Social Democratic Party of Serbia

The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Социјалдемократска партија Србије, romanized: Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije, abbr. SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia.[1][2][3] It is orientated towards the principles of social democracy.[1]

Not to be confused with Social Democratic Party (Serbia) or Social Democratic Party (Serbia, 2002).

Social Democratic Party of Serbia
Социјалдемократска партија Србије
Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije
AbbreviationSDPS
LeaderRasim Ljajić
Founded18 October 2008 (2008-10-18)
HeadquartersDečanska 1/III, Belgrade
Membership (2020)48,623
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationTogether We Can Do Everything
International affiliationSocialist International (observer)
Colors  Red
National Assembly
7 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
2 / 110
Bosniak National Council
12 / 35
Website
sdpsrbije.org.rs

History

In late 2013 SDPS had joined in coalition with the Sandžak Democratic Party, forming a political union. Rasim Ljajić was elected as the SDPS-SDP's first head.[4]

In June 2018 the party was admitted in the Socialist International as observer member.[5] The SDPS currently has seats in the National Assembly. Rasim Ljajić is the current Minister of Foreign and Domestic Trade and Telecommunications since July 2012.

Ljajić has described SDPS as an anti-fascist, anti-populist, and solidarist party.[6]

Organisation

In 2015, it was reported that SDPS had 44,658 members.[7] In 2020, SDPS had 48,623 members.[8]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote  % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2012 Rasim Ljajić 863,294 23.09% Increase 2nd
9 / 250
 Increase 5 IZBŽ Government
2014 1,736,920 49.96% Increase 1st
10 / 250
 Increase 1 BKV Government
2016 1,823,147 49.71% Steady 1st
10 / 250
 Steady 0 SP Government
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
8 / 250
 Decrease 2 ZND Government
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
7 / 250
 Decrease 1 ZMS Government

Presidential elections
President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote  % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote  % of popular vote Notes
2012 Boris Tadić 1st 989,454 26.50% 2nd 1,481,952 48.84% Supported Tadić
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% — — — Supported Vučić
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01% — — —

References
  1. "Stranke - Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije" (in Serbian). B92. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. Anastasakis, Othon (19 April 2017). "The five 'infections' of the social democratic 'family' in the Western Balkans". openDemocracy. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Beckmann-Dierkes, Norbert; Rankić, Slađan (13 May 2022). "Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022". Konrad Adenauer Foundation (in German). p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. "Rasim Ljajić na čelu unije stranaka".
  5. "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. "Ljajić: SDP obustavila aktivnosti zbog tragedija, vreme tuge i bola". N1 (in Serbian). 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. "Partijsku knjižicu ima više od milion građana" (in Serbian). Blic. 30 December 2011.
  8. Petronijević Terzić, Ivana (28 July 2023). "Ko je ko u vladajućoj koaliciji". Demostat (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 July 2023.


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