Democratic Serb Party
Demokratska srpska stranka
Демократска српска странка
LeaderDragica Perović
FoundersBožidar Bojović
Ranko Kadić
Founded2003 (2003)
Split fromSerb People's Party
HeadquartersPodgorica
IdeologyNational conservatism[1]
Christian democracy
Serbian–Montenegrin unionism
Political positionRight-wing
Parliament
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Local Parliaments
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Website
www.dsscg.com

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

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. In August 2016, the party joined the right-wing Democratic Front (DF) for the 2016 election, and supported ZBCG list for 2020 election.[3]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Election Party leader Performance Alliance Government
Votes % Seats +/–
2006 Ranko Kadić 47,683 14.07%
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New With SNP-NS Opposition
2009 9,448 2.9%
0 / 81
Decrease 2 With NS Extra-parliamentary
2012 3,085 0.85%
0 / 81
Steady 0 With SSR Extra-parliamentary
2016 Dragica Perović 77,784 20.32%
0 / 81
Steady 0 With DF Extra-parliamentary
2020 133,267 32.55%
0 / 81
Steady 0 with ZBCG Extra-parliamentary
2023 3,630 1.20%
0 / 81
Steady 0 with NK Extra-parliamentary

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. DSS pristupio DF-u, RTCG (2016)
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