Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)

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This article is about the historical party, active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. For the Democratic Party founded in 1989 active in SFR/FR Yugoslavia, see Democratic Party (Serbia).
Democratic Party
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    • The Yugoslav Democratic Party, State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats and Democratic Party, also known as the Democratic Union was the name of a series of

    Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia).[1]

    History

    Yugoslav Democratic Party

    The Yugoslav Democratic Party (

    Gorizia and Gradisca. Prominent members included Ivan Tavčar, Ivan Hribar, Albert Kramar, Gregor Žerjav, and Milko Brezigar
    .

    State Party of Serbian, Croatian and Slovene Democrats

    In the Spring of 1919, in

    Serbian Progressive Party, the People's Party of Croatia and the Svetozar Pribićević's Croat-Serb Coalition, as well as fractions of Montenegrin People's Party led by Andrija Radović
    .

    The elected president of the party was Ljubomir Davidović, also a president of the Assembly and a mayor of Belgrade.

    The party won the largest number of deputies in the

    National Assembly dropped to 51.[5] In May 1924, the Democrats joined the Oppositional Bloc against the Pašić government, appealing for a democratic Yugoslavia and calling for a fair share in the government for Croatians and Slovenes.[6]

    Democratic Party

    In early 1924, Prime Minister Pašić succeeded in winning the support of some Democratic deputies around Svetozar Pribićević, to reject especially the Croatian demands for more influence. Therefore, the conflict between Pribićević and party leader Ljubomir Davidović heated. While Pribićević intransigently persisted on the principle of the unitary Yugoslavia, Davidović favoured moderation and concessions considering the Croatian demands. Hence, Pribićević and fourteen fellow lawmakers left the Democratic Party and founded the Independent Democratic Party, which readily joined a "National Bloc" coalition with the Radical Party of Prime Minister Pašić.[6]

    The Slovenian, Croatian,

    Macedonia, and Montenegro, while in the former Austro-Hungarian
    areas of the state, the Independent Democratic Party prevailed.

    The Democratic Party was in and out of government, either independently or as part of a coalition, until 1929 when King Alexander abolished the Vidovdan Constitution and created a personal dictatorship, changing the name of the country to Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Democratic Party remained in opposition until World War II.

    After Davidović's death in 1940, Milan Grol took over the presidency of the party.

    During the

    Communist Party (KPJ) led by Josip Broz Tito
    banned the Democratic Party in 1946.

    Electoral performances

    Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote Position # of seats Seat change Position Coalition
    1920 Ljubomir Davidović 319,448 19.9% Increase 1st
    92 / 419
    		 Increase 92 Increase 1st –
    1923 400,342 18.4% Decrease 3rd
    51 / 312
    		 Decrease 41 Decrease 3rd –
    1925 279,686 11.8% Steady 3rd
    36 / 315
    		 Decrease 15 Steady 3rd –
    1927 381,784 16.4% Increase 2nd
    59 / 315
    		 Increase 23 Increase 2nd –
    1931 Banned
    0 / 370
    		 Decrease 59 — –
    1935 1,076,345 37.4% Steady 2nd
    67 / 370
    		 Increase 67 Increase 2nd United Opposition
    1938 1,364,524 44.9% Steady 2nd
    67 / 370
    		 Steady 0 Steady 2nd United Opposition
    1945 Milan Grol Election boycott
    0 / 354
    		 Decrease 67 — -

    See also

    References

    1. ISBN 9788674190289
      .
    2. ^ Vucinich, Wayne S. (1969), "Interwar Yugoslavia", Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment, University of California Press, p. 7
    3. ^ Vucinich, Wayne S. (1969), "Interwar Yugoslavia", Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment, University of California Press, p. 8
    4. ^ Vucinich, Wayne S. (1969), "Interwar Yugoslavia", Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment, University of California Press, p. 14
    5. ^ Vucinich, Wayne S. (1969), "Interwar Yugoslavia", Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment, University of California Press, p. 355
    6. ^ a b Vucinich, Wayne S. (1969), "Interwar Yugoslavia", Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment, University of California Press, p. 15
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