Social Democratic Union (Serbia)

Social Democratic Union
Социјалдемократска унија
Socijaldemokratska unija
President Ivan Zlatić
Founder Žarko Korać
Founded 1996 (re-founded in 2003)
Split from Civic Alliance of Serbia (1996)
Social Democratic Party (2003)
Headquarters Kursulina 20, Belgrade
Youth wing Social Democratic Youth
Ideology Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
Colours Red
National Assembly
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Website
www.sdu.org.rs

The Social Democratic Union (Serbian: Социјалдемократска унија / Socijaldemokratska unija, (SDU)) is a social democratic political party in Serbia.[1]

History

The SDU was founded in 1996.

On 21 April 2002 the SDU merged with Social Democracy (SD) and founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP).[2][1] A year later, disenchanted members of the SDP, led by Žarko Korać, left and re-founded the SDU on 29 March 2003. Spokesman of the SDP Ljiljana Nestorović stated that this was due to almost all local councils supporting co-president Slobodan Orlić, former leader of the SD, in the upcoming party congress which was to be held in less than 20 days.[3][1]

In the 2014 election the SDU was again part of the coalition around Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) but the coalition failed to enter the parliament. It gained 3.36% of the votes, and did not reach the threshold of 5%.

At the 8th Congress in June 2014, Korać stepped down and Miloš Adamović was elected president.[4]

At the 9th Congress on 15 October 2016, Ivan Zlatić was elected president.[5]

In the 2018 Belgrade local election the SDU went as part of the Ne davimo Beograd electoral list which won 3.44% and failed to pass the electoral threshold.[6][7]

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalitions Government
2000 2,402,387 64.09%
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 Increase 4 DOS government
2003 481,249 12.58%
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 Decrease 3 With DS–GSS–DC–LZS opposition
2007 214,262 5.31%
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 Steady With LDP−GSS–LSV–DHSS opposition
2008 216,902 5.24%
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 Steady With LDP−DHSS opposition
2012 255,546 6.53%
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 Steady U-Turn opposition
2014 120,879 3.36%
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 Decrease 1 With LDP−BDZS non-parliamentary
2016 35,710 0.94%
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 Steady With LS−PZP−NUPS non-parliamentary

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Social democratic parties". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30.
  2. ↑ Nikolić, V. (22 April 2002). "Snaga za novo vreme". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ↑ G., D. (3 April 2003). "Razlaz Koraća i Orlića". arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs (in Serbian). Glas javnosti. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Tončić, Bojan (17 June 2014). "Žarko Korać otišao sa funkcije predsednika". e-novine. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "IVAN ZLATIĆ NOVI PREDSEDNIK SDU". sdu.org.rs. SDU. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "ZAJEDNO U BORBU ZA SOCIJALNU PRAVDU". sdu.org.rs. SDU. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Službeni List Grada Beograda (22 ed.). Belgrade: Grad Beograd, Sekretarijat za informisanje. 5 March 2018. p. 3. ISSN 0350-4727. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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