...
(Demokratska zajednica vojvođanskih Mađara, Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyarok Demokratikus Közössége) - Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians (Demokratska stranka vojvođanskih Mađara, Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyar Demokrata Párt)
- Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini)
- Democratic Union of CroatsDemocratic Union of CroatsThe Democratic Union of Croats , abbreviation: DZH) is an political party of ethnic Croats in autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.It was founded July 25, 2007.The party seat is in Subotica, Age Mamužića 5....
(Demokratska zajednica Hrvata )
See also
- Politics of SerbiaPolitics of SerbiaThe politics of Serbia function within the framework of a parliamentary republic. The Prime minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly of Serbia...
- List of political parties by country