Social Democratic Party of Serbia

Social Democratic Party of Serbia

Социјалдемократска партија Србије
Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
Social Democratic Party of Serbia Социјалдемократска партија Србије; Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
Abbreviation	SDPS
Leader	Rasim Ljajić
Founded	18 October 2008
Headquarters	Belgrade
Membership (2015)	44,658
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	Together We Can Do Everything
International affiliation	Socialist International (observer)
Colors	Red
National Assembly	8 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	2 / 110
Bosniak National Council	8 / 35
Website
	sdpsrbije.org.rs
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The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian: Социјалдемократска партија Србије, romanized: Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije, SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia.^[2]^[3]

History[]

In late 2013 SDPS had joined in coalition with the Sandžak Democratic Party, forming a political union. Rasim Ljajić was elected as the SDP-SDP's first head.^[4]

In June 2018 the party was admitted in the Socialist International as observer member.^[5] The SDPS currently has 9 seats in the National Assembly. Rasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Foreign and Domestic Trade and Telecommunications since July 2012.

Election results[]

Parliamentary elections[]

National Assembly of Serbia
Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalitions	Status
2008	1,590,200	38.42%	4 / 250	4	ZES	government
2012	863,294	22.07%	9 / 250	5	IZBŽ	government
2014	1,736,920	48.35%	10 / 250	1	SNS coalition	government
2016	1,823,147	48.25%	10 / 250			government
2020	1,953,998	60.65%	8 / 250	2		government
2022			0 / 250

Presidential elections[]

Year	Candidate	1st round popular vote		% of popular vote	2nd round popular vote		% of popular vote	Notes
2008	Boris Tadić	2nd	1,457,030	35.39%	1st	2,304,467	50.31%	Support
2012	Boris Tadić	1st	989,454	25.31%	2nd	1,481,952	47.31%	Support
2017	Aleksandar Vučić	1st	2,012,788	55.06%	N/A	—	—	Support
2022	Aleksandar Vučić							Support

References[]

^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.
^ "Stranke - Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije" (in Serbian). B92. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
^ Anastasakis, Othon (19 April 2017). "The five 'infections' of the social democratic 'family' in the Western Balkans". openDemocracy. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Rasim Ljajić na čelu unije stranaka".
^ "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.

[2] "Stranke - Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije" (in Serbian). B92. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

[3] Anastasakis, Othon (19 April 2017). "The five 'infections' of the social democratic 'family' in the Western Balkans". openDemocracy. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

[4] "Rasim Ljajić na čelu unije stranaka".

[5] "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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Bracketed numbers indicate number of seats in parliament.
National Assembly (250)	Serbian Progressive Party (167) Socialist Party of Serbia (22) Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (9) Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (9) Social Democratic Party of Serbia (8) United Serbia (8) Movement of Socialists (3) Serbian People's Party (3) Justice and Reconciliation Party (3) Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (3) Party for Democratic Action (3) Serbian Renewal Movement (3) Strength of Serbia Movement (2) Greens of Serbia (1) People's Peasant Party (1) Serbian Left (1) United Peasant Party (1) Independent (1)
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