Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians Савез војвођанских Мађара Savez vojvođanskih Mađara Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség | ||
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National Assembly 6 / 250 | ||
Assembly of Vojvodina | 8 / 120 | |
City Assembly of Belgrade | 1 / 110 | |
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The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (Hungarian: Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség, VMSZ; Serbian Cyrillic: Савез војвођанских Мађара, romanized: Savez vojvođanskih Mađara, SVM) is a regionalist political party in Serbia, representing the Hungarian minority in Vojvodina.
History
Foundation and early history
The party was founded in 1994 in Senta by József Kasza and former members of the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians as a citizen group which in 1995 was registered as a political party.[2] They participated in the 1997 parliamentary election in which they won 1.23% of the vote and 4 seats in the National Assembly.[3] In early 2000, it was one of the founding members of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) which ousted the president Slobodan Milošević later that year. In the 2000 parliamentary election they participated under the DOS coalition and the party won 6 seats in the parliament.[4]
Post-Milošević era and leadership change
From the early 2000s, they started promoting an idea to form a
Modern period
In 2012, they participated in the
Bálint Pásztor was elected as leader of the VMSZ at a party convention in Senta on 2 March 2024. The only candidate for the position, he received the support of 333 out of 335 delegates in attendance.[11]
Political positions
Besides being supportive of Hungarian minority interests,
It is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum.[19][21] It is also an associate member of the European People's Party.[22]
In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, VMSZ has been associated with the European People's Party since 2007.[23]
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status |
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1997 | József Kasza | 50,960 | 1.28% | 7th | 4 / 250
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4 | – | Opposition |
2000 | 2,404,758 | 65.69% | 1st | 6 / 250
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2 | DOS | Government | |
2003 | 161,765 | 4.29% | 7th | 0 / 250
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6 | ZZT | Extra-parliamentary | |
2007 | 52,510 | 1.32% | 10th | 3 / 250
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3 | – | Opposition | |
2008 | István Pásztor | 74,874 | 1.85% | 6th | 4 / 250
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1 | MK | Support |
2012 | 68,323 | 1.83% | 9th | 5 / 250
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1 | – | Opposition | |
2014 | 75,294 | 2.17% | 9th | 6 / 250
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1 | – | Support | |
2016 | 56,620 | 1.54% | 8th | 4 / 250
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2 | VMSZ–VMDP | Support | |
2020 | 71,893 | 2.32% | 7th | 9 / 250
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5 | – | Support | |
2022
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60,313 | 1.63% | 11th | 5 / 250
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4 | – | Support | |
2023 | Bálint Pásztor | 64,747 | 1.74% | 7th | 6 / 250
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1 | – | TBA |
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Presidential elections
Year | Candidate | 1st round popular vote | % of popular vote | 2nd round popular vote | % of popular vote | Notes | ||
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Sep 1997 | did not participate | Election annulled due to low turnout | ||||||
Dec 1997 | ||||||||
Sep–Oct 2002 | Election annulled due to low turnout | |||||||
Dec 2002 | Election annulled due to low turnout | |||||||
2003 | Election annulled due to low turnout | |||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | István Pásztor | 6th | 93,039 | 2.30% | — | — | — | |
2012 | 9th | 63,420 | 1.70% | — | — | — | ||
2017 | Aleksandar Vučić | 1st | 2,012,788 | 56.01% | — | — | — | Supported Vučić |
2022
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1st | 2,224,914 | 60.01% | — | — | — |
Provincial elections
Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status |
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1996 | József Kasza | – | – | 3rd | 13 / 120
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13 | – | Gov't support |
2000 | – | – | 2nd | 14 / 120
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1 | – | Government | |
2004 | 54,380 | 8.80% | 4th | 11 / 120
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3 | – | Government | |
2008 | István Pásztor | 77,390 | 7.60% | 4th | 9 / 120
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2 | MK | Government |
2012 | 62,275 | 6.47% | 6th | 7 / 120
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2 | – | Government | |
2016 | 47,034 | 5.03% | 7th | 6 / 120
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1 | – | Government | |
2020 | 75,218 | 9.29% | 3rd | 11 / 120
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5 | – | Government | |
2023 | Bálint Pásztor | To be decided | – | TBA |
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Positions held
Major positions held by Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians members:
President of the Assembly of Vojvodina | Years |
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Sándor Egeresi | 2008–2012 |
István Pásztor | 2012–2023 |
See also
References
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