Communist Party (Serbia)

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Communist Party Комунистичка партија Komunistička partija
Abbreviation	KP
President	Joška Broz
Secretary-General	Miroslav Jovanović
Founder	Joška Broz
Founded	28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
Merger of	New Communist Party of Serbia Social Democrats of Novi Sad
Headquarters	Uralska 9 11060 Belgrade
Youth wing	Communist Youth (KO)
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Titoism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	SPS–JS–ZS Coalition
International affiliation	IMCWP
Colors	Red and Ochre
Slogan	“Workers of the World, Unite!”
National Assembly	1 / 250
Vojvodina Assembly	1 / 120
Website
www.kp.rs
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections

The Communist Party (Serbian: Комунистичка партија, romanized: Komunistička partija; abbr. КП or KP) is a Titoist political party in Serbia.

It was founded in Belgrade on 28 November 2010, after two smaller communist parties (the New Communist Party of Serbia (NKPS) and the Social Democrats from Novi Sad) united with a group of communists led by Josip Joška Broz. Its president is Joška Broz (grandson of the former president of Yugoslavia and the SKJ, Josip Broz Tito) and the Secretary-General is Miroslav Jovanović.

Organization[]

The head of the party is the President, next in the hierarchy is the Secretary-General and after him is the party's Central Committee. The party is split into committees led by committee secretaries and also into basic organizations led by commissioners.

Presidents[]

#	President		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
1	Joška Broz		1947–	2010	Incumbent

Electoral results[]

The Communist Party competed in the 2012 parliamentary elections independently, receiving 28,977 votes or 0.74% of the popular vote, failing to enter parliament. A similar situation happened in the 2014 parliamentary elections when the Communist Party (in coalition with Montenegrin Party) received 6,388 votes or 0.18% of the popular vote and again failed to enter parliament. However, for the 2016 parliamentary elections, the Communist Party joined a coalition led by the Socialist Party of Serbia that received 413,770 votes or 10.95% of the popular vote and entered the Parliament of Serbia and also the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

Parliamentary elections[]

Year	Leader	Vote(s)	%	Seats	±	Arrangements	Status
2012	Joška Broz[a]	28,977	0.74%	0 / 250			N/A
2014		6,388	0.18%	0 / 250		With CP	N/A
2016		413,770	10.95%	1 / 250	1	With SPS–JS–ZS	Government support
2020		334,333	10.38%	1 / 250		With SPS–JS–ZS	Government support
2022		To be determined				With SPS–JS–ZS	Government support[b]

References[]

Notes

Citations

External links[]

• Official website
• Excerpt from the register of political parties, which includes the Communist Party
• Video by the Communist Party
• Speech of Joška Broz on 25 May