Better Serbia

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Better Serbia
Боља Србија
Bolja Srbija
AbbreviationBS
PresidentDragan Jovanović
SecretaryMilovan Cvetković
Founded24 July 2017; 4 years ago (2017-07-24)
Split fromNew Serbia (NS)
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
ColoursRed and blue
SloganМи знамо боље!
(We know better!)
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
www.boljasrbija.org.rs

Better Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Боља Србија, romanized: Bolja Srbija; abbr. БС or BS) is a minor right-wing national-conservative and agrarian political party in Serbia. Its leader is Dragan Jovanović, a former member of New Serbia. Better Serbia is the main governing party in the municipality of Topola.

Origins and current status[]

Jovanović was a longtime member of New Serbia before his expulsion from the party in January 2017, which occurred against the backdrop of a quarrel with party leader Velimir Ilić. After serving as an independent member of the assembly for six months, Jovanović launched Better Serbia in July 2017.[1] He outlined the party's positions in an interview with Politika shortly thereafter, noting the party's focus on agrarian issues.[2] Jovanović was a supporter of Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić at the time of Better Serbia's establishment, although by 2020 he had become an opponent of the administration.[3]

Better Serbia contested the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election in an alliance with Healthy Serbia.[4] Their list did not cross the electoral threshold to win representation in the assembly. Better Serbia won a narrow victory in Jovanović's home community of Topola in the concurrent 2020 Serbian local elections, defeating the Serbian Progressive Party by sixteen seats to fifteen. After the election, the Progressives formed a new governing alliance with smaller parties in the local assembly, and Better Serbia served in opposition.[5] In April 2021, however, two defectors from the Progressives allowed Better Serbia to form a new municipal administration with the support from the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia. Topola's incumbent mayor, Ivan Petrović, also chose to join the new administration.[6]

Presidents of Better Serbia[]

# President Born-Died Term start Term end
1 Dragan Jovanović Dragan jovanovic.jpg 1976– July 2017 Incumbent

Electoral results[]

Parliamentary elections[]

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Status
2020 Dragan Jovanović 33,435 1.04%
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 Decrease 1 With ZS[4] no seats

References[]

  1. ^ "Bolja Srbija - nova stranka, predsednik Dragan Jovanović", Tanjug, 24 July 2017, accessed 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ Мирјана Чекеревац, "Увек сам за народне коалиције", Politika, 4 August 2017, accessed 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ Mirjana R. Milenković, "Jovanović: Mislio sam da su žuti najgori, ali naprednjaci su gori", Danas, 6 March 2020, accessed 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Novinska agencija Beta". Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "SNS na čelu vlasti u Topoli, Dragan Jovanović posle 16 godina ide u opoziciju", Danas, 19 August 2020, accessed 4 February 2021.
  6. ^ "U Topoli prekomponovana vlast, Bolja Srbija dobila podršku troje naprednjaka", Danas, 27 April 2021, accessed 27 April 2021.
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