Democratic Serb Party (Montenegro)

The Democratic Serb Party (Montenegrin and Serbian: Демократска српска странка, Demokratska srpska stranka; DSS) is a minor conservative political party in Montenegro, representing the Serbs of Montenegro.

Democratic Serb Party

Demokratska srpska stranka
Демократска српска странка
LeaderDragica Perović
FounderBožidar Bojović
Founded2003 (2003)
IdeologyNational conservatism[1]
Christian democracy
Serbian–Montenegrin unionism
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationDemocratic Front
Parliament
0 / 81
Local Parliaments
2 / 786
Website
www.dsscg.com

History

The Democratic Serb 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.[2] 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 parliamentary 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.[3]

Elections

Parliamentary election
Parliament of Montenegro
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Coalition Government
2003 Split from Serb People's Party
2 / 81
 2 — opposition
2006 47,683 14.07%
2 / 81
 SNP-NS-DSS opposition
2009 9,448 2.9%
0 / 81
 2 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

See also

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2009). "Montenegro". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. http://dsscg.com/onama.php Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine DSS - About Us
  3. http://rtcg.me/vijesti/politika/139769/dss-pristupio-df-u.html
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