Democratic Serb Party (Montenegro)
Democratic Serb Party Demokratska srpska stranka Демократска српска странка | |
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Leader | Dragica Perović |
Founder | Božidar Bojović |
Founded | 2003 |
Ideology |
National conservatism Christian democracy Serbian-Montenegrin unionism |
Political position | Right-wing |
National affiliation | Democratic Front |
Parliament |
0 / 81
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Local Parliaments |
2 / 786
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Website | |
www.dsscg.com | |
The Democratic Serb Party (Montenegrin and Serbian: Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a conservative political party in Montenegro, representing the Serbs of Montenegro.
History
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.[1] 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 parliamentatry 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.
On 31 August 2016, the party joined the right-wing conservative opposition alliance Democratic Front.[2]
Elections
Parliamentary election
Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Coalition | Government |
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2003 | Split from Serb People's Party | 2 / 81 |
— | opposition | ||
2006 | 47,683 | 14.07% | 2 / 81 |
SNP-NS-DSS | opposition | |
2009 | 9,448 | 2.9% | 0 / 81 |
NS-DSS | extra-parliamentary | |
2012 | 3,085 | 0.85% | 0 / 81 |
DSS-SSR | extra-parliamentary | |
2016 | 77,784 | 20.32% | 0 / 81 |
DF | extra-parliamentary | |