United Peasant Party
Уједињена сељачка странка
Ujedinjena seljačka stranka
AbbreviationUSS
LeaderMilija Miletić
Founded15 February 2000 (2000-02-15)
HeadquartersRadetova 28/C-4, Svrljig
Youth wingUnited Peasant Youth
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationSerbia Must Not Stop
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (cooperation)
Colours  Green
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
ujedinjenaseljackastranka.rs

The United Peasant Party (Serbian Cyrillic: Уједињена сељачка странка, romanized: Ujedinjena seljačka stranka, abbr. USS) is an agrarian political party in Serbia.[1] Its primary area of strength is in the municipality of Svrljig.[1] It is affiliated with the European People's Party in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.[2]

History

According to the party's website, the United Peasant Party was established in Belgrade in 2000 via a merger of three small peasant parties. At the party's founding meeting, Dragoslav Avramović agreed to be its honorary president; he died the following year. The USS won representation in the Svrljig municipal assembly in the 2000 local elections, and local party leader Milija Miletić became mayor of the municipality in 2008.[3]

The USS was not formally registered as a political party until 2010; prior to this time, it was designated as a Citizens' Group. Miletić was recognised as the party's leader at the time of tis registration and continues to hold this position as of 2021. He is the only member of the USS to have served in the national assembly, having been first elected in the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election on the electoral list of the Serbian Progressive Party and then re-elected on the same party's lists in the 2016, 2020, and 2022.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status Ref.
2012 Milija Miletić Did not participate
0 / 250
 Steady 0 – Extra-parliamentary –
2014 1,736,920 49.96% Increase 1st
1 / 250
 Increase 1 BKV Support [4]
2016 1,823,147 49.71% Steady 1st
1 / 250
 Steady 0 SP Support [5]
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
1 / 250
 Steady 0 ZND Support [6]
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
1 / 250
 Steady 0 ZMS Support [7]
2023 1,783,701 48.07% Steady 1st
1 / 250
 Steady 0 SNSDS TBA
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References

  1. ^ a b "Ujedinjena seljačka stranka svečano obeležila 20 godina od osnivanja odbora u Svrljigu - Radio BUBAMARA Svrljig". www.radiobubamara.rs (in Serbian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Détail membre - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities - www.coe.int". Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. ^ Историја, United Peasant Party (Serbia), accessed 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
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