Social Democratic Party of Serbia
Социјалдемократска партија Србије
Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
AbbreviationSDPS
LeaderRasim Ljajić
Founded5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)
HeadquartersDečanska 1/III, Belgrade
Membership (2020)48,623
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationSerbia Must Not Stop
International affiliationSocialist International (observer)
Colours  Red
National Assembly
6 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
2 / 110
Bosniak National Council
12 / 35
Website
sdpsrbije.org.rs

The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Социјалдемократска партија Србије, romanized: Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije, abbr. SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. Orientated towards the principles of social democracy, it has been led by Rasim Ljajić since its formation in 2009.

History

The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) was formed on 5 October 2009 by Rasim Ljajić, the long-time leader of Sandžak Democratic Party.[1] Ljajić has been the president of SDPS since its formation.[1] In late 2013 SDPS had joined in coalition with the Sandžak Democratic Party, forming a political union. Rasim Ljajić was elected as the SDPS-SDP's first head.[2] Despite taking part with the Democratic Party-led Choice for a Better Life alliance in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, SDPS has aligned itself with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) after the election.[1] Since then, it has contested every election on the SNS electoral list.[1]

Ideology and platform

SDPS is a centre-left political party, orientated towards the principles of social democracy.[3][4][5] Ljajić has described SDPS as an anti-fascist, anti-populist, and solidarist party in 2023.[6]

Organisation

Its headquarters is at Dečanska 1/III in Belgrade.[7] In 2015, it was reported that SDPS had 44,658 members.[8] In 2020, SDPS had 48,623 members.[9]

International cooperation

In June 2018 the party was admitted in the Socialist International as observer member.[10]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status Ref.
2012 Rasim Ljajić 863,294 23.09% Increase 2nd
9 / 250
 Increase 5 IZBŽ Government [11]
2014 1,736,920 49.96% Increase 1st
10 / 250
 Increase 1 BKV Government [12]
2016 1,823,147 49.71% Steady 1st
10 / 250
 Steady 0 SP Government [13]
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
8 / 250
 Decrease 2 ZND Government [14]
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
7 / 250
 Decrease 1 ZMS Government [15]
2023 1,783,701 48.07% Steady 1st
6 / 250
 Decrease 1 SNSDS TBA
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Presidential elections

President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote % of popular vote Notes Ref.
2012 Boris Tadić 1st 989,454 26.50% 2nd 1,481,952 48.84% Supported Tadić [11]
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% — — — Supported Vučić [16]
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01% — — — [17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Rasim Ljajić na čelu unije stranaka".
  3. ^ "Stranke - Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije" (in Serbian). B92. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. ^ Anastasakis, Othon (19 April 2017). "The five 'infections' of the social democratic 'family' in the Western Balkans". openDemocracy. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ Beckmann-Dierkes, Norbert; Rankić, Slađan (13 May 2022). "Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022". Konrad Adenauer Foundation (in German). p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Ljajić: SDP obustavila aktivnosti zbog tragedija, vreme tuge i bola". N1 (in Serbian). 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije". National Assembly of Serbia (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.
  9. ^ Petronijević Terzić, Ivana (28 July 2023). "Ko je ko u vladajućoj koaliciji". Demostat (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  11. ^ a b Vukmirović, Dragan (2012). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije i za predsednika Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and for the President of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-021-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  12. ^ Vukmirović, Dragan (2014). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-108-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  13. ^ Kovačević, Miladin (2016). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-154-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  14. ^ Kovačević, Miladin (2020). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-193-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  15. ^ Kovačević, Miladin (2022). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 7. ISBN 978-86-6161-221-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  16. ^ Kovačević, Miladin (2017). Izbori za predsednika Republike Srbije [Elections for the President of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Beograd: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-164-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  17. ^ Kovačević, Miladin (2022). Izbori za predsednika Republike Srbije [Elections for the President of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 7. ISBN 978-86-6161-220-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

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