Democratic Party of Unity Demokratska stranka jedinstva Демократска странка јединства
Leader	Nebojša Jušković
Founder	Zoran Žižić
Founded	2006
Dissolved	2020
Merged into	Popular Movement (Montenegro)
Ideology	National conservatism Serbian-Montenegrin unionism Russophilia[1] Hard euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing
Politics of Montenegro Political parties Elections

Democratic Party of Unity (Montenegrin: Демократска странка јединства, Demokratska stranka jedinstva, DSJ) was a minor extra-parliamentary national conservative Serbian-Montenegrin unionist political party in Montenegro.

History

Party was founded in July 2006 by Zoran Žižić, former Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and former Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro. Between 2006 and 2009, the party was a constituent member of the Serb List (Srpska lista) coalition.

During the 2012 and from 2015 until 2017, the DSJ was a constituent member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Front (DF) alliance. Party supported For the Future of Montenegro (ZBCG) list for the 2020 parliamentary election.^[2]

In February 2020, party merged into newly formed Popular Movement (Montenegro).^[3]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Parliament of Montenegro

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	Overall seats won	Seat change	Coalition	Government
2006	49,730	14.68%	1 / 81	1	with SL	opposition
2009	Did not run	Did not run	0 / 81	1	—	extra-parliamentary
2012	82,773	22.82%	1 / 81	1	with DF	opposition
2016	77,784	20.32%	0 / 81	1	with DF	extra-parliamentary
2020	133,267	32.55%	0 / 81		with ZBCG	extra-parliamentary