United Serbia

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United Serbia
Јединствена Србија
Jedinstvena Srbija
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
National affiliationJS–SPSZS
Colours
  •   Red
  •   Blue
  •   White
National Assembly
5 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
2 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
1 / 110
Website
jedinstvenasrbija.org.rs

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

History

It was founded on 15 February 2004,

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

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

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

Parliamentary elections

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

Presidential elections

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

  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.
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  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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