League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina

The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (Serbian Cyrillic: Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, romanized: Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine, LSV) is an autonomist political party in Serbia. Its current leader is Bojan Kostreš, who succeeded Nenad Čanak.[1]

League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
Лига социјалдемократа Војводине
Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine
AbbreviationLSV
PresidentBojan Kostreš
Vice Presidents
FounderNenad Čanak
Founded14 July 1990 (1990-07-14)
Preceded bySKV–VKL
HeadquartersNovi Sad
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationVojvodina Front
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
Colours
  •   Blue
  •   Yellow
  •   Green
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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Party flag
Website
lsv.org.rs

History

The party was founded by Nenad Čanak on 14 July 1990 in Novi Sad. At the First Party Congress, the LSV adopted the party program, which defined following principles of the party: liberty, equality, justice, solidarity, and publicity. At the Second Congress, which was held in July 1997, the LSV adopted a new statute.[2]

In the first years of its existence, the party's activities were mainly directed towards organization of anti-war actions. Together with other parties, it organized anti-war demonstrations in Vojvodina and publicly opposed mobilization of Vojvodina citizens for the front lines in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Ideology

LSV is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum.[3][4] It is mainly orientated towards autonomism,[5][6][7] although the party is also social-democratic,[5][8][9] and regionalist.[10] It represents itself as a multi-ethnic party, and it previously advocated for the creation of Republic of Vojvodina.[11] It is also supportive of feminism and anti-fascism.[12] It is supportive of accession of Serbia to the European Union.[13][14]

In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, LSV was associated with the Socialist Group.[15]

Goals

The League advocates the "right of autonomous decisions about fundamental affairs of Vojvodina within Serbia", which, according to the League, was abolished after the so-called Yogurt Revolution in 1988 and after constitutional changes from 1990, which, according to the League, diminished the autonomy of Vojvodina to "protocolar minimum".[2]

In December 1998, the League proclaimed that its political goal is establishment of the Republic of Vojvodina within a federalized Serbia.[2] In recent years, the League mostly abandoned the idea of a Republic of Vojvodina, but it still advocated a greater level of autonomy for the province. In November 2011, League official Aleksandra Jerkov stated that "Vojvodina needs more jurisdictions", but that "there is no need for it to be a republic".[16]

Presidents
No. President Birth–Death Term start Term end
1 Nenad Čanak 1959– 14 July 1990 19 November 2022
2 Bojan Kostreš 1974– 19 November 2022 Incumbent

Participation in elections

Parliamentary elections

In the 1990 Serbian general election, the League supported candidates of the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia and the Association for Yugoslav Democratic Initiative in several electoral districts.

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote  % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
1992 Nenad Čanak 36,780 0.78%
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 Steady With RS-RK-NSS no seats
1993 41,097 0.96%
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 Steady With RDSV-SJ no seats
1997 112,589 2.72%
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 Increase 3 KV opposition
2000 2,402,387 64.09%
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 Increase 3 DOS government
2003 161,765 4.23%
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 Decrease 6 ZZT no seats
2007 214,262 5.31%
4 / 250
 Increase 4 With LDP-GSS-SDU-DHSS opposition
2008 1,590,200 38.42%
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 Increase 1 ZES support
2012 863,294 22.07%
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 Decrease 2 IZBŽ opposition
2014 204,767 5.70%
6 / 250
 Increase 3 With NDS-Z-ZZS opposition
2016 189,564 5.02%
4 / 250
 Decrease 2 With SDS-LDP opposition
2020 30,591 0.95%
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 Decrease 4 UDS no seats
2022 did not participate
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 — — no seats

Provincial elections

In the 2004 provincial election, the LSV was part of the Together for Vojvodina coalition. The coalition won 9.44% of the popular vote in the first-round of voting. The party subsequently participated in post-election provincial government.

In the 2008 provincial election, the LSV was again part of the Together for Vojvodina coalition. The coalition won 8.25% of the popular vote in the first-round of voting, representing a drop of -1.19% from the previous election. The party subsequently participated in post-election provincial government.

Presidential elections
President of Serbia
Election year # Candidate 1st round votes  % 2nd round votes  % Notes
1997 4th Mile Isakov 111,166 2.43 — — Vojvodina Coalition; Election declared invalid due to low turnout
2002 Increase 2nd Miroljub Labus 995,200 27.96 1,516,693 31.62 DOS; Election declared invalid due to low turnout
2003 Steady 2nd Dragoljub Mićunović 893,906 35.42 — — DOS; Election declared invalid due to low turnout
2008 Increase 1st Boris Tadić 1,457,030 35.39 2,304,467 50.31 For a European Serbia
2012 Decrease 2nd Boris Tadić 989,454 25.31 1,481,952 47.31 Choice for a Better Life
2017 Decrease 9th Nenad Čanak 41,070 1.12 — —
2022 did not participate — — — —

Positions held

Major positions held by League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina members:

President of the Assembly of VojvodinaYears
Nenad Čanak 2000–2004
Bojan Kostreš 2004–2008
  • LSV balloon - 2012 elections campaign
    LSV balloon - 2012 elections campaign
  • LSV billboard in Novi Sad.
    LSV billboard in Novi Sad.
  • Republic of Vojvodina within federalized Serbia, proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999.
    Republic of Vojvodina within federalized Serbia, proposed by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina in 1999.

References
  1. "Bojan Kostreš novi predsednik LSV - Politika - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. Enciklopedija Novog Sada, knjiga 13, Novi Sad, 1999, pages 40-41.
  3. "Serbia". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. Political handbook of the world 2012. Tom Lansford. Los Angeles: Sage. 2012. ISBN 978-1-4522-3434-2. OCLC 794595888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Orlović, Slaviša (2016). Socijalna demokratija u Evropi i koncept "dobrog društva" (in Serbian). Belgrade: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. ISBN 978-86-83767-55-7.
  6. Dević, Ana (2002). "Prospects of multicultural regionalism as a democratic barrier against ethnonationalism: The case of Vojvodina, Serbia's Multiethnic Haven". Center for Development Research: 23. doi:10.22004/AG.ECON.18756.
  7. Dragojević, Mila (2016). The politics of social ties : immigrants in an ethnic homeland. London: Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-315-55424-2. OCLC 958106949.
  8. Anastasakis, Othon (19 April 2017). "The five 'infections' of the social democratic 'family' in the Western Balkans". openDemocracy. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Vojvodina/Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. Political autonomy and divided societies : imagining democratic alternatives in complex settings. Alain Gagnon, Michael Keating. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-230-36532-2. OCLC 812516096.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Vance, Charles (2006). Managing a global workforce : challenges and opportunities in international human resource management. Yongsun Paik. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-7656-2016-3. OCLC 169862710.
  12. Spalović, Dejan (4 May 2021). "Gde je nestala radnička levica". Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. "Political Parties: Serbia". European Social Survey. 3. 2020.
  14. Cvejić, Slobodan; Spasojević, Dušan; Stanojević, Dragan; Todosijević, Bojan (November 2020). "Electoral Compass 2020, analysis of the political landscape in Serbia" (PDF). library.fes.de. Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  15. "Mr Bojan KOSTREŠ (Serbia, SOC)". Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  16. "Traži da Vojvodina bude republika".
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