Serbian People's Party (2014)

The Serbian People's Party (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска народна партија, romanized: Srpska narodna partija, abbr. SNP) is a right-wing populist[1] and national-conservative[2] political party in Serbia. It was formed in 2014 by former members of the Democratic Party of Serbia and is currently led by Nenad Popović.

Serbian People's Party
Српска народна партија
Srpska narodna partija
AbbreviationSNP
PresidentNenad Popović
General SecretaryJovan Palalić
Founded21 September 2014 (2014-09-21)
Split fromDemocratic Party of Serbia
HeadquartersUstanička 65/5, Belgrade
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationTogether We Can Do Everything
Colors
  •   Red
  •   Blue
  •   Gray
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
srpskanarodnapartija.rs

History

The SNP was founded in September 2014 in the village of Kriva Reka in the Zlatibor region. Its founding members included Popović, Jovan Palalić, Milan Stamatović (who left the party two years later), and the political philosopher Bogdana Koljević.[3]

The party's first member of the assembly was Milan Petrić, who had been elected on the list of the Democratic Party in the 2014 election and joined the SNP in March 2015.[4] The SNP subsequently contested the 2016 election on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list and elected three members to the assembly: Jovan Palalić, Ognjen Pantović, and Snežana Petrović.

Popović, who has been the SNP's leader since its founding, was appointed to a ministerial position on 29 June 2017.

Ideology

Popović has advocated for a border fence on Serbia's border with North Macedonia to reduce illegal immigration.[5] He has also opposed allowing LGBTQ content in children's books in Serbia.[6]

In foreign policy, the party typically favoured improved ties between Serbia and Russia, but condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a violation of Ukrainian territorial integrity; the party also opposes Serbian membership in the European Union.[2][7][8][9]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote  % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2016 Nenad Popović 1,823,147 49.71% Increase 1st
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 Increase 3 SP Support (2016–17)
Government (2017–20)
2020 1,953,998 63.02% Steady 1st
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 Steady 0 ZND Government
2022 1,635,101 44.27% Steady 1st
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 Decrease 1 ZMS Support

Presidential elections
President of Serbia
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote  % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote  % of popular vote Notes
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 56.01% — — — Supported Vučić
2022 1st 2,224,914 60.01% — — —

References
  1. "The state of global right-wing populism in 2019". Quartz. 30 December 2019.
  2. Stojić, Marko (2017). Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans. Springer. p. 134.
  3. "New Serbian centre-right party founded," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 24 September 2014 (Source: Blic website, Belgrade, in Serbian 0000 gmt 21 Sep 14).
  4. SNP Nenada Popovića postala parlamentarna partija, Politika, 22 March 2015, accessed 9 May 2018.
  5. ""Idea of building border wall is disgraceful"". 18 August 2015.
  6. "Serbian Minister Condemns 'Imported Gay Books' | Balkan Insight".
  7. "SRPSKA NARODNA PARTIJA: Vodi se agresivna kampanja protiv Rusije i Putina". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Kurir. 10 July 2020.
  8. Stevanović, Vojislav (11 April 2016). "SNP i SNS: Kako funkcioniše koalicija?". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. "Palalic "La Serbia cresce, Italia naturale alleata"". Italpress. 10 August 2023.
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