Party for Democratic Action

The Party for Democratic Action[2] or Democratic Action Party[3] (Albanian: Partia për veprim demokratik, PVD; Serbian: Партија за демократско деловање, romanized: Partija za demokratsko delovanje; abbr. ПДД or PDD) is an ethnic Albanian minority political party in Serbia. Its current leader is Shaip Kamberi.

Party for Democratic Action

Partia për veprim demokratik
LeaderShaip Kamberi
FoundedAugust 19, 1990 (1990-08-19)
HeadquartersPreševo
IdeologyAlbanian minority interests[1]
Regionalism
National conservatism
Factions:
Albanian nationalism
Separatism
Political positionRight-wing
National Assembly
3 / 250
Website
www.pvd-pbm.org

Recent history

At the latest legislative election in 2016, the party received one seat in parliament, a drop from its peak of two seats in 2014 election. It raised to 3 seats in 2020, following a campaign by Albania's foreign service to increase the political participation of Albanian ethnic minority from the Presevo Valley in Serbia's political elections.[4][5]

Parliamentary representation

National Assembly
Election Leader Votes Seats Role
# % # ±
2014 Riza Halimi 24,301 0.68 Gov't support
2016 16,262 0.43 1 Gov't support
2020 Shaip Kamberi 26,437 0.82 2 Opposition

References

  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Serbia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. Nathalie Clayer; Xavier Bougarel (2013). Les musulmans de l'Europe du Sud-Est: des empires aux états balkaniques. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-2-8111-0905-9. Parti de l'action démocratique
  3. Tom Lansford (24 March 2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. SAGE Publications. pp. 5414–. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9. Democratic Action Party
  4. Albania daily news
  5. punetejashtme


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