Peasants Party of Serbia

Peasants Party of Serbia
Seljačka Stranka Srbije
President Živko Selaković
Founder Milomir Babić
Founded October 26, 1990 (1990-10-26)
Dissolved December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30)
Merged into Social Democratic Party of Serbia
Headquarters Braće Vučković 60, Belgrade
Ideology Agrarianism

The Peasants Party of Serbia (Serbian: Сељачка странка Србије or Seljačka stranka Srbije) was a political party in Serbia.

History

It was founded on 26 October 1990 in Kragujevac by Milomir Babić at which point it was called the Party of the Serbian Peasants Union.[1] In the 1990 legislative election, it won 1,1% and 2 seats in two districts. The elected MPs were Milomir Babić in Desimirovac and Ljubomir Dodić in Milutovac.[2] In the 1992 legislative election it won 2,7% and 3 seats.

In 1996 Živko Selaković was elected party president.[3] In the 1997 election it was part of an alliance around the Democratic Alternative headed by Nebojša Čović and won no seats. In the 2000 election it was part of the Party of Serbian Unity list and won one seat.

On 23 January 2003 it formed a new parliamentary group "Serbia" with the United Pensioners' Party and three former members of New Serbia.[4] One day later, the UPP withdrew from the parliamentary group.[5] It was later joined by the People's Peasant Party, which was expelled from the Vojvodina Coalition.[6] On 9 February 2003 a bomb was set outside Selaković's family home in Žarkovo. Allegedly, he had been receiving threats from Party of Serbian Unity leaders Borislav Pelević and Dragan Marković Palma. Pelević denied threatening Selaković and condemned the attack.[7][8]

On 8 October 2003, after a meeting with delegates from the Democratic Party headed by Gordana Čomić, Selaković stated that the SSS supported the government in "achieving its goals regarding reform".[9]

In the 2003 election, Živko Selaković ran on the Labour Party of Serbia list, led by the then Minister of Labour Dragan Milovanović. The list won 0,1% and no seats.[10] Another fraction of the party led by Milomir Babić, under the name Peasants Party (Serbian: Сељачка странка or Seljačka stranka), ran on the Independent Serbia list, which won 1,2% and no seats.[11]

On 30 December 2009 the PPS merged into the Social Democratic Party of Serbia and ceased to exist.[12]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Government
1990 52,663 1.05%
2 / 250
 Increase 2 opposition
1992 128,240 2.71%
3 / 250
 Increase 1 opposition
1993 65,623 1.53%
0 / 250
 Decrease 3 non-parliamentary
1997 60,855 1.23%
0 / 250
 Steady DA-PPS non-parliamentary
2000 200,052 5.33%
1 / 250
 Increase 1 SSJ-PSP-UPS opposition (2000–2003)
gov't support (Oct 2003–2004)
2003 4,666 0.12%
0 / 250
 Decrease 1 LPS non-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Robert Thomas: Serbia under Milošević: politics in the 1990s, p. 66
  2. ↑ Izveštaj o ukupnim rezultatima izbora za narodne poslanike u Narodnu skupštinu Republike Srbije 9. i 23. decembra 1990. godine (in Serbian)
  3. ↑ Biography of Živko Selaković, Social Democratic Party of Serbia (in Serbian)
  4. ↑ "Formiran novi poslanički klub Srbija" (in Serbian). B92. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Berza poslanika najunosniji posao" (in Serbian). Blic. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Milošević, Milan (30 January 2003). "Ustavna povelja u skupštini Srbije - Svetosavska računaljka" (in Serbian) (630). Vreme. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Marković Subota, Tamara (9 February 2003). "Eksplozija u Žarkovu" (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Stanković, S. (9 February 2003). "Bombaš promašio vrata" (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Seljačka stranka Srbije podržava Vladu" (in Serbian). B92. 8 October 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Labour Party of Serbia electoral list, 2003 (in Serbian)
  11. ↑ Independent Serbia electoral list, 2003 (in Serbian)
  12. ↑ "Seljačka stranka Srbije pristupila SDPS" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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