Parties and Elections in Europe

SERBIA

Legislative elections: National Assembly, 4-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system

· President: Boris Tadić (DS) · Prime Minister: Mirko Cvetković · Government: DS, G17+, LSV, SDP, SPO, SPS, PUPS, JS

Party		Ideology, Affiliation, Founding		2008	Seats	2007	Seats
	Demokratska Stranka (DS) Democratic Party	Social democracy; Third Way	PESa, SI 1990 (hist. 1919)	38,4%	65	22,7%	61
	G17 Plus (G17+) G17 Plus	Liberal conservatism	EPPa, IDUo 2002		24	6,8%	19
	Liga Socijaldemokrata Vojvodine (LSV) League of Vojvodina Social Democrats	Regionalism; Social democracy	- 1990		5	LDP	4
	Socijaldemokratska Partija Srbije (SDP) Social Democratic Party of Serbia (former Sandzak Democratic Party)	Social democracy	- 1995		4	DS	3
	Srpski Pokret Obnove (SPO) Serbian Renewal Movement	Conservatism; Monarchism	- 1990		4	3,3%	-
	Srpska Radikalna Stranka (SRS) Serbian Radical Party	Nationalism; Far-right politics	- 1991	29,5%	78	28,6%	81
	Demokratska Stranka Srbije (DSS) Democratic Party of Serbia	Conservatism; Christian democracy, National conservatism	EPPa, IDU 1992	11,6%	21	16,6%	33
	Nova Srbija (NS) New Serbia	National conservatism; Monarchism	- 1997	11,6%	9	16,6%	12
	Socijalistička Partija Srbije (SPS) Socialist Party of Serbia	Social democracy; Democratic socialism, Nationalism	- 1990	7,6%	12	5,6%	16
	Partija Ujedinjenih Penzionera Srbije (PUPS) Party of United Pensioners of Serbia	Penioners' interests	- 2005		5	3,1%	-
	Jedinstvena Srbija (JS) United Serbia	Regionalism; Nationalism	- 2004		3	NS	2
	Liberalno Demokratska Partija (LDP) Liberal Democratic Party	Liberalism	ELDR, LIo 2005	5,2%	13	5,3%	11
Minorities		-	-	3,1%	7	3,3%	8
Others		-	-	4,6%	-	4,7%	-
Total		-	-	-	250	-	250
Turnout				60,7%		60,6%