Democratic Serb Party (Montenegro)

Democratic Serb Party Demokratska srpska stranka Демократска српска странка
Leader	Dragica Perović
Founders	Božidar Bojović Ranko Kadić
Founded	2003 (2003)
Split from	Serb People's Party
Headquarters	Podgorica
Ideology	National conservatism[1] Christian democracy Serbian–Montenegrin unionism
Political position	Right-wing
Parliament	0 / 81
Local Parliaments	2 / 786
Website
www.dsscg.com
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The Democratic Serb Party (Montenegrin and Serbian: Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a minor conservative political party in Montenegro, representing the Serbs of Montenegro.

History[]

The Democratic Serb Party was formed in 2003 following a split from the Serb People's Party led by Božidar Bojović, who was the first party president, and Ranko Kadić, first vice president and his subsequent successor.^[2]

At the legislative elections held in March 2009, DSS formed a pre-election coalition with the People's Party, but the coalition failed to gain parliamentary status, winning 2,9% of the votes, just below the 3% electoral threshold. At the next election DSS participated in a nationalist coalition Serb National Alliance along with Party of Serb Radicals and Serb National Alliance, which won only 0,85% of votes. In August 2016, the party joined the right-wing Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 election, and supported ZBCG list for 2020 election.^[3]

Elections[]

Parliamentary election[]

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Coalition	Government
2003	Split from Serb People's Party		2 / 81	2	with ZZP	opposition
2006	47,683	14.07%	2 / 81		With SNP-NS	opposition
2009	9,448	2.9%	0 / 81	2	With NS	extra-parliamentary
2012	3,085	0.85%	0 / 81		With SSR	extra-parliamentary
2016	77,784	20.32%	0 / 81		With DF	extra-parliamentary
2020	133,267	32.55%	0 / 81		with ZBCG	extra-parliamentary

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