New Party (Serbia)

The New Party (Serbian: Нова странка / Nova stranka) is a social liberal political party in Serbia founded by Zoran Živković, a former Prime Minister of Serbia and former member of the Democratic Party, and led by Aris Movsesijan.

New Party Нова странка Nova stranka
Leader	Aris Movsesijan
Founder	Zoran Živković
Founded	April 7, 2013
Split from	Democratic Party
Headquarters	Terazije 29, Belgrade
Membership (2015)	9,000[1]
Ideology	Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism Reformism Anti-nationalism Atlanticism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow, Blue, White
National Assembly	0 / 250
Website
www.novastranka.rs
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History

Established in early 2013, the party advocates close ties to the western powers and European integration.[2][3] The party contested the 2014 parliamentary election as part of a wider coalition of moderate parties led by the Democratic Party.[4]

Presidents of the New Party (2013-)

#	President		Born-Died	Term start	Term end
1	Zoran Živković		1960–	7 April 2013	3 October 2020
2	Aris Movsesijan		1966–	3 October 2020	Incumbent

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status
2014	Zoran Živković	216,634	6.03%	2 / 250	2	With DS-DSHV-BS	opposition
2016		227,589	6.02%	1 / 250	1	With DS-DSHV-ZZS-ZZŠ	opposition
2020		7,805	0.24%	0 / 250	1	With ZES	no seats

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Year	#	Candidate	1st round votes	%	2nd round votes	%	Notes
2017	2nd	Saša Janković	597,728	16.35%	—	—	Independent candidate; support

External links

• Official website (in Serbian)

References

1. Milinković, D. (13 April 2015). "Trećina kod naprednjaka" (in Serbian). Večernje novosti.
2. Two New Political Parties Join Serbian Stage
3. "Zoran Zivkovic's New Party created". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
4. Democrats to run in coalition with smaller parties